Christopher Nolan is sometimes accused of being a cold filmmaker. It’s a side effect of his chilly aesthetic, although anyone who’s seen “Interstellar” knows Nolan can crank up the emotion when he wants to. But a lack of sentimentality serves him well in “Dunkirk,” the British director’s stunningly visceral World War II epic. The film […]
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Film Review: “Mad Max: Fury Road”
During a Q&A following the premiere of “Mad Max: Fury Road,” director George Miller namechecked film historian Kevin Brownlow and his seminal book, “The Parade’s Gone By,” citing it as a crucial instructional tool for any director of modern action films. That book, focusing on the silent film era, provides a clue as to why, […]
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Film Review: “The Drop”
Aside from its value as a work in and of itself, “The Drop,” rather like another fine recent movie, “A Most Wanted Man,” constitutes a kind of mixed blessing. It presents audiences once again with the ambiguous, bittersweet gift of an opportunity to witness the last performance of a talented, accomplished performer, in this instance […]
