Effects artists annihilate cities in movies all the time. Tokyo really was destroyed, a reality the best Godzilla stories have always taken seriously.
Category: Movies
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‘Memory’ Review: A Contrived Drama With a Trauma Plot
In this contrived movie, Peter Sarsgaard stars as a man with dementia, and Jessica Chastain plays a caretaker with buried family secrets.
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‘Memory’ Review: A Contrived Drama With Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard
In this contrived movie, Peter Sarsgaard stars as a man with dementia, and Jessica Chastain plays a caretaker with buried family secrets.
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‘The Taste of Things’ and a Lovingly Prepared Meal
In a kitchen pas de deux, two cooks turn a feast into a meditation on time, longing and the seasons.
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‘Good Grief’ Review: Somehow, Life Goes On in Daniel Levy’s Film
In his feature directorial debut, Daniel Levy applies a light but wise hand to a man navigating life after loss.
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The Grim Heartbeat Propelling ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
In a short but fast-moving sequence built around a children’s primer, Martin Scorsese lays out all the themes of this terrible true-crime tale.
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Best Movies and TV Shows Streaming in January: ‘Echo,’ ‘True Detective’ and More
We’ve rounded up of the titles most worth checking out in the coming month, including an adaptation of “The Expatriates” and the return of “True Detective.”
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For Best Picture, Here are 13 Most Likely Contenders
It’s a very competitive year for the top Oscar. With precursor awards like the Golden Globes coming soon, here’s what may make the cut.
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‘The Color Purple’ Tips Its Hat to Classic Black Musicals
The new movie has so many references to Hollywood gems like “Stormy Weather” and early jazz shorts, it can be viewed as a Black film syllabus.
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‘Ferrari’ and ‘The Killer’: 1 Cinematographer, 2 Very Different Looks
Erik Messerschmidt worked with the directors Michael Mann and David Fincher to create cohesive worlds that feel nothing alike.
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‘The Color Purple’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The director Blitz Bazawule narrates a sequence from the musical, featuring a performance by Taraji P. Henson.
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Watch Taraji P. Henson Sing in ‘The Color Purple’
The director Blitz Bazawule narrates a scene from the musical, featuring the star performing as the dynamo Shug Avery.