Seven years after the show’s finale, a rewatch reveals both problems and growth.
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In its depiction of race, The Upside doesn’t have one
The American remake starring Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart lacks the heart of the French original.
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Last Flag Flying is Richard Linklater’s latest triumph
The Boyhood director delivers a casually masterful adaptation of Darryl Ponicsan’s 2005 novel.
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The 2017 Chicago International Film Festival, reviewed
Watching the watchers at the Chicago International Film Festival
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E.L. Doctorow’s ‘Wakefield’ should have stayed on the page
Robin Swicord’s literary adaptation is a dud.
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Trump may be a grandiose narcissist, but he’s no match for the Lyndon Johnson of All the Way
The HBO movie about a narcissist-in-chief reveals a lot about our potential new narcissist-in-chief.
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Your Movie Is an Act of Self-Negation, Charlie Brown! plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Come for Bryan Cranston, stay for Dalton Trumbo
A blacklisted screenwriter toughs it out in Trumbo.
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Welcome to Godzilla land
The new Godzilla remake is a lesson in the lost art of mise-en-scene.
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It’s all over now, baby blue: A Breaking Bad chat
Three Reader staff members discuss one of the most heavily anticipated finales in television history.
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Breaking Bad engages warp drive
Two Reader staffers discuss the return of Breaking Bad.
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Video Drone: The director of American History X takes on the chaos in our schools
On the DVD release of Tony Kaye’s Detachment