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December 18, 2017
Screening Room: ‘Molly’s Game’
West Wing and The Social Network writer Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut is a smart and fast-paced fact-based drama about an …
December 17, 2017
Writer’s Desk: Forget Money
Some writers have to do it in order to keep a roof over their heads. It beats getting a real …
December 15, 2017
Screening Room: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’
Since it’s almost Christmas, that must mean time for a new Star Wars movie. The latest one is directed by Rian …
Screening Room: ‘Downsizing’
In Alexander Payne’s new comedy, Downsizing, Matt Damon plays a guy who takes advantage of new technology that shrinks people in …
December 13, 2017
TV Room: ‘Wormwood’
Launching Friday on Netflix is Errol Morris’s immersive new six-part series Wormwood, which mixes hardboiled investigative documentary filmmaking with David Lynchian …
December 10, 2017
Dept. of Awards: ‘The Florida Project’ and ‘Mudbound’ Tie for Best Picture
A curious thing happened today at the awards meeting of New York Film Critics Online: We couldn’t agree on a best …
Writer’s Desk: Be Specific, Above All
In 1976, Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) lifted a title—one of the best—from Orwell when she penned the essay …
December 9, 2017
Screening Room: ‘Foxtrot’
The new Israeli movie Foxtrot is a masterfully surrealist black comedy that is as confounding as it is fascinating. Calling it …
December 7, 2017
Screening Room: ‘The Shape of Water’
A nearly sure-fire debt for some awards in both acting and design categories is Guillermo del Toro’s ravishing fairy-tale romance The …
December 6, 2017
Screening Room: ‘The Post’
The year’s big political movie comes with an unlikely cast and director: Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in Steven Spielberg’s The …
