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Carefree (1938)

Musical Rated NR

“Shtick crept its way into the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers dynamic with this later collaboration.”

Rams (2016)

Drama Rated R

“…takes place at the end of the world, but it’s a place that means all the world to the two brothers at its center.”

Morris from America (2016)

Drama Rated R

“…plays like a construct imposed upon inauthentic characters, rather than an organic, attuned narrative.”

Pete’s Dragon (2016)

Family Rated PG

“…doesn’t simply want to update a movie from 1977. It wants to be a movie from 1977.”

Unfriended (2015)

Horror Rated R

“…takes seemingly benign, everyday technology and turns it into a vehicle for menace.”

Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

Family Rated PG

“…causes us to focus our attention on the details within the detail.”

The Little Prince (2016)

Family Rated PG

“There is both a fragility and immediacy to the imagery—as if watching it might give you a paper cut.”

1001 Grams (2015)

Drama Rated NR

“…takes its central metaphor very seriously.”

Hell or High Water (2016)

Drama Rated R

“Stillness can be peaceful, but it can also be menacing.”

Suicide Squad (2016)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“You could put this movie’s scenes on shuffle, and it would almost make as much sense.”

Recent Reviews

Tender Mercies (1983)

Drama Rated PG

“… an unhurried meditation on prodigal singers and profligate love.”

The Great Santini (1979)

Drama Rated PG

“… has a literally commanding Duvall at the center of it.”

Project Hail Mary (2026)

Drama Rated PG-13

“Ryan Gosling passes the Muppet test with Project Hail Mary, even though it’s not a Muppet movie.”


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