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A lesserknown masterpiece
Every decade, the British Film Institute conducts its Sight and Sound poll of the Greatest Movies Ever Made. In 2012, the top two films were familiar: Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo and Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, but third was a dark horse: Yasujirô Ozu’s 1953 ...
Only in dreams
There are two moments in Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood that take your breath away. The first is visual: A series of neon...
Bad education
Growing up partly on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in North Dakota, Jerilyn DeCoteau was often puzzled by the rigid and disciplinary way her...
The return of the virtual Sundance Film Festival
For the second year in a row, the Sundance Film Festival returns to Colorado. Well, to anyone with an internet connection and a movie...
Twenty feet from stardom, a million miles from sanity
Like most love stories, this one begins at the movies. London, 1971: A young actor goes to see the latest release, A Clockwork Orange,...
These pictures of you
Helmut Newton had a sense of humor. That might not be your immediate takeaway if you do a Google search for his photographs (after...
Home viewing: ‘Zero Motivation’ and ‘Losing Ground’
On Tuesday, Sept. 15, TCM’s 14-week series, Women Make Film, continues with a line-up of seven films and a thematic focus on conversation, framing...
Righteous retribution
Cassie’s drunk again, alone in the club and a mess. She can’t find her phone, and all her friends have left. Two guys at...
Uncomfortable in the uncanny valley
Directed by Steven Spielberg, a longtime fan of the source material, The Adventures of Tintin begins with a gorgeous animated credit sequence, deftly incorporating bits of the narrative about to unfold. It’s as nifty as the overture in Spielberg’s earlier Catch Me If...
In the depths of the ash
Two men wait outside a church. They are armed and tasked with an assassination mission. The mark approaches, and the men leap into action,...
A Hidden Life
Franz Jägerstätter’s arm would not rise. It couldn’t, not for Der Führer or any man, for that matter. His life belonged to the Lord....


















