In Review: 'Black Bag,' 'The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie'
This week: Steven Soderbergh and David Koepp's second 2025 film strips the spy movie down to the essential and a long-delayed Looney Tunes movie hits theaters.
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When Gene Hackman Clocked In ✦
The late actor referred to 'The Poseidon Adventure' as a "money job." It didn't change his process.
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“I Didn’t Solve Anything”: With ‘Night Moves,’ Gene Hackman Found the Dark Heart of the 1970s
For director Arthur Penn, Hackman played a private eye troubled by darkness both around and within him.
Open Question: What under-the-radar recent horror film would you recommend? ✦
Give us some late-winter chills.
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In Review: 'Mickey 17,' 'Eephus'
Bong Joon Ho returns with an audacious sci-fi satire and baseball season arrives early via a knockabout comedy with an elegiac streak.
Of Predators and Progress at True/False 2025
The salve of watching documentaries during turbulent political times.