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Home Alone: ‘The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane’

Home Alone: ‘The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane’

Keith Phipps

Jodie Foster’s other, less famous mid-’70s movie in which she plays a child grown up too fast asks if the kids are all right, and offers no comforting answers.

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In Review: 'Dune: Part Two,' 'Spaceman'

In Review: 'Dune: Part Two,' 'Spaceman'

Keith Phipps Scott Tobias

Two new films make journeys to outer space to tell strikingly different sorts of stories.

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The Family Underground: Sidney Lumet's 'Running on Empty'

The Family Underground: Sidney Lumet's 'Running on Empty'

Scott Tobias

This heartbreaking drama, one of Lumet's most underrated, weighs the costs of a radical act of conscience.

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Worst to Best: Music Videos for Best Original Song Oscar Winners

Worst to Best: Music Videos for Best Original Song Oscar Winners ✦

Keith Phipps

Sure, all these songs won Oscars for the movies in which they appear. But how do they work as music videos?

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In Review: 'Drive-Away Dolls,' 'Io Capitano'

In Review: 'Drive-Away Dolls,' 'Io Capitano'

Keith Phipps Scott Tobias

Ethan Coen delivers a memorable solo outing while the director of 'Gomorrah' steps out of his comfort zone with an Oscar-nominated immigrant drama.

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Worst to Best: The 2024 Oscar Shorts Nominees

Worst to Best: The 2024 Oscar Shorts Nominees ✦

Scott Tobias

A viewer's guide to the best, worst and least mediocre shorts on the Oscar ballot.

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