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The Kids Are Alright: 40 Years Of Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Amy Heckerling's indelible debut feature captures early-80s adolescence in all of its complex glory, minus the judgement or sanctimony.
Elizabeth Nelson
Oct 10, 2022
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Tin Men Is Barry Levinson's Best Baltimore Movie — And A Cogent Critique Of Male Arrogance
The second in Levinson's Baltimore tetralogy follows two aluminum siding salesmen whose rigid worldviews finally fall under a spotlight.
Noel Murray
Sep 30, 2022
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Toronto International Film Festival 2022: The Banshees of Inisherin, Godland
In his final dispatch, our humble correspondent reviews an Irish comedy of discontent and an Icelandic religious drama.
Vikram Murthi
Sep 19, 2022
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Toronto International Film Festival 2022: How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Viking
Our humble correspondent reviews an urgent environmental thriller and a Canadian existential space comedy.
Vikram Murthi
Sep 15, 2022
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Toronto International Film Festival 2022: The Fabelmans, Glass Onion
Our humble correspondent reviews Steven Spielberg's coming-of-age memoir and the new Knives Out sequel.
Vikram Murthi
Sep 13, 2022
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Toronto International Film Festival 2022: Triangle of Sadness, Moonage Daydream
In Downtime's first TIFF dispatch, our humble correspondent reviews a farcical satire of the super-rich and a collage-style David Bowie doc.
Vikram Murthi
Sep 12, 2022
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Years Before The Rise of Fake News, Shattered Glass Threw The Spotlight On A Serial Fabulist
The rise and fall of Stephen Glass serves as a cautionary tale about the hesitancy of the media class to investigate their own.
A.A. Dowd
Aug 23, 2022
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If You Want To Feel French For Three Hours, Watch My Sex Life... Or How I Got Into An Argument
The essential post-New Wave comedy-drama follows an ensemble of restless Parisian academics falling in and out of careers and love.
Gabrielle Marceau
Aug 10, 2022
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