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My Trek to See Tenet

If there’s a better metaphor for 2020 than John David Washington wearing a mask and wandering through a disorienting world where time moves backward, I don’t know what it is. Yes, “Tenet” is finally in theaters — at least in some theaters, in some parts of the country — after...

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Oscar Picks 2018

Apparently, I didn’t do any Oscar picks last year. Just straight-up blew it off. Unless maybe I did try to make the impossible choice between whether “La La Land” or “Moonlight” should win best picture, and what I wrote just evaporated into the ether. Either way, I’m back with some...

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Oscar Nominations 2018

It’s felt like a pretty wide-open awards season so far, but this morning’s Oscar nominations helped it take some shape — “The Shape of Water,” that is. (Yes, I hate myself, too, for that pun.) But Guillermo del Toro’s dark and swoony retro romance becomes even more of the favorite...

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10 Best Films of 2017

Narrowing down the best films of the year to just 10 is always a daunting process. There have been so many great movies this year, and I’ve had the opportunity to see a lot more of them than usual as a member of a couple different award committees and, of...

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