Film & Stage
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Meeting David Lynch on the Dreaming Plane
The director who plumbed the dark depths of consciousness died this week.
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How “The Brutalist” Brutalizes History
And everything else the supposed “masterpiece” touches.
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“Nosferatu” Defanged
Reimagined by Robert Eggers, the classic horror film is a shadow of its former self.
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Paul Schrader’s Canadian Clichés
His Sixties nostalgia is misplaced, on draft-dodging and much else.
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Encounters with East and West
Salesman in China and Wim Wenders’s Perfect Days are brilliant cultural mirrors.
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The Return of the Gladiator
Ridley Scott’s sequel tries to revive the historical epic—with mixed results.
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Atheism as a Horror Movie
“Heretic” asks scary questions about God and godlessness.
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Is “Here” the Most Russell Kirk Movie Ever?
The “Forrest Gump” team returns with a film about how inheritance shapes us.
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“Megalopolis” Now
Is Francis Ford Coppola’s new film a masterpiece or a mistake?
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Matt Walsh’s Delightful Takedown of DEI
He exposes the absurdity of anti-racism: if everyone’s racist, then no one is.
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