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Michael Sragow
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
Deep Focus: Graduation
By
Michael Sragow
April 6, 2017
Life during normalization: Romanian filmmaker Christian Mungiu charts a father's slide through bureaucracy during a family crisis
Deep Focus: An Interview with Walter Hill
By
Michael Sragow
April 3, 2017
Pulp fiction: the seasoned action director reflects upon his latest,
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