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In Review: 'John Wick: Chapter 4,' 'Tori and Lokita,' 'The Five Devils'

In Review: 'John Wick: Chapter 4,' 'Tori and Lokita,' 'The Five Devils'

Keith Phipps Scott Tobias

More is more in the latest and longest 'John Wick' sequel. In limited release, the Dardennes paint more desperate characters into a corner and Adèle Exarchopoulos smells trouble in a French fantasy.

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Errol Morris' Semantic Fog of War

Errol Morris' Semantic Fog of War

Scott Tobias

20 years after the start of the Iraq War, two Errol Morris documentaries, 'Standard Operating Procedure' and 'The Unknown Known,' have a cumulative power.

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Interview: 'Colors of Film: The Story of Cinema in 50 Palettes' Author Charles Bramesco

Interview: 'Colors of Film: The Story of Cinema in 50 Palettes' Author Charles Bramesco

Keith Phipps

Bramesco's new book traces the history of color movies using fifty remarkable examples that span color filmmaking's low-tech origins through the digital age.

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In Review: 'Boston Strangler,' 'Rodeo'

In Review: 'Boston Strangler,' 'Rodeo'

Scott Tobias Keith Phipps

This week, a notorious '60s serial killer investigation gets the B-grade 'Zodiac' treatment and a French Cannes-winner explores a motocross underworld.

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Revisiting 'Amateur' and the forgotten cult of Hal Hartley

Revisiting 'Amateur' and the forgotten cult of Hal Hartley

Scott Tobias

In the early-to-mid '90s, Hal Hartley was talked about like the Coens, Richard Linklater and other young indie directors. 'Amateur' reveals why.

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How a Little-Seen 1984 Comedy Predicted Our Imminent Artificial Intelligence-Created Dystopia

How a Little-Seen 1984 Comedy Predicted Our Imminent Artificial Intelligence-Created Dystopia

Keith Phipps

In 'Electric Dreams,' a lovestruck computer wreaks havoc in some ways that now look eerily prophetic.

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