Films to Watch For in 2017
At the end of the year, critics do all of the things readers think of when they consider what it …
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A Feel-Good History Lesson
‘HIDDEN FIGURES’ FAILS TO TEACH THE WHOLE PSYCHOLOGICAL TRUTH By T.T. Stern Enzi Photo: Octavia Spencer as Dorothy Vaughan (center) leads …
Top Ten Films of 2016
Anya Taylor-Joy in “The Witch”PHOTO: A24 There’s no better encapsulation of the year in film than the re-mastered 30th-anniversary print …
Performance Recognition Goes Gender Blind in 2017
HOLLYWOOD DECIDES TO NOMINATE BASED ON ‘PERFORMANCE’ OVER GENDER T.T. Stern-Enzi Photo: Ingrid Bergman as Paula Alquist in Oscar-winning ‘Gaslight’ Have …
Why I Can’t Go Ga Ga For ‘La La Land’
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling sing and dance in “La La Land” PHOTO: DALE ROBINETTE I’ve never considered myself a contrarian. …
The Rest of the Best
DON’T MISS THESE UNDER-THE-RADAR FILM PICKS FROM 2016 By T.T. Stern-Enzi Photo: Markees Christmas as Morris in ‘Morris From America’ Today’s …
The Obama Legacy
Prepping my screening schedule s at the Toronto International Film Festival, I always pursue the kind of movie that can …
‘Jackie’ Screenwriter Humanizes an Icon
Natalie Portman has received praise as Jacqueline Kennedy. PHOTO: PABLO LARRAÍN/COURTESY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX In Jackie, screenwriter Noah Oppenheim, working with …
Beware the Angelic Chorus of ‘Manchester By the Sea’
LESLEY BARBER’S MUSICAL SCORE BEDEVILS AND TRANSFIXES AUDIENCES By T.T. Stern-Enzi Photo: Casey Affleck (right) and Kyle Chandler in Kenneth Lonergan’s …
Great Acting and Writing Lift ‘Manchester’
Casey Affleck (left) and Lucas Hedges in “Manchester By the Sea”PHOTO: CLAIRE FOLGER / COURTESY OF AMAZON STUDIOS AND ROADSIDE …
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