“La Religieuse” has been assailed as an attack on the church itself. And by people who had not even seen the film.
John Anderson
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War, Dick Cheney and U.S. politics take center stage in “Vice”
“Vice” isn’t a dishonest movie, exactly. It just enables dishonesty.
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The Top 9 films of 2018
The best movies from this year were about family, both natural and improvised.
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Child poverty takes the lead role in ‘Capernaum’
Nadine Labaki’s new film is set amid the supreme chaos of current-day Beirut.
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A Catholic queen is surprisingly woke in ‘Mary Queen of Scots’
The messages of “Mary” that can be applied to our own age are received early, and often.
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‘Roma’ is a sumptuous tribute to a serene and holy caregiver
There is a richness to “Roma” that will likely take multiple viewings to absorb. Every gesture is revealing; every image is a window.
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‘The Favourite’: a delicious period tale of women and power
The short but contentious reign of Queen Anne serves as a study of unbridled ambition and ruthless power.
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I took in a Honduran refugee. It was no big deal—really.
In the “current climate” it has evidently become much easier to hate. But it has also easy to feel self-satisfied about doing the smallest amount of good.
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‘Bohemian Rhapsody’: A martyr’s tale for the classic rock set
Queen’s Freddie Mercury was pop’s most flamboyant performer—a closeted icon who rode a gay aesthetic to stardom.
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Review: “First Man” is an apolitical look into one of history’s biggest moments
Damien Chazelle’s “First Man” is a remarkably idiosyncratic movie, given the usual heroic/fantastic presentation on screen of space travel—or anything involving the heavens.