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November 10, 2016
Tim Grierson
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk:
The Field of War
Ang Lee’s sped-up, motion-smoothed war film is hallucinatory, immediate, and raw
November 8, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 42:
Doctor Strange
,
Hacksaw Ridge
,
Snatch
November 6, 2016
Tim Grierson
Loving
: Ordinary People in Extraordinary Circumstances
Jeff Nichols’s new film has no patience for sweeping sentimentality or feel-good liberalism.
November 4, 2016
Will Leitch
Doctor Strange
: Marvel’s Surrealist Movement
Cumberbatch lends pride, dignity, and a wry sense of humor to an inventive addition to the Marvel Universe.
November 3, 2016
Tim Grierson
Hacksaw Ridge
: Mel Gibson Wins the Battle, But Loses the War
His first directorial effort in ten years lionizes a pacifist who became a World War II hero, but it never gets to know him.
November 3, 2016
Michelle Dean
Loving
Is History at its Best
The movie shows how one couple overturned a racist law—without the usual grand speeches.
November 1, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 41:
Inferno
,
Jackie Brown
,
Bottle Rocket
October 31, 2016
Sukjong Hong
The Migrant Crisis as an ‘Echo From The News’
'Fire at Sea' documents what happens when refugees are completely removed from the fabric of daily life.
October 27, 2016
Tim Grierson
Inferno
: The Ninth Circle of Tom Hanks’s Hell
The actor may be a beloved Hollywood legend, but the films based on Dan Brown’s novels should be left out of his pantheon.
October 25, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 40:
Moonlight
,
Jack Reacher
,
Weekend at Bernie’s
October 21, 2016
Will Leitch
Jack Reacher
: Tom Cruise’s Last Action Hero
Seemingly done with chasing serious roles, Cruise would rather have his fans remember him as a running, jumping, punching machine.
October 20, 2016
Will Leitch
Moonlight
: The Path Not Taken
Barry Jenkins's beautiful, sympathetic film is one of the best of the year.
October 19, 2016
Scott Tobias
Kelly Reichardt’s Uncertain Lives
The director has made a career populating her films with characters that choose the difficult path in life.
October 18, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 39:
The Accountant
,
Christine,
and
Pink Floyd: The Wall
October 15, 2016
Will Leitch
The Accountant
: Good Will Hunted
Ben Affleck stars in what should be a straight-ahead thriller, but the film keeps tripping over its own incompetent feet.
October 13, 2016
Tim Grierson
Christine
: Her Final Sign-Off
This indie drama about the life and death of newscaster Christine Chubbuck succeeds because of the answers it doesn’t provide.
October 11, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 38:
The Birth of a Nation
and
L.A Confidential
October 7, 2016
Will Leitch
The Girl on the Train
: An Unreliable Director
This adaptation of the bestselling book is hazy in a way that’s more confusing than intriguing.
October 6, 2016
Tim Grierson
The Birth of a Nation
’s Blunt-Force Trauma
The Sundance sensation may not be great art, but its snarling urgency makes it a movie for our times.
October 4, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 37:
American Honey
,
Deepwater Horizon
, and
Barry Lyndon
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