Dune Part 2 is pure spectacle
Denis Villeneuve has finally made Frank Herbert’s novel into a successful franchise, with no self-consciousness – or irony.
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In The Iron Claw, Zac Efron stands out
Efron is an underrated actor, and this is a star-making performance.
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Why The Taste of Things is more than just “food porn”
The movie was derided by French critics as indulgent, with undertones of rancid conservatism. Actually, it’s a love story.
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American Fiction is a bold and bracing satire of publishing’s race problem
Cord Jefferson’s adaptation of Percival Everett’s 2001 novel Erasure shows the “African-American experience” as far richer than it’s often allowed…
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Why Barbie wasn’t snubbed
Also this week: Paul Giamatti’s struggling writers, and bad behaviour at the theatre.
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The Zone of Interest is a Holocaust film like no other
Jonathan Glazer’s astonishing adaptation of Martin Amis’s novel is the antidote to Schindler’s List.
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Why The Holdovers deserves Oscars
In a competitive awards season, this film may seem a modest proposition: but we should reward a funny, sad story,…
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All of Us Strangers makes the personal universal
This intensely specific film shows a kind of genius for English humdrum understatement about the most wrenching matters.
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