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Michael Sragow

Deep Focus: The Old Dark House

By Michael Sragow
September 28, 2017
Get the guests: urban sophisticates battle the uncanny (and oddball hosts) in James Whale’s complete and utter hoot of a film, newly restored

Deep Focus: Lucky

By Michael Sragow
September 21, 2017
Being and nothingness: Harry Dean Stanton’s final performance is a warm spiritual quest that reflects his strengths

Deep Focus: mother!

By Michael Sragow
September 14, 2017
Open house: Darren Aronofsky’s attempts at a mystical thriller flounder

Deep Focus: The Limehouse Golem

By Michael Sragow
September 7, 2017
Killer on the road: Olivia Cooke is the standout in this pre-Jack the Ripper East End murder mystery

Deep Focus: In This Corner of the World

By Michael Sragow
August 10, 2017
Keep calm and carry on: a wartime tale of perseverance is moving but never overwrought

Deep Focus: Wind River

By Michael Sragow
August 3, 2017
Adrift: actor-turned-screenwriter Taylor Sheridan tries his hand at directing again, with mixed results

Deep Focus: Detroit

By Michael Sragow
July 28, 2017
Riot act: Kathryn Bigelow’s dramatization of the city’s 1967 riots offers a complex if imperfect commentary on race and authority in America

Deep Focus: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

By Michael Sragow
July 20, 2017
Sad spectacle: Luc Besson’s latest is a gargantuan comic-book misfire

Deep Focus: Spider-Man: Homecoming

By Michael Sragow
July 6, 2017
Sweet arachnid of youth: the teen superhero’s back and more career-minded than ever

Short Take: War for the Planet of the Apes

By Michael Sragow
July 3, 2017
(Matt Reeves, USA, 20th Century Fox, July 14)

Deep Focus: Maudie and Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

By Michael Sragow
June 29, 2017
Lives of the artists: two nuanced, female-directed biopics speak to the transformative power of art

Deep Focus: Baby Driver

By Michael Sragow
June 22, 2017
High-octane: Edgar Wright’s exuberant riff on getaway movies nearly runs itself into the ground

Deep Focus: It Comes At Night

By Michael Sragow
June 8, 2017
In walks company: the scariest part of Trey Edward Shults’s second feature is the arty bluster

Deep Focus: Wonder Woman

By Michael Sragow
June 1, 2017
Unstoppable: the Amazon heroine offers a timely and poignant message in Patty Jenkins’s film

Deep Focus: Wakefield and Hounds of Love

By Michael Sragow
May 18, 2017
Air-conditioned nightmares: two very different films that touch upon the terror of suburbia

Deep Focus: Leon Morin, Priest

By Michael Sragow
May 11, 2017
Religious conviction: Jean-Pierre Melville’s unsettling, occupation-set drama gave Emmanuelle Riva one of her most complicated roles

Deep Focus: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2

By Michael Sragow
May 4, 2017
No more goofing around: James Gunn's sequel tries for pathos and loses that wacky intergalactic charm

Deep Focus: One Week and a Day

By Michael Sragow
April 27, 2017
Life goes on: a droll look at mourning the loss of a son is anchored by a funny but nuanced central performance

Deep Focus: Obit

By Michael Sragow
April 20, 2017
Rest in print: Vanessa Gould’s portrait of the New York Times obituary team reveals the creativity behind memorial-making

Deep Focus: My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea

By Michael Sragow
April 13, 2017
Smells like teen spirit: Dash Shaw's delightful animation plays with high school dynamics and disaster movie clichés