‘Happiest Season’ is a vibrant, gay twist on a conventional narrative that makes it a welcome addition to the holiday rom-com cannon.
Kristen Stewart
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Film review: “Certain Women”
The films of Kelly Reichardt tend to sneak up on you. Since her 1994 debut, “River of Grass,” the American director’s films have been distinct in their quiet, sparsely plotted nature. With her hyper-realist style, Reichardt tends to forgo big, emotional moments in favor of clear-eyed character portraits filled with the kind of tiny, perfectly […]
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Film Review: “American Ultra”
I don’t remember absolutely everything that happened last month, so I suppose it’s possible that at some point during July, I was recruited by a shadowy government agency, trained as an efficient killing machine, and then deposited into my humdrum little life after a thorough memory wipe, not knowing when or how I’ll be activated […]
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Film Review: “Clouds of Sils Maria”
Are we witnessing a reinvention of Kristen Stewart? “Clouds of Sils Maria,” for which she won a Cรฉsar, seems to suggest so.
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“On the Road”
For reasons no critic quite comprehends, Neal Cassady commanded the attention and indeed the love of most of the major members of the Beat Generation, dominating their literature and their lives. The Beat saint, the holy goof, a car thief, street hustler, speed freak, and prodigious womanizer, he even accomplished the odd transition from one […]
