Original-Cin Q&A/review: Abusive vibe between two women in Allure is blisteringly dark
By Bonnie Laufer
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Original-Cin Q&A/review: Journey's End's shell-shock rings true in the PTSD era
Mary Goes Round: Dazzling Debut Feature Paints Alcoholism with Soft Brush
Spielberg's Ready Player One: '80s-centric trivia-orgy is a fast-moving mess
ReviewJim SlotekSteven Spielberg, Video game movies, Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, '80s nostalgia, The Iron Giant, Fanboys, Ernest Cline, Zak Penn
Original-Cin Q&A: The Office's John Krasinski takes horror-directing plunge in A Quiet Place
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The China Hustle: Scam 2.0 for the Wall Street larcenists post-2008
Midnight Sun: Schwarzenegger Offspring Adds Curb Appeal to Teen Drama
Pacific Rim Uprising dumbs down and takes a Power Rangers turn
Cat Show Documentary Scratches Ears of Feline Fanciers… As It Must
Unsane: Steven Soderbergh Thriller Is Really, Really (No, Really) Dumb
Tepid Madame: Antic Cinderella story or dark tale of social class? Meh, either way
Flower: Angular Teen Dramedy Sunk by Puerile Premise
Massive Documentary Festival Hot Docs Pulls Out Stops for 25th Year
Isle of Dogs: Wes Anderson's crazily imaginative slobbery belly-rub of a movie
ReviewJim SlotekWes Anderson, Dogs, Japanese movies, stop motion animation, Akira Kurosawa, Taiko drumming, Alexandre Desplat, Bill Murray, Bryan Cranston, Greta Gerwig
Tension-free 7 Days In Entebbe: We know what happens, but not, 'Why now?'
ReviewJim SlotekHistorical action thriller, Entebbe raid, Israel, Shimon Peres, Yitzak Rabin, Baader-Meinhof Gang, terrorism, Uganda, Batsheva Dance Company, Eddie Marsan, Daniel Bruhl, Rosamund Pike
Foxtrot: A brilliant dance of death by Israeli filmmaker Samuel Moaz
Love, Cecil: A doc about the style-setter who tarted up My Fair Lady
Tomb Raider: Bring back Angelina!
The Death of Stalin: From Russia with (very dark) laughs
ReviewJim SlotekArmando Iannucci, Russian history, satire, Josef Stalin, Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Nikita Khrushchev, The Thick of It, In The Loop, Veep
The Dude on further review: This is just my opinion, man
ViewsJim SlotekThe Big Lebowski, Coen Brothers, Revisionist criticism, Umberto Eco, Casablanca, The Big Sleep, Noir, Jeff Dowd, Students For A Democratic Society, Michael Lerner, Tikkun
