Movies

Bone-dry comedy ‘Buffalo ’66’ (1998) an all-time weird romance

Christina Ricci made her transition from kid to adult fare in stark fashion. A year after doing “That Darn Cat,” she starred in “The Opposite

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Symphonic score makes ‘Easy Virtue’ (1928) easy to watch

“Easy Virtue” (1928), the sixth among Alfred Hitchcock’s preserved silent films, today plays like a symphony orchestra performance accompanied by moving images. As with most

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‘Blow Out’ (1981) blows it at the end, but is still great

As it peers into the dark corners of a massive conspiracy but maintains a personal scope, writer-director Brian De Palma’s solid thriller “Blow Out” (1981)

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Hitchcock makes sound transition to talkies in ‘Blackmail’ (1929)

“Blackmail” (1929) is one of the first British talkies, and that might’ve been exciting at the time, but it plays like modern 3D film when

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Ricci tries bizarre British whimsy in ‘Miranda’ (2002)

During a brief British swing that included the paycheck horror film “The Gathering” (2003), Christina Ricci tried a creative art piece, “Miranda” (2002). The lone

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2024: A horror ‘Oddity’ – Irish film is year’s best so far

If one has been watching a string of horror films that don’t quite get things right, “Oddity” plays like a revelation. A scary vibe –

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Horror-thriller ‘Longlegs’ has loads of style, not enough story

An odd combination of rigid filmmaking and going for broke, “Longlegs” has enough good scenes and moments to be worth a look. As a complete

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‘All the President’s Men’ (1976) grandly caps Pakula’s ‘paranoia trilogy’

The cycle of life imitating art imitating life comes full circle for director Alan J. Pakula with the capper to his thematic “paranoia trilogy,” “All

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‘Immaculate’ conceives shocking gore horror

It’s amazing in this day and age that there aren’t tons of stories about religious groups protesting “Immaculate,” the shocking gore-horror flick that came out

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‘The Parallax View’ (1974) a timelessly chilling conspiracy noir

Alan J. Pakula is arguably the most influential director in the second wave of noir in film history – Seventies neo-noir. The original wave dominated

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