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‘Friends are the family you choose’

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Stories of how movies get made are as varied as the movies themselves. For Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, two first-time writer/directors, the story...

Daydream believer

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You may overlook the anachronisms at first, but a few things ought to tip you off that Women Talking, the latest from writer-director Sarah Polley,...

Home viewing: Cheryl Dunye

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Sometimes you have to create your own history. —Cheryl Dunye She calls them “Dunyementaries”: Cinematic blends of fiction and documentary, construction and confession. They’re self-reflexive...

8,500 miles in my shoes

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There are roughly three New Yorks ... First, the New York of the man or woman who was born here ... Second, there is...

Not enough chills from ‘The Wolfman’

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Benicio and Joe put the "Goth" back in Gothic with...

Too cool to be forgotten

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When Girlfriends opened in New York City on Aug. 11, 1978, a newspaper strike kept the movie’s release from a public announcement. So, director...

Sinful and sorrowful

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The Irishman begins in darkness. A small box of light at the center of the frame opens like an iris, and we see nurses and doctors....

The new reality

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When Alice Klieg (Kristen Wiig) was 11, she was diagnosed manic-depressive, put on medication and grew up like most teenagers do. Yet, the events that shaped Alice’s upbringing, although not abnormal, stuck deeper in her mind than most. Where most people learn to ...

Home viewing: ‘Lucía’

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Set across three time periods in Cuba — 1895, 1932, 196.. — Lucía is the story of three different women, all named Lucía, all...

Cinema 101

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I guess you could say the low point arrived on March 27, 2022, with the broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards. No, the “slap...

A perfect gentleman

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Fading Gigolo, which opened The Boulder International Film Festival in February and is now enjoying a theatrical run, begins in a truly unexpected fashion: a pimp and his hoe discussing business while packing up a used bookstore. The pimp, Murray (Woody Allen), ...

Scenes from a marriage

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Out in the hinterlands of Iceland, a married couple is grieving. Some time ago, they lost a child. It has created a noticeable rift...