Republicans
Essay: Tár, Civil War, and intention
And: would Lydia Tár have shot her dog?
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classical music
Review: Tár (2022)
Cate Blanchett is everything in this "Citizen Kane" for the classical music world
archeology
Review: La Chimera (2023)
A Felini-esque dramedy about a crew of Italian grave robbers
mother-in-law
Review: Polite Society (2023)
A young Pakistani-British martial artist resolves to save her sister from an arranged marriage
assassination
Review: Civil War (2024)
Despite strenuously avoiding taking sides, or even saying what the sides stand for, this action film about journalism in war comes down on the side of fascism
Romania
Review: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023)
Capitalism is killing us -- just ask a Romanian gig worker
trans
Review: The People's Joker (2022)
Underneath all the in-jokes and satire, a sincere story about identity and love
1920s
Review: Wicked Little Letters (2023)
A foul-mouthed nonconformist is set to take the rap for a series of obscene letters in this British comedy-drama
action movies
Review: The Wages of Fear (2024)
A cynical action-exploitation update to the French classic
juvenile Delinquents
Essay: Crime in the Streets (1956)
Almost seven decades later, what was supposed to be filth looks like almost touching innocence
Argentina
Review: They Shot the Piano Player (2023)
The story of a brilliant jazz pianist murdered -- like millions of others -- by fascism
sex work
Review: Problemista (2023)
All of us have worked for a monster