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NOVEMBER 27, 2020 Thirteen years after his most recent film, 2007’s “Towelhead,” Alan Ball returns to feature filmmaking with “Uncle Frank,” a comedy/drama which, like most of his work,…
OCTOBER 1, 2020 One of the great ad lines from the 1970s was the poster for William Friedkin’s film version of the landmark play which proudly touted that “‘The…
DECEMBER 31, 2019 Céline Sciamma’s exquisite drama “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” is ostensibly about the nature of art, but it is actually about the nature of love.…
OCTOBER 30, 2019 Pedro Almodóvar is back. “Pain and Glory” is the 21st film by the acclaimed Spanish writer/director who won an Oscar for writing 2002’s “Talk To Her”…
JUNE 12, 2019 There are a number of great “one last party” high school comedies. “Superbad” is a good example. “American Graffiti” is even better. Now comes Olivia Wilde’s…
DECEMBER 13, 2018 Now to catch you up on what’s going on at the movies, here’s ECT’s guest film critic, Stefon! So, Stefon, what’s a good movie out there right…
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 2018 has proven to be the autumn of the troubled teen. We’ve had a parade of some of Hollywood’s hottest young actors emoting their best by…
NOVEMBER 26, 2018 “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” is one of the funniest films about loneliness that I have seen in…maybe ever. It’s the early 1990s in Manhattan. The…
JULY 31, 2018 One of the most welcome surprises of the summer box-office season has been the unexpected resurgence of feature documentaries. Two upbeat celebrity profiles — “RBG,” a…
MAY 22, 2018 Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio has had quite a year. In March, he won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film for “A Fantastic Woman,” a…
