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Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off

Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off

“Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off” is a documentary about the most popular s...

Short Films in Focus: Lighting Tests

Short Films in Focus: Lighting Tests

Tom Nicoll’s “Lighting Tests” tells the story of an actor named Malky (Liam Hark...

Death Game: A Grindhouse Classic Returns to Theaters

Death Game: A Grindhouse Classic Returns to Theaters

Can a movie be a grindhouse classic if only kinda-sorta makes it into grindhouse...

Female Filmmakers in Focus: Andrea Arnold on Cow

Female Filmmakers in Focus: Andrea Arnold on Cow

Over the course of last year I interviewed over 50 women in film, from cinematog...

Dear Mr. Brody

The old adage reminds us “if something seems too good to be true, it probably is...

Great Freedom

Great Freedom

Franz Rogowski is one of the great leading men in world cinema—the kind of actor...

Mother Schmuckers

Mother Schmuckers

The juvenile Belgian buddy comedy “Mother Schmuckers” seems to have been designe...

Fresh

Fresh

With romance callously sliced up into right and left swipes, dating has long bee...

Lucy and Desi

Lucy and Desi

What made “I Love Lucy” a hit was its comedy. What made it a classic was its lov...

Huda's Salon

Huda's Salon

The first scene in Hany Abu-Assad's "Huda's Salon" unfolds in an unbroken ten-mi...

The Batman

The Batman

Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” isn’t a superhero movie. Not really. All the trappings...

After Yang

After Yang

The world is dealing with grief right now on a massive scale. There’s the direct...

HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty Can't Find On-Court Chemistry

HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty Can'...

For the Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s, “Showtime,” the term that would become ...

Embodiments of Time: Kogonada on After Yang

Embodiments of Time: Kogonada on After Yang

Teeming with a nourishing serenity, the future envisioned in director Kogonada’s...

Netflix's Space Force Focuses More on Great Ensemble in Season Two

Netflix's Space Force Focuses More on Great Ensemble in...

When we last saw “Space Force,” things weren’t looking too great (and I say that...

Breaking Bread

Breaking Bread

"Breaking Bread" tries to serve as an embodiment of the Anthony Bourdain quote t...

The Long Walk

The Long Walk

This is a story full of pain, full of wounds. It doesn’t register as such at fir...

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

It’s clear as day that the producers of “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” saw David Gord...

Dog

Dog

If he thought about it, Briggs (Channing Tatum) might believe that the injuries ...

Ted K

Ted K

“Ted K” trumpets its authentic bona fides early, informing us in an opening craw...