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'For All Mankind' Returns to Orbit in Season 4
Created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi
PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2023
For All Mankind's elevator pitch — an alternate version of history in which the Soviets get to the moon first and the space race continues...
'Monster' Seeks the Truth — Then Dismantles It
Directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu
PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2023
It's easy to compare Monster to Rashōmon — both are Japanese films that deal with the truth according to perspective. But there is a fine,...
Thermal Are Burdened but Alive on 'Plaster Girl'
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PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2023
Thermal's music feels like a heaving chest, heavy with the weight of thick guitar fuzz, claustrophobic emotional landscapes and a racing he...
'Napoleon' Is Short on Insight, but the Battle Scenes Stand Tall
Directed by Ridley Scott
PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2023
The Napoleonic Code, higher education, centralized banking — Napoleon Bonaparte's reputation for reform in France, and eventually influenci...
gglum Revels in Debauchery and Danger on "Easy Fun"
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PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2023
PJ Harvey's To Bring You My Love is a career-defining high watermark in a career full of them, but it didn't exactly leave a long sonic sha...
Reel Asian Film Festival 2023: 'Mustache' Brings Warm and Fuzzy Softness to Hairy Teenage Moments
Directed by Imran J. Khan
PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2023
Through the eyes of young Ilyas (Atharva Verma), audiences are brought back to the emotional roller coaster that is high school in an assur...
On 'Mad and Noisy,' moondoggy Strike Gold
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PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2023
After introducing themselves brilliantly on their eponymous 2021 EP, moondoggy have reaffirmed their position at the forefront of Toronto's...
'The Taste of Things' Is a Delectable Romance to Be Savoured
Directed by Trần Anh Hùng
PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2023
In Trần Anh Hùng's The Taste of Things, viewers are immediately thrust into the midst of the controlled flurry of gourmet chef Dodin's (Ben...