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Dec 4, 2024
Christmas Classics: Movies to Thoughtfully Frame the Season
Here are a few thoughts on Christmas movies by Metro’s longtime movie critic Richard von Busack, from the archives.
Mar 6, 2024
Cinequest Film Festival 2024
Cinequest 2024 raises spirits in a crazy world. Here are eight films that may or may not make the cut, as well as a sit-down with festival founder Halfdan Hussey.
Oct 2, 2023
Weird Ones
Forty years and still going strong, the Talking Head's Stop Making Sense entertains audiences all over again.
Aug 16, 2023
Certified Fresh
Cleverly titled Cinequest opener Fresh Kills gets its name from a spot on Staten Island.
”Kills” is a Dutch word for a riverbed. Until it...
Jul 26, 2023
Back to the Futur-
Season 11 of Futurama continues The Simpsons’ co-creator Matt Groening’s brash vaudeville about a trio of working stiffs a couple of eons from now.
Fry...
Jun 14, 2023
Double Flash: Keaton’s Batman Returns to the DCEU
Barry Allen is the man who can outrun time itself. Bathed in electrified chemicals, he became The Flash, the fastest man alive.
Seeing the previews...
Jan 2, 2022
Life Is But a Stream: Movie Trends in 2021
Things fall apart. Markets fragment. The critic’s traditional “top 10” list means less in this era of diversified audiences. Audiences are multiverses, each with...
Mar 18, 2020
House Arrest
Hillary Clinton's life exemplifies the Goldilocks test, with which all second-wave feminists are familiar: you're always either too this or too that. You can be Secretary of State for four years and still have a male passerby say you need to smile more.
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