BREAKING NEWS: CITIZEN KANE LOSES BEST PICTURE TO HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY BREAKING NEWS: HITCHCOCK'S VERTIGO BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE, DEEMED COMMERCIAL FAILURE BREAKING NEWS: KUBRICK'S 2001 TOO CONFUSING, AUDIENCES DEMAND REFUNDS BREAKING NEWS: BRANDO REFUSES OSCAR, SENDS APACHE ACTIVIST IN HIS PLACE BREAKING NEWS: THE EXORCIST FIRST FILM NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE FEATURING PROJECTILE DEMON VOMIT BREAKING NEWS: SPIELBERG'S JAWS BREAKS ALL-TIME BOX OFFICE RECORD BREAKING NEWS: LUCAS STEALS SPIELBERG'S BOX OFFICE RECORD WITH STAR WARS BREAKING NEWS: SPIELBERG RECLAIMS RECORD FROM LUCAS WITH E.T. BREAKING NEWS: WATERWORLD BECOMES MOST EXPENSIVE FILM IN HISTORY AT $175 MILLION BREAKING NEWS: SHOWGIRLS SETS RECORD FOR MOST RAZZIES WON BY SINGLE FILM BREAKING NEWS: ACADEMY VOTERS ASKED TO ACTUALLY WATCH ALL NOMINATED FILMS BREAKING NEWS: CITIZEN KANE LOSES BEST PICTURE TO HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY BREAKING NEWS: HITCHCOCK'S VERTIGO BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE, DEEMED COMMERCIAL FAILURE BREAKING NEWS: KUBRICK'S 2001 TOO CONFUSING, AUDIENCES DEMAND REFUNDS BREAKING NEWS: BRANDO REFUSES OSCAR, SENDS APACHE ACTIVIST IN HIS PLACE BREAKING NEWS: THE EXORCIST FIRST FILM NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE FEATURING PROJECTILE DEMON VOMIT BREAKING NEWS: SPIELBERG'S JAWS BREAKS ALL-TIME BOX OFFICE RECORD BREAKING NEWS: LUCAS STEALS SPIELBERG'S BOX OFFICE RECORD WITH STAR WARS BREAKING NEWS: SPIELBERG RECLAIMS RECORD FROM LUCAS WITH E.T. BREAKING NEWS: WATERWORLD BECOMES MOST EXPENSIVE FILM IN HISTORY AT $175 MILLION BREAKING NEWS: SHOWGIRLS SETS RECORD FOR MOST RAZZIES WON BY SINGLE FILM BREAKING NEWS: ACADEMY VOTERS ASKED TO ACTUALLY WATCH ALL NOMINATED FILMS
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Sundance ‘26: ‘THE GALLERIST’ is A Frenetic Art World Satire Hoisted on Its Own Petard 

Sundance ‘26: ‘THE GALLERIST’ is A Frenetic Art World Satire Hoisted on Its Own Petard 

Cathy Yan’s absurdist satirical comedy The Gallerist may attempt to be an on-the-nose skewering of the art world, but even committed performances from its all-star cast can’t make up for weak jokes and thin satire. Natalie Portman stars as Polina Poliski, an ambitious and unscrupulous gallerist who, in the midst of Art Basel Miami, is...

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Out in Theaters: ‘ANNIHILATION’

Out in Theaters: ‘ANNIHILATION’

‘Annihilation’ marries elements of smart science fiction and toe-curling stabs of horror to tell a heady, intellectual creation myth that dares to challenge conventional ideas of human superiority and evolutionary…

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Out in Theaters: ‘JACKIE’

Out in Theaters: ‘JACKIE’

In addition to providing a platform for Natalie Portman to display her considerable talents, 'Jackie' is a terrific and multifaceted portrait of a layered American icon. Gloomy, textured and terrifically…

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Blu-Ray Review: ‘JANE’S GOT A GUN’

Blu-Ray Review: ‘JANE’S GOT A GUN’

Synopsis: “Natalie Portman is Jane Hammond, a frontierwoman who enlists the aid of a disgruntled former flame (Joel Edgerton) when a rowdy gang led by a ruthless but charismatic killer named John Bishop (Ewan McGregor) plots to axe her outlaw husband (Noah Emmerich). Using a combination of her feminine guile and a sudden disposition for...

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Out In Theaters: ‘KNIGHT OF CUPS’

Out In Theaters: ‘KNIGHT OF CUPS’

A pretentious visual collage that panders to art-house patrons as much as it rejects traditional constructs of entertainment, 'Knight of Cups' is in desperate need of a plot and consequently…

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Out in Theaters: THOR: THE DARK WORLD

Out in Theaters: THOR: THE DARK WORLD

Many amongst the critical community have cried foul play of late, knocking Marvel for a lack of originality and constant adherence to formula, but they seem to forget that the…