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December 8, 2017
Sean Baker’s Wondrous ‘The Florida Project’
The director discusses telling stories about underrepresented communities, using inexperienced actors, and more about his award-winning film
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December 7, 2017
This Is the Movie Essay We Need Right Now
Nothing seems to matter as much as the present, which informs the way we talk about the relevance, urgency, and distraction of film in 2017
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December 7, 2017
The Best Films of 2017
From ‘Get Out’ to ‘Phantom Thread’ to ‘Good Time,’ a celebration of movies that reminded us why we love movies
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October 12, 2017
Jason Blum on Making the ‘Get Out’ Trailer and How to Get Jordan Peele an Oscar
The Blumhouse Productions founder joined ‘The Bill Simmons Podcast’ to discuss the thriller and its awards potential
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October 7, 2017
‘The Florida Project’ Is a Beautiful Dark Sunny Fantasy
Sean Baker’s new indie is a wondrously sad film largely shot from the perspective of kids, but undercut by the realities faced by adults
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August 25, 2017
‘Beach Rats’ Is a Sexual Coming-of-Age Story That Crackles With the Unknown
A Brooklyn teenager treads the thin line between danger and desire in director Eliza Hittman’s second feature film
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August 11, 2017
‘The Big Picture’ — The Safdie Brothers and the Making of ‘Good Time’
Sean Fennessey discusses the Robert Pattinson-starring instant New York crime classic with the film’s directors
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August 10, 2017
The Twilight of Robert Pattinson’s Superstardom
With ‘Good Time,’ the ‘Twilight’ star has completed his metamorphosis into a character actor
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August 8, 2017
‘Good Time’ Is an Instant Classic New York City Movie
The Safdie brothers’ frenetic ode to the big city’s underbelly is their best film yet
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April 17, 2017
Emily Dickinson Was a Rebel
And like the renowned poet, Terence Davies’s biopic ‘A Quiet Passion’ breaks the rules
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April 13, 2017
‘The Big Picture’ — ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray
Sean Fennessey sits down with acclaimed director James Gray to discuss the high stakes of filming his new movie, ‘The Lost City of Z’
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April 13, 2017
Seeking Sublimity
In James Gray’s resplendent ‘The Lost City of Z,’ an English explorer probes the depths of the Amazon to discover the wonders of a heretofore unseen world. But finding civilization comes with a cost.
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March 17, 2017
Val Kilmer Steals Terrence Malick’s New Movie in Less Than Two Minutes
In ‘Song to Song,’ a movie that people either love or hate, the actor’s cameo brings us all together
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March 16, 2017
Terrence Malick’s True Romance
‘Song to Song’ finds feeling in familiar tropes — this time without dinosaurs
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March 9, 2017
'The Big Picture' — Jordan Peele Scares America
After the amazing success of his directorial debut, ‘Get Out,’ the ‘Key and Peele’ star sits down for a conversation about how he pulled off his daring horror-satire, the lie of a post-racial society, and what comes next
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March 7, 2017
Is ‘Get Out’ a Game Changer?
The success of Jordan Peele’s directorial debut is undeniable — so what happens next?
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February 27, 2017
‘Get Out’ and the Villain Next Door
The horror film’s final reveal is perfect — because it’s so deeply, terrifyingly familiar
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February 23, 2017
The Scariest Part of ‘Get Out’ Is Real Life
Jordan Peele’s directorial debut reimagines a horror movie from a black perspective — and walks the thin line between terror and everyday experience