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Doing One's Best

What does artistic freedom mean for a filmmaker today?

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Disco’s Revenge

Thoughts on Beyoncé and her masterful Renaissance tour.

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Only Connect!

Two paths for the independent film.

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Poor Me!

Normally I love pity, but not when I actually need it.

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Martin Amis, Cinephile

Remembering the late novelist’s encounters with the movies.

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Ludicrous Enough

On Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin.

Plug Two

A requiem for Trugoy and a rebirth for De La Soul.

Unwritten Recipes

Anyone who’s lived long enough to learn to feed themselves likely has some kind of biographical dish.

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Gestures of Ambiguity: On Todd Field's Tár

Tár holds back too much to work as a commentary on cancel culture, and isn't elusive enough to succeed as a work of art.