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Bentonville Film Festival 2021 Highlights
Brief thoughts on three highlights from the just-wrapped Bentonville Film Festival.
Brief thoughts on three highlights from the just-wrapped Bentonville Film Festival.
A look at the narrative features that premiered at this year's Tribeca Festival.
A dispatch from Sundance on two films competing in the World Cinema Dramatic category.
A packed column on the latest on streaming, DVD, and Blu-ray, including American Made, Brad's Status, Brawl in Cell Block 99, Stronger, The Mountain Between Us, and more!
A look at the contenders for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress this year and how many of them play a historically-beloved role for Oscar, the mother.
A report on some good films coming your way from Telluride and Toronto this year.
A report on classic films restored and presented at this year's Venice Film Festival.
An interview with director Pablo Larraín about crafting his fascinating historical drama "Jackie."
Moira Walley-Beckett’s dreary STARZ series borrows many of its melodramatic clichés from Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan.”
An analysis of recent faith-based releases, including "God's Not Dead" and "Heaven Is For Real."
A piece on four films from the opening week of the 2014 New York Film Festival: "Heaven Knows What," "Seymour, an Introduction," "Stray Dog" and "Beloved Sisters."
A piece on the best releases new to streaming services and Blu-ray in the last two weeks, including "Noah," "Scanners," and "Life After Beth."
The science, ethics and rubber suit of Godzilla; Ralph Bakshi on animation's past and future; Ellen Burstyn on acting and direction; what videogames taught movies.
Moments in everyday life, captured; Hank Aaron's home runs turned into singles; Say Anything 25-years later; Examining Noah through a Jewish lens; A Silicon valley disaster.
Richard Roeper reflects on his long friendship and professional association with Roger Ebert.
American education is uneven rather than simply mediocre; what NYC sounded like in the 1920s; X bassist John Doe speaks; director Jeff Tremaine on pranking people; lousy films with great soundtracks.
Aranofsky, Paramount spar over "Noah"; parsing "Chungking Express"; why impassioned female leaders get a bad rap; Oliver Stone, Jamie Foxx to collaborate on MLK biopic; oh, and online we're all awful.
