At a time when our world contends with so many difficult issues, to see Hollywood imagining young people as our saviors raises serious questions.
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Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Parallel Mothers’ reveals a Catholic veneration for women and motherhood
For the better part of 40 years Pedro Almodóvar has personified both the cinema of Spain and the country’s conflicted relationship with the church.
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Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch’ is the nostalgic film we need 2 years into the Covid-19 pandemic
Perhaps this is why Wes Anderson’s work resounds so strongly: We all long for homes to which we cannot return.
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Sidney Poitier made racism ridiculous
Sidney Poitier’s abilities as an actor were subtle, even spiritual. They were about soul. Not his. Ours.
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Netflix’s ‘Don’t Look Up’ shows us how not to make a climate change movie
In the end, what undermines “Don’t Look Up” is exactly what it condemns: a lack of humanity.
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‘Home Alone’ is a Christmas movie about the rich—and why they deserve our generosity too
In an inversion of the typical Yuletide tale, characters who have much less than the McCallisters generously provide them with assistance.
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Nicole Kidman is fascinating as Lucille Ball, but that’s not enough to save ‘Being the Ricardos’
Aaron Sorkin’s take on the “behind-the-scenes” world of “I Love Lucy” depicts Lucille Ball in a most unsympathetic light.
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Review: ‘Belfast,’ a memoir of Protestant boyhood in Troubles-torn Northern Ireland, gives a child’s-eye view of Catholicism
“Belfast” presents itself as a family photo album: Violence may intrude, but it doesn’t crowd out the Christmas pictures.
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Review: In Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story,’ every element sings — and every moment counts
What this quintessential stage musical needed, apparently, was a thoroughgoing cinematic makeover.
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Think you know what the Beatles’ last days were like? Disney+’s ‘Get Back’ will shatter your assumptions.
Peter Jackson’s “Get Back” is fascinating, tedious and indispensable all at the same time.