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The Eyes of Tammy Faye Turns the Fallen Televangelist into Camp Curiosity
In the grand scheme of Christian forgiveness, maybe it’s a nice idea to try to reclaim the honor, or at least the humanity, of the late evangelist TV personality Tammy Faye Bakker, one-half of the 1980s prayer-and-praise power couple Jim and Tammy Bakker. That’s the goal, apparently, of Michael Showalter’s cartoonishly sincere biopic The Eyes…
Cry Macho Is Pure Clint Eastwood—and That’s Mostly a Good Thing
The director's 39th or 40th picture, depending on how you count, is a simple, handsome story that exemplifies some of the unexpected riches of the director's later films
Humble Crumble – Heartwarming Crumbles | Old Spitalfields Market
Humble Crumble Old Spitalfields market What’s the first thought that comes to mind, when you want a warm heartfelt comforting dessert on a cold day? Something crumbly, fruity, served with a pool…
American Rust Sounds a Lot Like Mare of Easttown. Sadly, It Isn’t
Jeff Daniels stars in a Rust Belt crime drama too mired in small-town misery to say anything new
FX’s Epic Y: The Last Man Adaptation Gets Off to a Shaky But Intriguing Start
A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle. So goes the old feminist slogan. But that doesn’t mean life on Earth would continue as normal if every mammal with a Y chromosome suddenly dropped dead.
Olivia Colman Is Extraordinary in The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Bold Directorial Debut
For her directorial debut, Maggie Gyllenhaal takes on a complex and daring narrative about motherhood and all that it can drain from a woman
Edgar Wright’s 1960s Fever Dream Last Night in Soho Is a Half-Brilliant Thriller
Edgar Wright's new thriller, which premiered at the 78th Venice Film Festival, starts off seductively before taking an unfortunate turn
HBO’s Scenes From a Marriage Remake Is Trying to Break Your Heart, All Over Again
HBO casts Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac in a loosely gender-flipped remake of Ingmar Bergman's classic miniseries.
Denis Villeneuve’s Take on Dune Is an Admirably Understated Sci-Fi Spectacle
Denis Villeneuve directs Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya in a largely successful adaptation of Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel, long considered unfilmable
Kristen Stewart and Pablo Larraín Do Princess Diana Wrong in Spencer
Kristen Stewart is a tiger in actor form, one of our most gifted and understated young performers. Her fearlessness is the casual kind, arriving without fanfare or advertisement—languid one minute and ready to leap the next, she’s a master of the slow blink. When the news came out that Jackie director Pablo Larraín had cast…
Oscar Isaac Smolders in the Pensive Romantic Thriller The Card Counter
Oscar Isaac, the star of writer-director Paul Schrader’s ardent romantic drama The Card Counter—premiering at the 78th annual Venice Film Festival—is the matinee idol we barely deserve in our short-attention-span world, an era when we barely allow ourselves time to read a face or lose ourselves in a pair of eyes. Yet as soldier-turned-poker-ace William…
Jane Campion’s Gorgeous Western The Power of the Dog Is a Sharp Study of Masculinity Gone Awry
If you’re going to borrow, borrow from the best. Jane Campion begins and ends her sinewy western The Power of the Dog with a nod to John Ford’s penchant for framing figures and action through doorways and windows, less a way of focusing our gaze than a proclamation: This is cinema, people—use the whole canvas!…