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A long time ago…

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America in the 1970s was not exactly abundant with optimism. The tragic death of Meredith Hunter at the Altamont Free Concert on Dec. 6, 1969 cast a dark shadow over the free love and hippy counterculture of the ’60s. Then came the fallout from the Vietnam War, the ...

Throwback cinema

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Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams know how to craft a splendid story, and Super 8 was a joy to watch. There were great special effects, but the characters were also delightful and the story unfolded slowly and intriguingly...

‘What year is this?’

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If the whole of 2017 could be summed up in one cinematic moment, then that moment would not be found in the cinema but...

Red, white and very blue

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I don’t know who Michael Moore is making movies for at this point. That’s not an indictment or even a suggestion that Where to Invade...

Top ten territory

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Anticipating Sight & Sound’s once-a-decade best of poll.

Gestating the obvious

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Writer/director Darren Aronofsky’s mother! is a dense, gorgeously made, challenging, total piece of shit. It is every bit the treatise on feminism and modern...

Rednecks and white lightning

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Scuff him, scrape him, buff him up; nobody is going to buy Shia LaBeouf as a country boy. He has a face built for Instagram and his posture is that of a narcissist demanding bottle service at a trendy club. Even though he plays the least burly of the Bondurant boys, ...

Behold the new flesh

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David Cronenberg is at it again in "Crimes of the Future"

You must remember this

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As you read this, members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild of America (SAG) are currently pounding the...

The power of a magic feather

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In Life, Animated — the new documentary from Academy Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams — one image in particular stands out: a toddler standing...

The second American Revolution

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Beyond the inability of many hardworking, taxpaying citizens who have health insurance to obtain necessary medical care at a reasonable cost; beyond a legislature...

‘Batman v Superman’ is evil

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The infinite monkey theorem holds that monkeys randomly typing on keyboards for infinity will eventually produce the works of Shakespeare. Batman v Superman: Dawn...