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‘Club Kid’ Review: Jordan Firstman’s Gay Peter Pan Party Boy Tale Hits Telluride as One of the Year’s Best Films [A-]

You might have loved Jordan Firstman even before you knew it. Remember the ode to Laura Dern from the 2020 Spirit Awards sung by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles? That was just an inkling of ...
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78th Creative Arts Emmys Night Two: ‘Widow’s Bay’ Dominates, ‘DTF St. Louis’ Wins Big, ‘The Pitt’ and ‘Pluribus’ Make a Race for Drama

The 78th Emmys continued tonight with a ceremony honoring the creative artists in the drama, comedy, TV movies and limited or anthology series. In what will undoubtedly serve as a preview for next ...
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Interview: ‘Ink’ Director Danny Boyle and Writer James Graham on the Banality of Evil and How to Fight Modern Misinformation

It all starts on the page with Danny Boyle’s latest film, Ink, an adaptation of James Graham’s celebrated examination of the complicated relationship between Larry Lamb and Rupert Murdoch, and how ...
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‘Wild Horse Nine’ Review: John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell Want to Change the World in Martin McDonagh’s Comedic Investigation [A] Telluride

For decades, we’ve asked ourselves a question, do we really want to know who is taking care of us? With so much distrust in the world, it’s hard to know where the past praise of holding our ...
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‘Bunker’ Review: Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz are Wasted in Sometimes Satire as Subtle as a Sledgehammer [C-] Venice

How much control do we really have in our lives? We tend to protect ourselves and our families from the outside world, but that outside world will always come knocking on our door, whether we like ...
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Interview: ‘La Bola Negra’ Directors Los Javis Discuss Their Majestic Film About Sexuality and the Ghosts of the Spanish Civil War

Still fresh off their Best Director prize at Cannes, collaborators Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo (popularly known as “Los Javis”) took their award-winning movie La Bola Negra to the Telluride ...
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‘Practical Magic 2’ Review: Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are Bewitching But There’s Little Charm in Long-Awaited Sequel [C]

It’s been nearly thirty years since Sally and Gillian Owens first cast a spell on audiences and Practical Magic became a cult classic. The ‘90s were a decade filled with stories about witches ...
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Entrevista: ‘La Bola Negra’ Directores Los Javis, Nos Hablan Sobre Su Majestuosa Película Acerca de la Sexualidad y los Rezagos de la Guerra Civil Española

Todavía celebrando su premio al Mejor Director en el Festival de Cine de Cannes, los colaboradores Javier Ambrossi y Javier Calvo (conocidos popularmente como “Los Javis”) llevaron su galardonada ...
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‘Look Back’ Review: Hirokazu Koreeda’s Second Effort of 2026 is a Tender Sensory Ode to Youth [A-] Venice

Back-to-back premieres at the world’s three major film festivals are rare feats; Krzysztof Kieślowski’s grand slam with the Three Colors trilogy remains one of the most memorable instances. More ...
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‘La Bola Negra’ Review: Magic and Maximalism Mix in Los Javis’ Stunning Gay Extravaganza [A] Telluride

If you’ve ever wanted a movie that is a Spanish tenebrismo of Evita, The Hours, The English Patient and Beau Travail, have I got the film for you. Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, collectively ...
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‘Ink’ Review: The Sun Also Rises in Danny Boyle’s Pulsating Origin Story of Journalism’s True Crime Downfall [A-] Telluride

In 2026, any movie heavily featuring Rupert Murdoch has to present the architect of News Corp as the overt villain, right? With Ink, director Danny Boyle and writer James Graham (whose 2017 play ...