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In the build-up to the release of Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, there has been a small but vocal public backlash. The crassness of the title, combined with the few promotional stills of Brendan Fraser donned in an Eddie Murphy-style…

Embedded throughout Tár is the idea of interpretation in time. Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) often evokes these conceptual tools, both in her enunciations and in her practice. The conditions of these terms are laid out in the first two…

The idea that two of the greatest players in the history of tennis could be siblings is remarkable. Not only that, but the fact that they received their training from their own father makes for an unbelievable story. What viewers may not…

Hollywood loves its own myths. How else can we explain another take on A Star is Born, the story of a romance between a woman with ambitions for stardom and a male star whose career is in decline? This re-make of the classic tale arrives in…