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He turned the engine, but the engine didn’t turn

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Lanky, hulking and almost always stooped, Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson) is 24 years old, jobless, directionless, and living in the same Staten Island home...

The birth of the last lion

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

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...

‘Somebody’s fool’

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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...

Soulless cinema

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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...

A slight case of accidental murder

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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...

Illuminating content

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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...

In lieu of a theatrical experience: Summer edition

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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...

Here’s to the ones who dream

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The city of Los Angeles is home to a million stories, all of them different, many of them sad. They don’t always start out...

Unexpected capitalism on the Oregon Trail

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His name is Figowitz, but everyone calls him “Cookie.” It fits him well. Not only is he the cook for this outfit of beaver...

Best of the fest

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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...

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...