These dramas, both known for distinctive (and salty) dialogue, didn’t make much of a box office impression in 1992. But their influence is still being felt.
Category: Movies
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Guillermo del Toro Opens His ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’
For the first season of his horror anthology for Netflix, the filmmaker handpicked eight directors to tell a series of strange and macabre tales.
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Kevin Spacey Is Cleared of Anthony Rapp’s Battery Claim
A jury found Mr. Spacey not liable in a civil trial. Mr. Rapp, an original cast member in “Rent,” had filed a lawsuit accusing Mr. Spacey of making a sexual advance when Mr. Rapp was 14.
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‘Face’ Review: Close Encounters
Commissioned by the Louvre, the film brings together two of cinema’s unforgettable faces, Lee Kang-sheng and Jean-Pierre Léaud.
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‘Voodoo Macbeth’ Review: A Tiresome Curse
A historical look back at Orson Welles’s production of “Macbeth” with an all-Black cast in Harlem in the 1930s.
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Animal Lovers, Rejoice: The NY Cat and Dog Film Festivals Return
The programs feature many surprises, including a cat that plays Wordle and a lone man’s odyssey to feed Turkish strays.
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‘My Policeman’ Review: Two Love Affairs, Equally Tragic
A schoolteacher, her police officer husband and his lover deny each other romantic satisfaction in this dismal melodrama.
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‘Black Adam’ Review: Heroism, but Paint It Black
Dwayne Johnson stars in this overstuffed superhero film about an ancient figure granted god powers.
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‘Matriarch’ Review: Maternal Instincts
Jemima Rooper plays a troubled woman reconciling with her mother in this murky horror film set in Britain.
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‘Aftersun’ Review: A Father and Time
A daughter’s memory of a vacation in Turkey is at the heart of Charlotte Wells’s astonishing and devastating debut feature.
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‘Raymond & Ray’ Review: Oh, Brother
Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke struggle to dig themselves out of this dreary drama about damaged siblings reckoning with their father’s death.