Cops and crooks Movies Although his works deal with an impressive variety of subjects, characters, and settings, including high-society in 19th century Manhattan and the theocracy of 20th century Tibet, Martin Scorsese always seems most at home in the darker corners of contemporary urban America. His signature appears most legibly on films like Mean Streets, […]
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“School for Scoundrels”
Movies Despite the ancient and apparently deathless cinema tradition of sequels and remakes, it seems apparent that some works, like some wines, simply don’t travel well. The new version of the 1960 English pictureSchool for Scoundrels suggests some of the reasons for a problem that involves translation as much as transplantation — the differences in […]
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“All the King’s Men”
The tragedy of Southern politics Movies In this season of great expectations and diminished achievements, the remake of All the King’s Men may surpass The Black Dahlia as the most disappointing work of them all. In adapting Robert Penn Warren’s well-known novel and updating the original movie, the new film purportedly suggests some contemporary connection […]
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“The Black Dahlia”
The steady hand of Brian De Palma slips with this
bloody mess of a noir
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“Hollywoodland”
One PI’s quest for Superman’s real killer exposes classic Hollywood’s dark side
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“The Illusionist”
Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti
entrance and enchant in this magician period piece
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“Snakes on a Plane”
Our critic finds surprising humanity in a bunch of motherf**king snakes on a motherf**ing plane
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World Trade Center
World Trade Center (PG-13), directed by Oliver Stone, is now playing at Culver Ridge 16, Pittsford Cinemas, Henrietta 18, Webster 12, Tinseltown, Greece Ridge 12, and Eastview 13. The fall of the towers The release of World Trade Centershould arouse a certain amount of controversy from the usual sources, chiefly the shouters and crybabies of […]
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The Night Listener
Despite a weepy Robin Williams, this is one thriller worth tuning in for
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He Who Must Die
The Eastman
House screens the little-known Italian retelling of the Christ story
