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Apr 22, 2026
One of the striking facts of the 21st century is that J.R.R. Tolkien’s stories became blockbuster movies and pretentious TV soap operas, even as the primary use of his more...
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Apr 13, 2026
Americans are falling in love with Project Hail Mary, a movie about an astronaut who finds himself alone at the end of the universe, with perhaps no hope of ever returning among...
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Mar 30, 2026
Chuck Norris died last week at the age of 86, after a remarkable career. He was part of the karate craze that swept America in the ‘60s, teaching, competing, becoming a...
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Mar 16, 2026
Guillermo del Toro is one of the few celebrated directors of our time. This is not a question of merit—he’s no master, he’s never made a great movie—but a...
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Mar 6, 2026
Most of the year’s Oscar movies are fairly typical of the new trend to reduce art to ideology, some more concerned with race (Sinners, a mediocre picture that now holds the...
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Feb 25, 2026
Robert Duvall, one of Hollywood’s most versatile and admired actors, has died at the age of ninety-five. He played any number of iconic roles: from Col. Kilgore...
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Feb 19, 2026
Most Oscar movies have no audience and few admirers and are instantly forgotten (name last year’s winner). One exception is Marty Supreme, which has just received nine...
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Jan 26, 2026
Who’s going to win big at the Oscars? I know: Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, its title taken from a statement published in 1969 by the...
Apr 22, 2026One of the striking facts of the 21st century is that J.R.R. Tolkien’s stories became blockbuster movies and pretentious TV soap operas, even as the primary use of his more...
Apr 13, 2026Americans are falling in love with Project Hail Mary, a movie about an astronaut who finds himself alone at the end of the universe, with perhaps no hope of ever returning among...
Mar 30, 2026Chuck Norris died last week at the age of 86, after a remarkable career. He was part of the karate craze that swept America in the ‘60s, teaching, competing, becoming a...
Mar 16, 2026Guillermo del Toro is one of the few celebrated directors of our time. This is not a question of merit—he’s no master, he’s never made a great movie—but a...
Mar 6, 2026Most of the year’s Oscar movies are fairly typical of the new trend to reduce art to ideology, some more concerned with race (Sinners, a mediocre picture that now holds the...
Feb 25, 2026Robert Duvall, one of Hollywood’s most versatile and admired actors, has died at the age of ninety-five. He played any number of iconic roles: from Col. Kilgore...
Feb 19, 2026Most Oscar movies have no audience and few admirers and are instantly forgotten (name last year’s winner). One exception is Marty Supreme, which has just received nine...
Jan 26, 2026Who’s going to win big at the Oscars? I know: Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, its title taken from a statement published in 1969 by the...