Pedro Almodóvar reaches new heights of sophistication with Parallel Mothers
In the director’s seventh film with Penélope Cruz, the personal and political combine in a mystery about motherhood and mass…
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What Hitchcock’s Vertigo teaches us about love
The film's twin love stories contrast two ways of understanding what tethers us to someone: personal qualities and shared history.
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Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast is a nostalgic portrait of youth interrupted
In the British director's romanticised depiction of his childhood during the Troubles, every word is calculated for maximum effect.
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Why Neville Chamberlain will forever be discredited by his policy of appeasement
A new Netflix film, based on Robert Harris’s novel, attempts to rehabilitate the former prime minister – but his legacy…
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Joss Whedon is a disappointment to Buffy fans – but the show never solely belonged to him
Many may want to disavow Buffy the Vampire Slayer now its creator’s hollow “feminism” has been exposed. But to disregard it…
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The hypocrisy of Hollywood liberalism
The Golden Globes saga is just the latest instance of the film industry squandering its moral authority.
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Andrea Arnold’s Cow explores sex, death, and motherhood through the eyes of an animal
The British director’s first documentary is the story of a trapped female told through social realism. But this time, the…
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The most anticipated films of 2022
Spoiler alert: Tilda Swinton appears in most of them.
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