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Ford v Ferrari
There’s a scene halfway through Ford
v Ferrari where Carrol Shelby (Matt Damon) takes Henry Ford II (Tracy
Letts) for a spin on the test-track in...
‘This is how I win.’
Nothing
is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to
understand him. —Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and
Punishment
His name is Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler),...
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Before he was a filmmaker, Peter Bogdanovich was a critic and historian par excellence. Coming of age as the first wave of Hollywood filmmakers...
Something to do with death
No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious and charitable institutions may become, the music will...
The center will not hold
When Star
Wars debuted in 1977, it was an immediate revolution of cinema and
culture. Audiences voted with their wallets: This is how we want our...
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....
The age of innocence
Jo March is elated.
A few moments earlier,
she was in excruciating pain: Another pie-eyed scribbler stranded on the
non-editorial side of the desk. Too shy to...
Guerrilla Film School: ‘Monsieur Hire’
If you’ve been missing
CWA’s annual Ebert Interruptus and the pleasure of a good film conversation,
then head down to Denver’s Smiley Branch Library on Dec....
Descend into the particular
Truth is one, but the sages speak of it by many names. —The Rig Veda
The Two Popes, one of the most anticipated movies of...
The Iron Giant
Before the 1990s, animated
family films were in the gutter. Deemed too expensive, too labor-intensive,
their demise was certain. But then came The
Little Mermaid, and a...
We will not grow old together
It all started so well.
There was love, and there was kindness. There was understanding, and there was
support. And then one day, there wasn’t. The...
