What We Mean When We Talk About ‘Detroit’
Police brutality during a 1967 riot is the subject of Detroit.PHOTO: COURTESY OF ANNAPURNA PICTURES “A real conversation starter” is …
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Maudie’s Sweet Charm
Is there another actor working today with more sweet and innocent charm than Sally Hawkins? She burst on the scene …
Haunting Image Defines ‘A Ghost Story’
Casey Affleck plays the lonely ghost at the center of the film.PHOTO: BRET CURRY / COURTESY OF A24 Some films …
Wild ‘Girls Trip’
On the heels of the tonally disjointed girls gone wild movie Rough Night, here comes director Malcolm D. Lee’s offering, …
‘Dunkirk’ Finds the Nobility of Retreat
Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk’ strips away all superfluous elements, leaving tension and desperation as viewers watch a select group of soldiers …
Rush to Cinematic Judgment: A List of the Best Films of 2017 – So Far
Kelvin Harrison Jr. in “It Comes at Night”PHOTO: ERIC MCNATT / COURTESY OF A24 As we celebrate the passing of …
Mini Microcinema Summer
Over-the-Rhine theater bids to become a major cultural player with Seven Weeks of Cinema When C. Jacqueline Wood started her …
Fresh and Funny ‘Spider-Man’ Reboot
How funny is it? Quite, thanks to the eager and earnest presence of Tom Holland as a high school-age Peter …
Feeling Good About ‘The Big Sick’
‘The Big Sick’ ambles along like an afternoon stroll on a mild summer day, with the audience comfortably in the …
Sofia Coppola’s Beguiling Film
Back in 1971, Don Siegel (Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Dirty Harry) steered Clint Eastwood into The Beguiled, …
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