More from John DeFore
Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in Netflix’s ‘The Gray Man’: Film Review
The Russo brothers go big again with a spy-vs-spy thriller starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas.
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B.J. Novak and Issa Rae in ‘Vengeance’: Film Review | Tribeca 2022
Novak directs himself alongside Rae and Ashton Kutcher in a film about a New York wannabe podcaster who ventures into the West Texas desert.
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‘American Pain’: Film Review | Tribeca 2022
Investigative documentarian Darren Foster tells the story of pill-mill felons Jeffrey and Christopher George.
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‘There There’: Film Review | Tribeca 2022
Andrew Bujalski's ensemble experiment shoots actors like Lili Taylor and Jason Schwartzman in isolation and watches them try to share a scene.
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‘Lynch/Oz’: Film Review | Tribeca 2022
Alexandre O. Philippe's doc explores some of the ways 'The Wizard of Oz' helped shape the Lynchian universe.
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Critic’s Appreciation: Ray Liotta Was More Than Another Magnetic Screen Wise Guy
The actor brought fearsome energy and edge to projects big and small, beyond his crowning turn in Scorsese's masterwork 'Goodfellas.'
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Ethan Coen’s ‘Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind’: Film Review | Cannes 2022
Coen's first film without brother Joel is a performance-centered look at Jerry Lee Lewis' varied career.
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‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’: Film Review
Sam Raimi returns to comic-book movies with a parallel-dimensions Doctor Strange adventure.
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‘Metal Lords’: Film Review
Teen outcasts bond over Satan-lovin' music in Peter Sollett's return to features, written by D.B. Weiss.
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‘Under the Influence’: Film Review | SXSW 2022
One YouTuber profiles another in Casey Neistat's doc on David Dobrik.
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‘Master of Light’: Film Review | SXSW 2022
Winner of the fest's top non-fiction prize, Rosa Ruth Boesten's debut doc introduces George Anthony Morton, a fine artist whose career was born during a decade in prison.
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‘The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks’: Film Review | SXSW 2022
Reg Harkema's doc reintroduces one of sketch comedy's most loved and influential troupes.
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