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Better Man
January 5, 2025A Complete Unknown
December 21, 2024
Is James Mangold’s biography of Bob Dylan, or at least his early days, a great piece of art? No. Is it revelatory or even historically accurate? Not really. But, close as it is to all that, it is also one of the most entertaining movies of the year.
Joanna Langfield’s Top 10 Movies of 2024
December 13, 2024
The Last Showgirl
December 13, 2024
The surprise poignancy and performance here are what gives this slender sweetie its real pizazz.
Nickel Boys
December 10, 2024
An uncompromising fever dream, RaMell Ross’s film, based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, is brilliant, challenging and frustrating.
Lake George
November 29, 2024
What a treat it is to watch the wonderful Shea Whigham and Carrie Coon play (and I do mean play) in the kind of quirky movie we don’t get to see a lot of these days.
The Order
November 29, 2024
Gladiator II
November 11, 2024
Blitz
October 30, 2024
What may be most surprising about this rather conventional war-at-home movie is that it was made by the previously far bolder Steve McQueen. But, fear not. And pay attention.
The Movie Minute 