Stars
Who's the Next Brando? Nobody.
Intuitive and intense, Marlon Brando rewrote the rules of acting and inspired generations of imitators. Where did they go?
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Joe Flaherty 1941-2024
Remembering a consummate comedy team player. Plus: one of 2023's best movies comes to VOD.
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William Friedkin 1935-2023
The devil of the New Hollywood generation has exited the stage.
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Paul Reubens 1952-2023
Pee-wee, we hardly knew ye.
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One Good Film: "Little Murders" (1971)/R.I.P. Alan Arkin
Remembering a great actor by a bleakly prescient comedy he directed.
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Glenda Jackson 1936-2023
A lion of stage, screen, and Labour politics departs.
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Two Passings
Commemorating Jim Gabriel, a cineaste you didn't know, and Pema Tseden, a filmmaker you should.
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Father, Christmas
Some notes on the prism of holiday memories.
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Aline Kominsky-Crumb 1948-2022
The mother of alternative comics has a thousand daughters.
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Lucia Small 1963-2022
Farewell to a beloved Boston filmmaker whose work deserves a wider audience.
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Everything's Fine
For a Stooge's birthday, a primer on the Zen of slapstick.
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Jean-Luc Godard 1930-2022
The French New Wave director was to movies as Picasso was to art, Joyce to literature, and Dylan to popular music.
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A Handmaid's Tale (Leon Vitali 1948-2022)
On the mystery and necessity of shadow collaborators.
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Requiem for a Buddha
Those of you who follow me on social media may know that my wife and I have been dealing with a family health crisis in recent weeks: Her father, my father-in-law, went voluntarily into hospice care early this month and passed away last Sunday. He was 91, in full possession
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Anne Heche 1969-2022
An actress like a mercury bead: brilliant and hard to pin down.
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Bob Rafelson 1933-2022
An under-recognized New Hollywood titan, he revolutionized the movies.