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Emily Blunt
March 11, 2024
Adam Nayman
The Oscars’ Spectacle of Seriousness
The night saw a jarring dissonance between political statement and glitzy showmanship.
July 21, 2023
David Klion
Oppenheimer
Is an Uncomfortably Timely Tale of Destruction
Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster captures the scientific triumphs and monstrous sins of the Manhattan Project.
July 8, 2021
Jo Livingstone
The Silent Lessons of
A Quiet Place Part II
Deafness has become a hot subject in moviemaking, but one with a tense relationship to the world deaf people actually live in.
December 19, 2018
Rachel Vorona Cote
Everything Is Possible in
Mary Poppins Returns
The new film conjures wonder in the face of grief and money troubles—despite its overly neat ending.
April 11, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Sight and Silence
"A Quiet Place" is a subtle exploration of film's aural component. It's also the best alien invasion horror flick in years.
June 4, 2014
David Thomson
Even Emily Blunt Can't Save the New Tom Cruise Movie
November 4, 2012
David Thomson
Emily Blunt and the Half-Life of Female Action Stars
February 4, 2010
Stanley Kauffmann
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