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Review: ‘The Sparks Brothers’

Edgar Wright's obsessive documentary 'The Sparks Brothers' offers an "exhaustive look" into the ...

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What is America and Where Can I Find Her: The Late-Stage Work of Clint Eastwood

The late-period work of Clint Eastwood "explores a nation whose jingoistic id has ...

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‘Wake in Fright’: Nihilism, Power, and the Journey to Hell

Ted Kotcheff's 1971 psychological thriller 'Wake in Fright' shows the viewer a "thought-provoking ...

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‘The Polar Express’: Robert Zemeckis, Motion-Capture, and the Digital Filmmaking Frontier

The Polar Express demonstrates Zemeckis' desire for "creative freedom through the sacrifice of ...

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Freddy’s Revenge: Repression, AIDS and the Fear of the Monster in the Closet

'Freddy's Revenge' is one of the only mainstream horror films to focus on ...

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Review: Kajillionaire

Miranda July's third feature film perfectly portrays "the sense of longing and alienation ...

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Ang Lee’s Hulk: Tragedy, Trauma, and the Horrors of Freudian Rage

Vance revisits Ang Lee's "$120 million psycho-sexual monster movie".