At Sundance, Filmmaking and the Festival Contemplate Apocalypse and Rebirth Collide
Amid a farewell to Park City, two major AI documentaries reflect the end of a way of being
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James Cameron
Is Timothée Chalamet the Last True Movie Star?
The lead in ‘Marty Supreme’ is the latest in an idiosyncratic, but successful set of roles
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James Cameron’s Avatar Saga Grows Hotter and Louder, but Not Smarter
‘Fire and Ash’ proves Cameron still rules large-scale spectacle, even if Pandora’s expanding mythology feels more like interstellar soap opera.
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Ten Books for August 2025
Academia in Hell, a Scottish politician in semi-disgrace, a dog in Georgia and more
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Which Best Picture Do People Actually Still Like?
Movies are like a box of chocolates
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BFG Podcast #084: ‘Avatar: The Way of Water,’ and This Year’s Best and Worst TV Shows
We make out with the culture
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A Whale of A Sequel
In ‘Avatar 2: The Way of Water’, James Cameron brings the underseas 3D bombast
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BFG Podcast #055: ‘Dr. Strange,’ ‘Avatar,’ and ‘Pachinko’
We break down the culture
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Like Water For Old Franchises
The ‘Avatar 2’ trailer raises the question: does anyone actually care about Avatar?
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Re-Terminator
‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ is More Past Than Future
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No, a Giant Dog-Faced Talking Octopus Didn’t Save Everyone on the Titanic
The Warped History of Some Strange Italian Animated Movies
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The Eyes Don’t Have It
Despite 20 Minutes of Good Action, ‘Alita’ is a Legendary Clunker
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Blue Interlude
‘Avatar’ (At Least In 3-D) Is Not the Forgettable Disaster You Blocked Out
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