Del Toro saddles up with stop-motion animation legend Mark Gustafson to present some of the year’s most stunning visuals but also goes a step further by adding some weighty thoughts on war, death, and family to the beloved Carlo Collodi fairy tale.
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The movie that made heroin fun gets a sequel for a less heroin-friendly time
T2: Trainspotting reunites the Edinburgh junkies from the beloved British black comedy.
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Ten best bets for fall movies
Oliver Stone tells the Snowden story, Nate Parker tells the Nat Turner story, and Ewan McGregor tries to tell Philip Roth’s story, plus other highlights.
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The home fires burn in August: Osage County
Meryl Streep is a fire-breathing matriarch in August: Osage County.
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Quentin Tarantino’s thousand-bullet clip, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Now on DVD: another end of the world
A review of Perfect Sense, a Scottish sci-fi romance new on DVD
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Hey, His Brain’s Up Here
For their directorial debut, I Love You Phillip Morris, the writers of Bad Santa turn the tale of a
brilliant con man into a series of gay gags.
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Stare at goats a day early
Gen Art presents a preview screening and after-party for “The Men Who Stare at Goats,” the psychic military comedy featuring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey, Wednesday 11/4.
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Queer cinema 101
The Queer Cinema 101 Monday screening series opens tonight with “The Celluloid Closet”
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True Lies
In his early films, director Tim Burton helped drag sick humor and glam nihilism into the mainstream. But his latest effort, adapted from Daniel Wallace’s novel, is an ode to white picket fences, hot apple pie, and old-fashioned storytelling. As in Sleepy Hollow, his drastic revision of Ichabod Crane’s adventures, the story unfolds against a […]