Jeffrey Wells writes the film website ‘Hollywood Elsewhere.’
Liberal movie critics are already taking exception to the politics of Cristian Mungiu’s brilliant movie about a religious family living in Norway whose children get removed by the state.
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A government mandate restricting sex to married couples, with one annual exception, is only the first of this film’s many confusions.
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A cinematic take on the late, great TV chef shrinks its larger-than-life subject by inexplicably giving him 1980s serial killer vibes.
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The fashion, style, and tone of Michael Mann’s 1986 thriller reek of musty ’80s antiquity, and this new version adds little to the original.
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Unlike elitist critics, ordinary filmgoers are starting to label Sir Christopher Nolan’s hit epic confusing and underwhelming.
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A new biopic of the first Ameican president is the kind of old-fashioned battle film that Ronald Reagan would have loved.
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‘The Invite’ is like a late 1960s Ingmar Bergman film, injected with a topical brand of humor that is purely here and now.
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Powered by an above-average star turn from Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man, ‘Masters of the Universe’ is a distinct improvement on the 1987 version.
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The world’s biggest film festival paid attention to a thriller, starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, but the same couldn’t be said for John Travolta’s directorial debut.
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Highlights of the largest film festival in the world include Wim Wenders taking the New York Times to task and Spike Lee and Mickey Rourke sparring over the LA riots.
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