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What is it about messianic men and the chaos they cause? They are almost always false prophets, yet time and time again, we fall...

To Disney, from the desk of Mufasa: “Remember who you are.” The Lion King, Disney’s latest computer-generated remake, isn’t like the rest. Yes, the story...

Orson Welles needed money. That’s how this story begins. Back in 1946, Welles was putting the finishing touches on an ambitious stage production of...

May 1940: Hitler is riding roughshod across Europe, gobbling up territory like an insatiable monster. Norway, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Denmark have all fallen. Belgium,...

Remember those old movies? The ones where a couple drives down the road, only they aren’t driving, they’re sitting in a car on some studio lot. And that’s not a road behind them; it’s a rear projection of road. Looks fake doesn’t it...

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...

“ilm is the great adventure — the costly, exacting mistress.” —Ingmar Bergman Ingmar Bergman’s legacy in the annals of cinematic history is secure. With over...

Dear incoming film students, take a moment to learn from those who came before you, and please heed Derek Cianfrance’s advice: “Be where you...

The rocky, seaside village of Easter Cove, Maine, does not look like the kind of place you’d want to spend a winter. The snow...

This was the weekend we were waiting for: A return to movie theaters in the time of coronavirus. Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster, Tenet, was...

Dana Stevens on Buster Keaton and her new book, ‘Camera Man’ 

It’s the most common question you get as a film critic: “What’s good?” Variants include: “What do you like?” “What excites you?” “What should...