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‘Demolition’ takes a sledgehammer to grief

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Before you can fix something, you must first take it apart. Before you can be reborn, you must first be destroyed. That line of thinking...

Such great heights

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Great movies don’t require a signature shot, but it helps when they have one. What would Vertigo be without that dizzying dolly zoom? The...

The talented Mr. Affleck

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‘Deep Water’ turns cringes into chuckles

The 44th Denver Film Festival returns with in-person and at home...

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What does home mean to you? That’s the question Flee director Jonas Poher Rasmussen poses to Amin Nawabi, an Afghan refugee on the eve of marrying his...

These pictures of you

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Helmut Newton had a sense of humor. That might not be your immediate takeaway if you do a Google search for his photographs (after...

‘Havana Curveball’ isn’t just about baseball

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"Not to sound cliché, but it’s my generation’s job to mop up whatever you guys did to fuck it up,” says teenage Mica Jarmel-Schneider...

How do you see the world?

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A father is sick and the son is beckoned to his side. While the son waits for his father to die, he meets another wayward...

Bad education

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Growing up partly on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in North Dakota, Jerilyn DeCoteau was often puzzled by the rigid and disciplinary way her...

In the depths of the ash

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Two men wait outside a church. They are armed and tasked with an assassination mission. The mark approaches, and the men leap into action,...

Dr. John Brinkley is just ‘Nuts!’

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Dr. John Romulus Brinkley Jr. had trouble with the truth. But then again, Dr. Brinkley was an American, and Americans have a particular allergy...

Righteous retribution

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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

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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...