Drama
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Shotgun Stories
This review was originally published on June 6, 2008. Jeff Nichols‘ “Shotgun Stories” is shaped and told like a revenge…
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The Woman in the Yard
In the last few years, there has been an uptick in horror movies in which the biggest danger comes not…
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On Swift Horses
Daniel Minahan’s “On Swift Horses” follows two allies on parallel journeys through a difficult world. Told in a style that…
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A Vanishing Fog
Where does an electric escalator that has magically materialized in the middle of a mountainous landscape take you? There, high…
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The Luckiest Man in America
In 1984, an ice cream truck driver and experienced scam artist named Michael Larson went on a CBS game show…
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Invention
Death has a way of stirring up long-forgotten memories. Wiping away the cobwebs of the past, mourning becomes a reason…
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The End
In Joshua Oppenheimer’s daring twin documentaries, “The Act of Killing” (2012) and “The Look of Silence” (2014), he attempts to…
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The Teacher
Set and shot in the West Bank, “The Teacher” is writer-director Farah Nabulsi’s spirited paean to Palestinian resilience. Putting on…
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That They May Face the Rising Sun
John McGahern only wrote six novels, but in his case, six was more than enough to establish him, during his…
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Meanwhile on Earth
How far would you go to see the loved ones you’ve lost again? What if it cost the lives of…
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