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Best of 2019: Aisha Tyler on Julius Onah’s Luce

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By Aisha Tyler | January 16, 2020

Best of 2019: Aisha Tyler on Julius Onah’s Luce

The actress-writer-director spotlights one of the movies that stood out during a particularly strong year for cinema.

Best of 2019: Trey Edward Shults on Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse

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By Trey Edward Shults | January 15, 2020

Best of 2019: Trey Edward Shults on Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse

The writer-director of Waves on his favorite movie of the year (which just happens to be by a friend of his!).

Underrated/Overlooked: Katherine Dieckmann on Give Me Liberty

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By Katherine Dieckmann | January 14, 2020

Underrated/Overlooked: Katherine Dieckmann on Give Me Liberty

The writer-director of Strange Weather on Kirill Mikhanovsky's comedy drama, one of her favorite movies of 2019.

Underrated/Overlooked: SJ Chiro on Atlantics

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By SJ Chiro | January 13, 2020

Underrated/Overlooked: SJ Chiro on Atlantics

The writer-director makes the case for Mati Diop's unique Cannes-winning debut feature being among the very best movies of the year.

Catharsis in Disaster: A Spiritual Defense of Cats

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By Benjamin Shearn | January 9, 2020

Catharsis in Disaster: A Spiritual Defense of Cats

Screenwriter and editor Benjamin Shearn on why we should all appreciate the rare, unifying glory that is a bad movie of this magnitude.

Best of 2019: Catherine Hardwicke Talks Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite

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By Catherine Hardwicke | January 9, 2020

Best of 2019: Catherine Hardwicke Talks Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite

As an architect and a filmmaker, Hardwicke shares her love of one of the most acclaimed movies of the past year.

Underrated/Overlooked: Mark Rappaport on The Mountain

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By Mark Rappaport | January 7, 2020

Underrated/Overlooked: Mark Rappaport on The Mountain

Mark Rappaport bangs a drum for Rick Alverson's '50s-set drama starring Jeff Goldblum as a wandering lobotomist.

Revisited: Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood is … My God, What a Movie!

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By Jim Hemphill | December 26, 2019

Revisited: Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood is … My God, What a Movie!

Tarantino's much anticipated ninth film is his best so far, and also arguably the greatest movie ever about the movies.

Best of the 2010s: Craig Wedren’s Favorite Film of the Decade is Mandy

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By Craig Wedren | December 26, 2019

Best of the 2010s: Craig Wedren’s Favorite Film of the Decade is Mandy

The former Shudder To Think singer and current film composer wants to work with Panos Cosmatos.

Revisited: Stephen Cone (Princess Cyd) Talks His Favorite Thanksgiving Movie, Home for the Holidays

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By Stephen Cone | November 27, 2019

Revisited: Stephen Cone (Princess Cyd) Talks His Favorite Thanksgiving Movie, Home for the Holidays

Writer-director Stephen Cone looks back on a movie that changed how he saw cinema, and himself.