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Logan: A Superhero Swan Song with a Haunting So...

In Logan (2017), director James Mangold delivers a gritty, emotionally charged farewell to Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, marking the end of an era for the X-Men franchise. Set in a near-future...

Venom: Tom Hardy’s Wild Ride, and a Score that ...

Venom (2018) is that rare Marvel offshoot that somehow feels like a fever dream concocted in a Glasgow pub, after one too many lagers. Directed by Ruben Fleischer, the film...

Corpse Bride: Till Death Do Us Art

Corpse Bride (2005), Tim Burton’s whimsical gothic fairy tale, is a marriage of the macabre and the heartwarming, much like if the Brothers Grimm crashed a wedding with The Nightmare...

Do the Right Thing: Jazz, Tension, and Cultural...

Saturday, 12:35am, BBC2 Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989) remains a cinematic landmark, dissecting racial tension and social injustice in a Brooklyn neighborhood during one sweltering summer day. The...

The Blues Brothers: Soul, Swagger, and Smashing...

There are few films that manage to combine breakneck car chases, toe-tapping soul music, and comedy of such mythic proportions as The Blues Brothers (1980). Directed by John Landis, this...

If Beale Street Could Talk: A Story of Love and...

Barry Jenkins’ 2018 adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk, based on James Baldwin’s seminal novel, is a masterclass in visual storytelling that captures the aching beauty and injustice faced...