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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...

Home viewing: ‘Zero Motivation’ and ‘Losing Ground’

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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...

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...

Only in dreams

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There are two moments in Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood that take your breath away. The first is visual: A series of neon...

A Hidden Life

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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....

‘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...

The gospel according to woman

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There is an old saying that you should never meet your heroes, they may disappoint you. The new Belgian comedy from writer/director Jaco Van...

The talented Mr. Affleck

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‘Deep Water’ turns cringes into chuckles

Love in the time of communism

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Well, if you want to sing out, sing out And if you want to be free, be free. ’Cause there’s a million things to be You know...

The return of the virtual Sundance Film Festival

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For the second year in a row, the Sundance Film Festival returns to Colorado. Well, to anyone with an internet connection and a movie...

Part of me, part of you

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The women are on the run. One is a sheltered housewife married to a pig of a man. The other is a waitress hiding...

Being near Emma Watson

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Reconciling the public’s fascination with Emma Watson’s blossoming sexuality with realizing that the first time she was on screen she was 11 years old is really difficult. Doing so in a movie where her character’s sexuality is fundamentally warped because of an ...