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No Cult Favorite: BREAKING AWAY Is a Masterpiece
I trust Breaking Away completely. Simply and without strain, it remains one of the greatest and most truthful American films ever made.
Prescription for Chaos: HEADHUNTER and the Films (and Fantasies) of Larry Cohen
Larry Cohen made the outrageous into the outrageously insightful, always in his own voice, always on his own terms. And so it is with HEADHUNTER.
Invisible Ink: Brian De Palma’s AMBROSE CHAPEL and the Masterpiece That Wasn’t
With AMBROSE CHAPEL, the tempo has shifted, but the maestro remains—still conducting sensation, still orchestrating surprise, and still insisting that we listen closely.
Genre Discipline, Then Genre Sprawl: THE RIP
The Rip is great for a while. Then it isn’t. Worth a look.
When Entertainment Hurts: MARTY SUPREME
Undeniably a very good movie. But…
A Low-Tech Descent: Springsteen and the Sound of Silence
I found Scott Cooper’s Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere quite reasonable. Check it out.
Tom Cruise: Warrior and Machine
Mission: Impossible Final Reckoning mistakes hero worship for heroism.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another: Laughter at the Edge of Collapse
Yes, One Battle After Another is a masterpiece, and f*&% you if you can’t take its joke.
“Family McMullen”: Edward Burns, still tending the neighborhood flame
Steady Eddie Burns delivers an agreeable McMullen sequel.
“The Beginning of Thinking”: Hal Hartley’s Where to Land
Hal Hartley is back, which is good news.
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