For our series "From the Vault", which looks back on old movies worth revisiting, Laura Anne Harris reviews Paul Mazursky's impressively forward-thinking 1970s …
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Hail, Caesar: The Coen Brothers’ Golden Age
Alex Heeney looks at the performances, costumes, and blocking in the Coen Brothers' glorious Hail, Caesar and how it was heavily influenced by Golden Age …
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Anna Rose Holmer on her Sundance hit The Fits
First-time director Anna Rose Holmer discusses The Fits and how working with the New York City ballet influenced her film. She also discusses using sound and …
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Maggie Greenwald on Sophie and the Rising Sun
Writer-director Maggie Greenwald’s Sophie and the Rising Sun is an unconventional period piece about race, public and private spaces, and romance. Set in 1941 …
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Kurzel’s Macbeth emphasizes tone over text
Kurzel takes his cues from the text, but he expresses his ideas about the text through images and sounds — the whistling wind, the clashing swords, and the …
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Crimson Peak is a loving homage to the Gothic
Crimson Peak is a sensory feast rather than a character drama. In this, the film takes its cue from the mechanics of gothic literature, which is less about plot …
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