'Melancholia' at 10: A Decade of Waiting for the End of the World
Amidst bad press and unforced errors Danish director Lars von Trier released a shockingly heartfelt end-of-the-world story
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In Review: 'Eternals,' 'Spencer,' 'Finch,' and 'The Beta Test'
In this week's reviews, the most beautiful MCU is also the worst, Pablo Larraín gives Princess Diana the 'Jackie' treatment, and robots and agents run on faulty programming.
Marvel’s 'Eternals' Wouldn’t Exist Without A Half-Forgotten, Nonsense-Filled Bestseller From an Alien-Obsessed Swiss Hotel Manager ✦
1968's 'Chariots of the Gods?' won over millions of readers, influenced comics great Jack Kirby and, eventually, inspired a film in which Angelina Jolie and others play ancient, godlike aliens.
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In Review: 'Last Night in Soho,' 'Antlers,' 'The Souvenir Part II'
In this week's reviews, Edgar Wright enters an evocative, giallo-inspired portal to '60s London, horror gets elevated, and Joanna Hogg continues her semi-autobiographical journey.
Minding the Gaps: 'Walking Tall Part 2' (1975): "My children are motherless because of the man at the top"
A sequel to an unexpected hit doubles as a window into how legends get formed and a past decade's hunger for tales of backwoods justice.
In Review: 'Dune,' 'The French Dispatch,' 'Halloween Kills'
It's Two-mothée Chalamet week as the young star stars in a half-finished but rousing take on Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic and Wes Anderson's latest. Also: 'Halloween Kills' does not slay.