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The Manic Brilliance of “Breakfast of Champions”
Whatever’s new to me is new. If you’d asked me recently whether…
Independents’ Days: Standouts from Sundance 2025
I’ve never been to Park City, Utah, where the Sundance Film Festival…
The Brief and Brilliant Career of Sara Gómez
Such new forms of behavior and new ways of thinking are exactly…
How David Lynch Became an Icon of Cinema
Thursday morning, I happened to be rereading Pauline Kael’s classic 1969 essay…
“A Complete Unknown” Shears Off Vital Details in the Life of a Colossal, Complicated Artist
One doesn’t have to be a Dylanologist to know, or even to…
“Subtraction”: A Masterwork of Realistic Fantasy
Iranian cinema has risen to international prominence in recent decades, largely through…
Now That the Oscar Nominations Are in, Here’s What Deserves to Win
If the Oscars are meant to display the film industry’s ideal image…
Francis Ford Coppola’s “One from the Heart” Is Exactly What Its Title Says
It has been a while since Francis Ford Coppola made a new…