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The first season of “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” was one of the biggest swings taken by a major company in the current streaming era. While it quickly became the streaming service’s most-watched series (and its most expensive) and proved fine with most critics, the series was unsuccessful with the majority of […]
Locarno isn’t a film festival. It’s a pilgrimage. My journey to the legendary festival, which celebrated its 77th edition this year, involved planes, trains, and automobiles to land in Milan, Italy before crossing the border into Locarno. The odyssey felt well worth it when I caught sight of the narrow stone pebble streets, the gelato-colored
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The Criterion Collection may have surprised some collectors when they announced last May that they would be releasing two Albert Brooks movies on their label in August: “Real Life” and “Mother.” “Real Life” was not a surprise. An HD treatment was long overdue and had been a favorite for so many Brooks fans and fans
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The Biennale de Venezia, cinema division—we should not forget that this festival encompasses other forms over the course of a year, including fine art—kicks off this week. It’s a storied, venerated festival in a storied, venerated setting, and it’s a real privilege that I’ve been able to attend every year (except 2020, because of COVID,
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Yes, someone uses the word “cozy” in the fourth season of “Only Murder in the Building.” I won’t spoil the why, who, or how of it, but suffice it to say, they’re describing seasons past. It makes sense because, while the show remains as comically meta as always, this is the least cozy season to
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FX has more than earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to comedy. Not only have they displayed a willingness to embrace creative voices with all-timers like “Better Things” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” but they’re arguably the most critically acclaimed home for the genre of the current decade with the trifecta
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The ambition of Ubisoft’s “Star Wars Outlaws” constantly battles with the execution in a game that’s alternating invigorating and frustrating, a title that feels like it has boundless potential that also feels like it traps you in the same repetitive mechanics. It also suffers from a too-common problem of AAA games in that it’s unacceptably
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Locarno was a tricky festival to navigate. Usually, when I attend a festival, I’m forced to keep my eye on the newest titles and open my ears to the latest buzz, retooling my schedule on the fly to catch a film I may not find again. But because of the Columbia retrospective series—I will write about
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We are incredibly proud to present an excerpt from Carrie Rickey‘s new book about the life and work of Agnès Varda, one of the most important filmmakers in the history of the form. The official synopsis is below, followed by the excerpt. The book is available now, and we’ll have a review soon. The first major
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Last year, at the Il Cinema Ritrovato festival in Bologna, I saw a newly restored version of “Tony Arzenta” (called “No Way Out” in the U.S.), a 1973 Italian thriller from director Duccio Tessari, although even in that sophisticated audience few had heard of or cared about the director. We were there, several hundred of
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