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Michael Sragow
Home Movies: Cattle Annie and Little Britches
By
Michael Sragow
May 8, 2020
Lamont Johnson, USA/Mexico, 1981; Kino Lorber, DVD & Blu-Ray
TCM Diary: Marie: A True Story and A World Apart
By
Michael Sragow
April 21, 2020
Bursting bubbles: Sissy Spacek and Barbara Hershey star in two exemplary ’80s films about resourceful women standing up for their beliefs
TCM Diary: Coma
By
Michael Sragow
April 7, 2020
It’s serious: Michael Crichton’s 1978 smash is a brisk, scary, clever thriller about a body-snatching scam featuring a magnetic Genevieve Bujold
Deep Focus: The Hunt
By
Michael Sragow
March 12, 2020
The great divide: you can’t keep a canny exploitation movie down, and this one has a hook that’s a doozy
Deep Focus: The Way Back
By
Michael Sragow
March 6, 2020
Yo teach: the Ben Affleck vehicle wants to be
Manchester by the Sea
on the hardwood, but it’s more like
Hoosiers
with a hangover
Deep Focus: Come and See
By
Michael Sragow
February 28, 2020
Hell on earth: Elem Klimov's 1985 war movie has few rivals in laying bare the horrors of man's favorite sport
Deep Focus: The Call of the Wild
By
Michael Sragow
February 21, 2020
A dog’s life: this flimsy adaptation of Jack London’s 1903 classic plays like any old mid-level, live-action Disney movie
Deep Focus: Downhill
By
Michael Sragow
February 14, 2020
Love on the skids: Julia Louis-Dreyfus possesses the ideal toolkit for this comedy-drama remake of Ruben Östlund’s 2014
Force Majeure
Deep Focus: The Rhythm Section
By
Michael Sragow
January 31, 2020
Zero sum: the Blake Lively/Jude Law espionage thriller induces a dreary, exhausting claustrophobia
Deep Focus: Color Out of Space and The Turning
By
Michael Sragow
January 24, 2020
Facing fears: in two new updates of horror classics, the sublime becomes ridiculous, and the ridiculous becomes a trip
Deep Focus: Weathering with You
By
Michael Sragow
January 17, 2020
Turbulent skies: Makoto Shinkai’s sixth feature-length cartoon oozes visual lyricism and primal yearning
Deep Focus: Like a Boss
By
Michael Sragow
January 9, 2020
Make-up test: the Tiffany Haddish vehicle is the kind of would-be edgy movie that will never alienate any segment of its target audience
Deep Focus: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
By
Michael Sragow
December 20, 2019
Lost in space: J.J. Abrams’s nonsensical film contains so many resurrections it’s a wonder the release wasn't pushed back to Easter
Deep Focus: Richard Jewell
By
Michael Sragow
December 12, 2019
Man on fire: Paul Walter Hauser’s inspired performance keeps Clint Eastwood’s latest from becoming a screed
Deep Focus: Daniel Isn’t Real
By
Michael Sragow
December 6, 2019
Jung at heart: Adam Egypt Mortimer’s febrile, erratic phantasmagoria, centers on a troubled young man and his evil “shadow” archetype
Deep Focus: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
By
Michael Sragow
November 22, 2019
A man apart: a remarkable performance from Tom Hanks partially redeems Marielle Heller’s gimmicky film
Deep Focus: Honey Boy
By
Michael Sragow
November 8, 2019
Daddy dearest: Alma Har’el’s debut fiction feature is a wonderful movie with a raw, brilliant script by star Shia LaBeouf
Deep Focus: The Kill Team
By
Michael Sragow
October 25, 2019
Killing in the name of: in his gutsy first feature, Dan Krauss tells a tale of American war-making gone very wrong
Deep Focus: Gemini Man
By
Michael Sragow
October 11, 2019
My own worst enemy: in Ang Lee’s sci-fi fiasco, Will Smith plays a glorified hit man staring down the barrel of a callow version of himself
Deep Focus: The King
By
Michael Sragow
October 4, 2019
It’s not good to be the king: David Michôd’s revisionist take on Shakespeare turns Prince Hal into a wannabe pacifist who can’t live up to his own standards
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