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July 23, 2014
David Thomson
Woody Allen's Worst Film Yet
The charming 'Blue Jasmine' seems very much in the past
July 10, 2014
David Thomson
What Brought Us to the Planet of the Apes?
The long and messy history of hominids in film
July 9, 2014
Chloe Schama
'Boyhood' Is a Stunning Experiment in Filming Time
July 9, 2014
Jonathan Zimmerman
Americans Think Africa Is One Big Wild Animal Reserve
Delta and 'The Lion King' are part of our long history of stereotyping the continent
June 27, 2014
David Thomson
One of The Best Films About World War I Deserves to Make a Comeback
Jean Renoir beautifully illuminates the Great War's conflicts
June 25, 2014
David Thomson
'Snowpiercer' is a Post-Apocalyptic Action Movie That's Actually Fun
Life has become extinct, save for an impassioned locomotive
June 18, 2014
David Thomson
'The Last Sentence' is a Holocaust Film with a Monstrous Hero
The acclaimed director of 'The Emigrants' and 'The New Land' returns with a powerful true story.
June 18, 2014
David Thomson
The Evasive Charm of 'Third Person'
June 11, 2014
David Thomson
Norman Mailer's Hollywood: Antiquated, Perverse, and Much like Ours
The perpetual wisdom of 'The Deer Park'
June 9, 2014
Esther Breger
This Summer's Abortion Comedy May Save the Rom-Com
June 4, 2014
David Thomson
Even Emily Blunt Can't Save the New Tom Cruise Movie
May 27, 2014
David Thomson
'The Immigrant' Raises Marion Cotillard to a Select Pantheon
May 26, 2014
Eric Sasson
The Media Forgets That AIDS Is Still an Epidemic, But Hollywood Doesn't
'The Normal Heart' is a damning indictment of our government's negligence
May 19, 2014
David Thomson
Francois Ozon's New Movie Makes Prostitution Look Like an Yves Saint Laurent Ad
May 11, 2014
David Thomson
Ninety-Six People Were Crushed to Death at a Soccer Game in 1989
The sport was changed forever
May 4, 2014
David Thomson
The Best World War II Documentary Was Faked
But that doesn't make it any worse
May 2, 2014
David Thomson
The Art of Scandal
Bergman, Rossellini, and three small masterpieces
May 2, 2014
David Thomson
Desensitized to Seeing Death in Movies? Watch 'Miele'
May 2, 2014
David Thomson
Can a Movie Make Josef Mengele Relatable?
April 24, 2014
David Thomson
'Locke' is the Best New Film of the Year

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