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June 22, 2020
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John Patrick Leary
The Myopic Fantasy of Returning to “Normal”
Pre-lockdown life had its charms, but the pandemic has shown us how bad things really were.
November 26, 2019
Rumaan Alam
Not Even Tom Hanks Can Save
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Marielle Heller's film fails to understand its subject—the venerable Mister Rogers—but it still might make you cry.
May 1, 2017
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 66:
The Circle
April 28, 2017
Will Leitch
The Circle
: A Complete Fiasco of a Movie
The film, inspired by Dave Eggers's novel, has a lot of things it wants to say about technology. But it hasn’t thought any of them through.
September 8, 2016
Will Leitch
Sully
: A Great Guy, Really a Decent Sort of Fellow
How do you make a movie about an ordinary man who was briefly extraordinary?
October 15, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
Steven Spielberg Makes the Cold War Cool Again with "Bridge of Spies"
December 20, 2013
David Thomson
'Saving Mr. Banks' Is a Two-Hour Disney Commercial
October 11, 2013
Ryan Kearney
Captain Phillips
Will Pummel You Into Submission
You won't even notice Tom Hanks's awful Boston accent.
November 8, 2012
David Thomson
Life is Too Short for Cloud Atlas’s Self-Indulgence
March 16, 2012
Noam Scheiber
The Hitch in the New Obama Documentary
February 22, 2012
Evgeny Morozov
Form and Fortune
July 6, 2011
David Thomson
David Thomson on Films: ‘Larry Crowne’ Could Have Tackled the Challenges America Faces Today. Instead, Its Story Is Stale and Cheap.
May 15, 2009
Christopher Orr
The Movie Review: 'Angels & Demons'
July 26, 2004
Stanley Kauffmann
Time Suspended
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