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It's not easy to capture energy and power of a live concert. But sometimes everything comes together anyway.
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In Review: 'Materialists,' 'Echo Valley'
Celine Song follows up 'Past Lives' with a look at love and money in modern New York while Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney try to spark some acting…
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Keith Phipps
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Scott Tobias
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Michael Crichton's Corporate Freakouts
At the peak of his popularity in the mid-'90s, Michael Crichton issued dire warnings about questionable threats to corporate culture.
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Scott Tobias
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Jaws, Too: The Story of ‘Sharks’ Treasure,’ the Other Shark Movie Released in 1975
Fifty years ago, a movie about deadly shark encounters arrived in theaters after a long, difficult shoot. No, not that one.
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Keith Phipps
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Open Question: What movies get online life right?
We live much of our lives online these days. Which films have captured that feeling?
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Keith Phipps
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In Review: 'The Life of Chuck,' 'Ballerina'
Two films from the worlds of Stephen King and John Wick deliver on their brands.
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Scott Tobias
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Keith Phipps
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The New Cult Canon: 'Red Rooms'
Through the trial of an alleged serial killer, this disturbing French-Canadian film explores the darkest potential of the digital age.
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Scott Tobias
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All For What?: Richard Lester’s 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Four Musketeers'
Lester’s movies stopped finding an audience at the end of the ’60s. Then he drew them back with a pair of subversive blockbusters.
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Keith Phipps
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Open Question: Will you be going to a drive-in this summer?
Once one of the most popular ways to see a movie, the drive-in is still hanging in there.
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Keith Phipps
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In Review: 'The Phoenician Scheme,' 'Karate Kid: Legends,' 'Bring Her Back'
This week brings a new Wes Anderson, a pair of old sensei, and a really ill-suited foster mom.
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Keith Phipps
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Scott Tobias
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The Reveal
The Reveal
Deeper into movies (and a little TV). Essays, reviews, conversation. Past and present. From the editors of The Dissolve.
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