Jim Jarmusch and Lav Diaz Sparkle in New York
Films from American independent legend and Filipino art-house darling fascinate audiences at NYFF2025
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Cate Blanchett
The Squid Game Finale: Long Live the Bumfight, Death to the Allegory
The Korean murder-thon seems oddly disinterested in real or plausible dysfunction
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BFG Podcast #191: ‘Black Bag’ and a Roundup of the “Last” SXSW
We cover and uncover the culture
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‘Black Bag’: Stephen Soderbergh’s Wry Spies
Intrigue abounds, but doesn’t quite satisfy, in tightly-wound cyber-security thriller
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Live Action Film In Steep Decline
It’s always been tough to make it as an actor, but it’s never been tougher than right now
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The ‘Borderlands’ Disaster
Eli Roth’s big-studio “tentpole” is a reminder of what truly terrible films look like
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My Five Favorite Movies of 2022
From the mainstream to the (very) independent, here are one critic’s choices from an understatedly great cinematic year
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Lights, Camera, Lido!
A report from the Venice Biennale
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Guillermo del Toro’s Old Nightmare
‘Nightmare Alley’ belongs in a noir museum
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Don’t Watch This
‘Don’t Look Up,’ a disastrous disaster comedy from Adam McKay
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The Slog Of Bernadette
A Rich Lady Finds Her Smile in the Antarctic
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‘The House With A Clock In Its Walls’
An Eli Roth Movie For The Whole Family
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