
FilmWatch Weekly: ‘Nightmare Alley’ and ‘Swan Song’: Remakes and Double-takes
Spielberg, Del Toro, and the perils & possibilities of remakes. Plus questions of mortality in a sci-fi flick that sends in the clones.
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Spielberg, Del Toro, and the perils & possibilities of remakes. Plus questions of mortality in a sci-fi flick that sends in the clones.
While the big prestige pictures don’t live up to their billing, a satiric Romanian sex farce slides in to save the day.
Jane Campion’s corrosive revelations on the Montana range and Paul Verhoeven’s tale of convent carryings-on dig deeper than their surfaces.
The director will be at a Clinton Street screening to talk about his star-crossed (and star-studded) 1979 movie, whose perilous making is a tale unto itself.
The moving, imaginative film “Stories of Oceania” is the centerpiece of MediaRites and Theatre Diasporaās Oceania Celebration.
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Most of the films made before 1950 are lost. A tenacious group is working to rediscover them, and bring them back to public view.
Marc Mohan at the movies: Branagh recalls his childhood during the Troubles; a political bio puts things in and leaves things out; some short streaming gems.
Marc Mohan at the movies: From audacious revivals to the Houses of Windsor and Marvel.
A clear-eyed view of the city’s swinging scene and the turmoil under the glamour, with fine performances by its young stars and a trio of ’60s veterans.
What’s old is bold: Lavine’s screen series is bringing famous and obscure gems back to life.
How does the French-Canadian director of “Dune” terrify, thrill, and inspire audiences? Let us count the ways, from 1998 to now.
Wes Anderson’s “Dispatch” is about as Wes Anderson as a movie can be. And Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the Victorian polymath Wain, an artist who paints psychedelic cats.
Ridley Scott directs a Rashomon-like 14th century tale; marriage neo-Bergman style; a soccer team’s rescue.
It’s their baby (but is it human?); a feel-good film about a transgender child; Daniel Craig’s final go-round.
As the Daniel Craig era ends, a talk on James Bond’s past, present and future with expert Dr. Lisa Funnell.
If this is (almost) October, it must be horror and Halloween and Lovecraft time. Plus, a Breathless bit of history.
A charming “Los Lobos” at the Latin fest; an Argentine apocalypse; CineMagic scares; Schrader’s new deal.
In a trio of noteworthy new movies, the eyes (and the people behind them) have it.
An appreciation of two great actors, plus a catfishing Juliette Binoche, a Hong Kong thriller, and more.