Agnieszka Holland Goes to War ✦
On the connections between the Polish director's controversial new migrant drama 'Green Border' and the historical forces at play in her 1990 breakthrough film 'Europa Europa.'
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My Mother, the Movies, and Me
Some reflections on times spent at the movies long ago, in remembrance..
In Review: 'Inside Out 2'
Pixar sequels not called 'Toy Story' tend to offer diminished returns. Its new one continue the pattern.
Hollywood's Brief Cocaine Binge
In the late '80s, as the Reagan years were winding down, three movies tried to mark the dark side of runaway excess.
10 Thoughts on Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Birds' ✦
In 1963, Hitchcock followed the mammoth success of ‘Psycho’ with an elusive, unsettling film unlike anything else he’d ever make.
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In Review: 'Bad Boys: Ride Or Die,' 'The Watchers'
A venerable buddy-cop franchise delivers the action goods while a second-generation director makes an appropriately twisty debut.