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Toronto International Film Festival 2023: The Holdovers, Hit Man
In Downtime's first TIFF dispatch, our humble correspondent reviews new crowd-pleasers from Alexander Payne and Richard Linklater.
Vikram Murthi
Sep 13, 2023
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With Sorcerer, the late William Friedkin took New Hollywood on one last bumpy, terrifying ride
Steamrolled by Star Wars, the director's grim follow-up to The Exorcist remains an intense highlight of '70s American moviemaking.
A.A. Dowd
Sep 7, 2023
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Joanna Hogg's First Film Follows an Isolated Woman Caught Between Generations
Her fascination with the relationship between interior spaces and existential plight finds purchase in this vacation drama.
Elissa Suh
Aug 29, 2023
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A Woman Is In Trouble In Max Ophüls' Modest Noir Masterpiece
The Reckless Moment stars Joan Bennett as a lonely heroine whose suburban American dream curdles into a nightmare.
Gabrielle Marceau
Aug 1, 2023
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Midnight Run: Looking Back At Remember The Titans
Remember the Titans succeeds partially because it frames sports and entertainment as cultural battlegrounds for larger political forces.
Brendan Boyle
Jul 18, 2023
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The Essential Movie About 21st Century Rage Is An Ambiguous South Korean Thriller
Lee Chang-dong's Burning captures the conspiracy-laden paranoia and free-floating resentments that defined the last decade.
A.A. Dowd
Jun 30, 2023
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Eros in Retrograde: 20 Years Later, In the Cut Still Has It
The cult erotic thriller not only provokes and unsettles, but also follows a genre truism: everyone is horny and no one can be trusted.
Veronica Fitzpatrick
May 24, 2023
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All Grown Up: The Arrested Development of Drop Dead Fred
The 1989 cult favorite works as a shorter, and possibly stranger, alternative to A24's splashy "Beau Is Afraid"
Caroline Golum
May 12, 2023
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