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Revisited: Bradley Cooper’s Triumphant A Star is Born is an Instant Classic

By Jim Hemphill | December 24, 2018

By Jim Hemphill | December 24, 2018

Revisited: Bradley Cooper’s Triumphant A Star is Born is an Instant Classic

Occasionally you see a movie and immediately know it's up there with the all-time greats. This is one of those rare times.

Bradley Cooper’s Triumphant A Star is Born is an Instant Classic

By Jim Hemphill | August 31, 2018

By Jim Hemphill | August 31, 2018

Bradley Cooper’s Triumphant A Star is Born is an Instant Classic

Occasionally you see a movie and immediately know it's up there with the all-time greats. This is one of those rare times.

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Moment by Moment

By Bruce LaBruce | October 25, 2016

By Bruce LaBruce | October 25, 2016

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Moment by Moment

A bomb on its release, this John Travolta-Lily Tomlin camp feminist melodrama can be mined deeply for covert clues about its two stars' sexuality.

Kat Candler (Hellion) Talks Xavier Dolan’s Mommy

By Kat Candler | January 19, 2016

By Kat Candler | January 19, 2016

Kat Candler (Hellion) Talks Xavier Dolan’s Mommy

The Texas filmmaker writes a letter to the director of her favorite film of 2015.

Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) Talks Todd Haynes’ Carol

By Stuart Gordon | November 24, 2015

By Stuart Gordon | November 24, 2015

Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) Talks Todd Haynes’ Carol

A recent convert to the fiction of Patricia Highsmith is transported back to his past by a spot-on adaptation of her once-scandalous second novel.