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“Bridge of Spies” Is Snarky and Suspenseful
Bridge of Spies is the true story of James Donovan, an insurance claims lawyer tasked with negotiating the release of a military pilot shot down over enemy lines during the height of the Cold War. Directed by Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay assist from Joe...
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In Defense of Steven Spielberg’s “Hook”
Two children stand on a stage, sweetly fumbling their lines. “Don’t you know what a kiss is?” says one of the children. “I shall, if you give one to me,” says the other, before being handed a thimble. So begins Steven Spielberg’s 1991 film, Hook, adapting the ...
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NYFF Review: “De Palma”
My Roger Ebert website questionnaire asked for a movie I loved but everyone else hated. I chose Wise Guys, a movie that even hardcore Brian De Palma fans won’t endorse. Released in 1986, the Danny DeVito-Joe Piscopo movie marked its director’s return to comedy...
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“Big Game”
With nostalgia currently holding the box office in a raptor claw, it's amusing to discover that this summer's most purely enjoyable throwback to those 1980s Steven Spielberg-produced Amblin entertainments is not, in fact, the Steven Spielberg-produced Amblin e...
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“Jaws” At 40
Few directors have a filmography with as many highlights as Steven Spielberg, and few of his films transfer so cleanly from one decade to the next as his 1975 film Jaws. Spielberg’s first major feature at the helm, which is turning the corner on 40 years since...
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“Jurassic World”
It’s impossible to discuss Jurassic World, the large-scale fourth entry in the dinosaur-laden franchise, without acknowledging the T-Rex in the room: Jurassic Park. The 1993 film by Steven Spielberg looms large over this one, not just because of its unshakable...
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10 Best Picture Nominees That Should Have Won
Star Wars was nominated for Best Picture. Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial and Avatar were all nominated for Best Picture, but failed to hold the statuette. Oscars rarely celebrate the box-office smash or sci-fi adventure film. They represen...
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The Artists of War
The darkness that comes from war can be viewed in many ways, seeping into our consciousness through different opinion and experience. That it remains a difficult genre not only for its content, but psychological effect, is telling as we live in a world that co...
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Spice World: David Lynch’s “Dune” at 30
Last summer, a major studio allowed James Gunn, an untested indie darling, to helm a big-budget adaptation of an obscure science-fiction property. That the result, Guardians of the Galaxy, was a global hit, struck many as a surprisingly lucrative gamble. In hi...
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Bye Bye Life: “All That Jazz” as Film Criticism
“Sometimes I don’t know where the bullshit ends and the truth begins.” Neither do any of us, really, but so few eviscerate our own lives with the kind of crackling critical energy that Bob Fosse did. As Angelique (Jessica Lange), his own personal angel of deat...
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