Billy & Timmy & Todd ✦
In Todd Solondz's 'Happiness' and 'Life During Wartime,' the Maplewood boys, Billy and Timmy, grow up in a family poisoned by deviance and denial. What kind of men will they be?
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#67 (tie): ‘Andrei Rublev’: The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time
Andrei Tarkovsky's second feature offers an episodic, largely invented look at the life of a 15th century icon creator amidst an unsparing depiction of the oft brutal world in which he lived.
In Review: 'The Substance,' 'His Three Daughters,' 'Wolfs'
Coralie Fargeat's Cannes-winning sci-fi/horror film is a gruesome tour-de-force for Demi Moore while other top-flight actors struggle to keep lesser vehicles afloat.
The Movie of the Moment: John Frankenheimer's 'Seconds'
With 'The Substance' and 'A Different Man' opening this weekend, the influence of Frankenheimer's grim cult classic about a man switching to a younger identity looms large.
Marjorie Also Known as Midge ✦
In ‘Vertigo,’ Barbara Bel Geddes plays a lovesick sidekick. What could have been a thankless part becomes as rich and moving as any role in the film.
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In Review: 'Speak No Evil,' 'My Old Ass'
A daring Danish thriller gets an American remake and an indie comedy with a different sort of doubling proves sneakily profound.