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Pieces of Flare: On David Fincher's The Killer
With his latest thriller, Fincher further develops his practice of digitally molding the real world in his own image.
Vadim Rizov
Feb 8, 2024
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Toronto International Film Festival 2023: Dumb Money, Pigeon Tunnel
In Downtime's final TIFF dispatch, our humble correspondent reviews films about the GameStop short squeeze and John le Carré.
Vikram Murthi
Sep 18, 2023
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Toronto International Film Festival 2023: Anatomy of a Fall, His Three Daughters
In Downtime's second TIFF dispatch, our humble correspondent reviews a Palme d'Or-winning legal thriller and a tearjerking family drama.
Vikram Murthi
Sep 14, 2023
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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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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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