An all-star cast of cameos is a balm for forced cheer.
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Hollywood turns After the Wedding into something smooth, glossy, and bland
It makes you wonder why they even bothered.
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Hellcab’s appeal remains just as mystifying now as it was in 1992
Despite the update to a female cabdriver, the script’s fundamental flaws remain unaddressed.
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Todd Haynes’s first film for kids may also be his saddest movie yet
In Wonderstruck, wonder is a coping mechanism.
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Life on Mars, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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At Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, adulthood is just an orgasm away
Two idiosyncratic coming-of-age movies premiere at this year’s festival.
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In Maps to the Stars, Hollywood is a living hell
In David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars portrays the movie business as a nightmare of outsize egos.
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The Other Place might offend disability crusaders, but its real flaw is contrivance
Profiles’ The Other Place might offend disability crusaders, but its real flaw is contrivance.
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Spike Lee drinks Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Julianne Moore might deserve an Oscar, but not for Still Alice
Considering the 54-year-old actress’s career in light of the bombastic campaign to win her an Academy Award
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Jean-Luc Godard goes 3-D, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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A paramount picture from Paramount Pictures
The studio releases a posed shot of 116 important artists as part of its centennial celebration
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Golden Globes: First Impressions
Best, worst, whatever—here’s what attracted attention.
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Tom Ford’s Single Man
Fashion designer Tom Ford’s adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s novel A Single Man, about a grieving gay professor during the Cuban missile crisis, screens Monday 10/19 in the Chicago International Film Festival.