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Monday Movie: Hammett, by Alexander Miller

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Hammett originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. Wim Wenders’ Hammett is a strange case. The very concoction seems off. Wenders had flirted with the noir territory with The American...

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Monday Movie: The Godfather Part II, by David Bax

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of The Godfather Part II originally ran part of our top 100 movies. Not being content to simply have made one of the most quintessential films about...

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Monday Movie: Super, by Rudie Obias

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Super originally ran as a theatrical review. As an audience, we like rooting for the underdog. We like the idea of upsetting the favorite. Something about...

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TIFF 2023: The Delinquents, by David Bax

Much has been said over the years about Argentina’s possibly problematic European self-image and how its small native population in comparison to its neighboring Latin American nations is inseparable from the country’s perceived exceptionalism. It’s hard to know whether Argentine...

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Monday Movie: Performance, by Alexander Miller

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Performance originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. Performance isn’t a great movie, but an entertaining one that personifies two polarizing sides of London’s underground. You have the...

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Monday Movie: Too Late for Tears, by David Bax

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Too Late for Tears originally ran as a home video review. Byron Haskin’s Too Late for Tears is a recently restored noir that packs more surprises than just...

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