The New Cult Canon: 'Trouble Every Day'
Very few reviewers—your humble New Cult Canonizer excluded—had kind things to say about Claire Denis' grisly erotic horror film. But as the Denis cult has grown, so have critical reassessments.
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In Review: 'Ambulance,' 'All the Old Knives'
Michael Bay continues to make Michael Bay movies with a choppy action film about brothers on an L.A. heist, and Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton try to untangle their past as CIA operatives and lovers.
Oscars Aftermath: Catching Up with 'CODA'
15 months after its Sundance premiere, a modest family drama has become a phenomenon on multiple fronts. The film is ill-served by its success.
In Review: 'Apollo 10 1/2,' 'Morbius,' 'Nitram,' 'The Contractor'
Richard Linklater rotoscopes his memories of growing up in a NASA bubble and a Spider-Man-adjacent character gets his own movie. Plus brief reviews of new films from Justin Kurzel and Chris Pine.
Dialogue: Discussing the Family Business Part 3: 'The Godfather Part III' ✦
We wrap up our three-part conversation on Francis Ford Coppola's gangster trilogy by looking at the new "Coda" cut of the flawed third entry, and whether it creates more problems than it solves.
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In Review: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' 'The Lost City'
This week brings two movies loaded with references to other movies, but only one could be described as "original."