What Happens When You Cut Six Seconds Out of ‘The French Connection’?
A slightly shorter version of William Friedkin's 1971 classic is now the only version available to stream in the United States. The cut changes the film at a fundamental level.
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In Review: 'The Flash,' 'Elemental,' 'The Blackening'
This week, the DCEU and Pixar head into a cruel summer and a low-budget horror-comedy makes certain that not all of its Black characters will be the first to die.
A. Friend in Low Places: On Treat Williams in 'Smooth Talk'
In one of the late actor's signature roles, Treat Williams brings a sinister confidence to the predator of Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?"
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: Mike Leigh’s ‘Career Girls’
Leigh's 1997 film offers a bittersweet depiction of turning into an adult with a soundtrack of buoyant songs from The Cure.
In Review: 'Past Lives,' 'Flamin' Hot'
The lives and loves of past and present intermingle in Celine Song's beautiful directorial debut. Spices intermingle with Cheetos in a fact-free true story.
The Second Acts of Nicole Holofcener and Julia Louis-Dreyfus
With 'Enough Said' and 'You Hurt My Feelings,' the director and actress have charted a course through the anxieties of middle age.