Film Reviews
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Holy Smoke (Jane Campion)
A big-budget slice of Campion.
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Sweetie (Jane Campion)
Meet the sibling from Hell.
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Lola Montès (Max Ophüls)
In 1962, Andrew Sarris famously claimed Lola Montès was the greatest film of all-time. He later changed his mind.
Gary Collins eyes... -
Cadillac Records (Darnell Martin)
Darnell Martin's Cadillac Records treads muddy historical waters in her resurrection of the Chess legacy.
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Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (Sidney Lumet)
With Before The Devil Knows You're Dead, octogenarian director Sidney Lumet creates one of contemporary American cinema's great morality plays.
Gary Collins knows... -
White Heat (Raoul Walsh)
Cagney's final iconic saunt to the "Top of the World" still continues to burn.
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Jake Kasdan)
Looking back at last year's fictitious rock biopic.
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Standing in the Shadows of Motown (Paul Justman)
The unsung heroes at Hitsville U.S.A finally get an overdue tribute.
Gary Collins hears through the grapevine... -
The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan)
Synecdoche blowback has me excavating other uncommented-upon-here masterpieces such as Atom Egoyan's terribly sad poem, one of the best of the '90s.
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Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman)
Charlie Kaufman's pain becomes clear in the most confusing fashion possible. This is a masterpiece.
George Booker struggles with...
