‘One Battle After Another’ Is the Most Overrated Film of the Year
Despite the near-unanimous praise, Paul Thomas Anderson’s reach once again exceeds his grasp.
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Joaquin Phoenix
On Getting What You Wish For
Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ keeps us guessing about politics
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The Politics of Cannes
This year’s festival is a platform for movies with a message
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BFG Podcast #169: ‘Joker: Folie A Deux’ and ‘Nobody Wants This’
Neal Pollack and guests talk about the most controversial cultural products of the moment
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The ‘Joker’ Is On You
The disastrous ‘Folie A Deux’ subverts all audience expectations, and all expectations of what an entertaining film should be
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The Enduring Legacy of ‘To Die For’
The 1995 dissection of our lust for fame is more relevant than ever
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BFG Podcast #128
‘Napoleon,’ ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,’ and ‘Julia’
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A Bone Apart
Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon,’ the mostly-true story of history’s greatest cuck
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BFG Podcast #101: ‘Beau Is Afraid,’ Woody Allen Shut Out of Cannes, and Defunding Libraries
Our critics break down the culture, across the ideological spectrum
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Mother F****ed
Director Ari Aster’s Id is on full display in ‘Beau Is Afraid’
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‘C’mon C’mon,’ ‘Parallel Mothers,’ and ‘Memoria’
Family concerns dominate the last week of the NYFF
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Author of ‘To Die For’ Remembers Buck Henry, Who Adapted it for Film
Joyce Maynard lovingly recalls a warm, funny friend
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Joker’s to the Right
Hope and Despair at the Toronto International Film Festival
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Maybe Commodus Was the Good Guy
A Look Back at Gladiator Through a 2020 Lens
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