The Best Film of 2024
Our Best Film of 2024 commemorates intriguing films, emerging voices and celebrated doyens searching for stranger narratives and new angles on existing legends.
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Is Clint Eastwood’s ‘The 15.17 to Paris’ a Rare Experimental Hollywood Film?
Despite its conservative attitudes, The 15.17 to Paris is as radical in its way as Eastwood's more progressive films.
2017 Fall Film Preview: At Last, the Film Industry Awakens From Its Slumber
From Gary Oldman in The Darkest Hour to James Franco's meta-experiment Blade Runner: 2049 and Daniel Day-Lewis's final role, here are the movies you'll want to watch ... and a couple you might not.
In ‘The Bridges of Madison County’, Meryl Streep Proves She Is the Author of Her Films
It takes a superior actress to convey a character’s entire history in one scene, and in this film, at least, Meryl Streep does it masterfully.
The Pro-War Verus Anti-War Debate on ‘American Sniper’ Misses the Point
It’s impossible to observe sniper Chris Kyle’s (Bradley Cooper) gradual descent into madness and believe that Clint Eastwood promotes an explicitly pro-war message.
‘For a Few Dollars More’ Is a Rare Sequel That Is Superior to the Classic It Follows
The archetype of the spaghetti western finds its truest expression in this essential film from Sergio Leone.
The Trials and Tribulations of “Dirty” Harry Callahan
Feeling lucky, punk? The road from obscurity to legend wasn’t easy for Clint Eastwood’s iconic Dirty Harry. Think you know the back story? Read on!
2014: A Most Mediocre Year
The odds of discovering gems like Boyhood felt thinner in 2014 than they have for quite some time.
Clint Eastwood’s Legacy of Hunters: ‘American Sniper’
In American Sniper, military sharpshooter Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) comes to see that delineations among wolves, dogs, and sheep are rarely obvious.
In ‘Magic in the Moonlight’, Ideas Trump Characters
The fundamentalist atheism and myopic intellectualism of Woody Allen's latest depiction of an older man/younger woman dynamic makes it a pale imitation of his best work.
Jersey Oys: Hollywood’s On-Going Problem with Musical Biopics
By shuffling the songs off to the side, Clint Eastwood does the Four Seasons and Jersey Boys a grand disservice.