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Magazine
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The Changeling
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Apple’s horror series loses sight of the drama and grief at its center.
August 31, 2023
Magazine
Jennifer Wilson
The Real Horror in
Only Murders in the Building
: The Cost of Living in New York
In the Hulu show, everyone is struggling to get by in a hostile city.
January 14, 2021
Jake Lamar
August Wilson’s Uncompromising Vision for
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
It has taken decades for his Century Cycle plays to reach the screen—but not for lack of interest.
September 23, 2020
Magazine
Lidija Haas
Miranda July Takes on the Rigged System
In her new film, “Kajillionaire,” a family tries to slip free of capitalism.
June 20, 1970
Stanley Kauffmann
The Passion of Anna
"The Passion of Anna" is part of the Ingmar Bergman continuum: a self-contained chapter, still a chapter.
March 7, 1960
Magazine
Stanley Kauffmann
The Fact of Mortality
"Ikiru" is a film rooted in the most universal of truths, the one that cuts across all cultural barriers, all concepts of love, success, God: the fact of mortality.
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