A prostitute blinded by a stalker tries to protect a young boy. But in his first film in 10 years, Dario Argento opts for visuals as banal as the scares.
Category: Movies
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‘Dark Glasses’ Review: She Wears Her Shades at Night
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‘Sell/Buy/Date’ Review: The Topic of Sex Work, From All Sides
The New York Times – Movies:In Sarah Jones’s engaging film about the sex trade, everyone has a say.
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‘Stars at Noon’ Review: A Not-So-Innocent Abroad
The New York Times – Movies:Claire Denis’s captivating new film, starring Margaret Qualley and based on the novel by Denis Johnson, treads familiar territory in a foreign land.
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‘The Other Tom’ Review: A Parent’s Right to Choose
The New York Times – Movies:A single mother in Texas faces off against the state when she refuses to medicate her son’s A.D.H.D.
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In ‘Tár,’ a Female Maestro Falls Into the Same Old Traps
The New York Times – Music:The film’s thesis is blunt: Put a woman in power, and she’ll be as sexually inappropriate and badly behaved as any man.
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Under the Skin of Jamie Lee Curtis
The New York Times – Movies:Whether it’s her return to her horror roots in “Halloween Ends” or her buzzy performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” freedom is what the actress is after.
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‘Almost Famous’ Heads to Broadway, Purple Aura Intact
The New York Times – Movies:Cameron Crowe adapted his Oscar-winning screenplay, about writing for Rolling Stone in the ’70s, preserving parts of the movie’s soundtrack and zingers (Don’t take drugs!) for the stage.
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American Culture Is Trash Culture
The New York Times – Movies:It’s not just that trash is what Americans want from movies; it’s who we are. So where did it go?
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Netflix Nears Deal to Build Huge Production Complex on Jersey Shore
The New York Times – Business:The company was the top bidder for land occupied by a former Army base.
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Anthony Rapp Said Anguish Returned When He Saw Kevin Spacey Onscreen
The New York Times – Movies:In testimony in a civil trial, Mr. Rapp argued that Mr. Spacey had inflicted emotional distress by climbing atop him in a bed when Mr. Rapp was 14. Mr. Spacey says the encounter didn’t happen.
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How Russian Action Movies Are Selling War
The New York Times – Movies:For an American, it can be easy to forget how much ideology is packed into the genre — until you watch a film from elsewhere, and see their cartoonish heroes and villains.
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Nikki Finke, Caustic Hollywood Chronicler, Is Dead at 68
The New York Times – Movies:At newspapers and then at Deadline, the website she founded, she served up the opposite of fluff entertainment journalism.