In Review: ‘Train Dreams,’ ‘Predator: Badlands,’ ‘Peter Hujar's Day’
Three films today about the small yet majestic destinies of an early 20th century logger, a freelance photographer, and an extraterrestrial runt.
David Fincher's ’The Killer’: Confessions of an Imperfectionist ✦
With his stripped-down Netflix thriller, David Fincher exposes the folly of a perfect assassin.
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The Awful Truths: Peter Watkins’ ‘The War Game’ and ‘Punishment Park’ ✦
A pair of films from the late British director blur documentary and fiction to reveal grim possible tomorrows.
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In Review: ‘Nouvelle Vague,’ ‘Dracula’
Two movies about movies this week as Richard Linklater follows a young Jean-Luc Godard and Radu Jude gives Bram Stoker the AI treatment.
Worst to Best: The Films of Kelly Reichardt ✦
From one of America's best independent filmmakers, even the worst film is essential viewing.
Worst to Best
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It’s October So I Watched a Bunch of Horror Movies I’d Never Seen Before: The ‘[REC]’ Franchise ✦
The influential Spanish film ‘[REC]’ helped fuel a found-footage revival in the late ’00s. Its sequel and American offshoots anticipated how quickly the subgenre could burn itself out.