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Review of Truth (2015)

By Marlow Stern (69) for The Daily Beast (380) on 19 Sep 2017

Vanderbilt's film, boasting brisk pacing and a powerhouse performance by Blanchett, is meant to serve as both a cultural corrective to Rather's…

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Review of Truth (2015)

By Marlow Stern (69) for The Daily Beast (380) on 19 Sep 2017

Vanderbilt's film, boasting brisk pacing and a powerhouse performance by Blanchett, is meant to serve as both a cultural corrective to Rather's…

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Review of Suburbicon (2017)

By Marlow Stern (69) for The Daily Beast (380) on 04 Sep 2017

When [George Clooney] explores his passions, whether it be journalistic integrity or the false virtues of white American liberals, the man…

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Review of Mother (2017)

By Marlow Stern (69) for The Daily Beast (380) on 04 Sep 2017

[mother!] is a sickeningly glorious mess…

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Review of Mother (2016)

By Marlow Stern (69) for The Daily Beast (380) on 04 Sep 2017

[mother!] is a sickeningly glorious mess…

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Review of mother! (2017)

By Marlow Stern (69) for The Daily Beast (380) on 04 Sep 2017

[mother!] is a sickeningly glorious mess…

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Review of The Shape of Water (2017)

By Marlow Stern (69) for The Daily Beast (380) on 30 Aug 2017

The Shape of Water casts a spell over its audience from its opening moments and holds you in its thrall long after the credits have rolled…

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Review of Downsizing (2017)

By Marlow Stern (69) for The Daily Beast (380) on 29 Aug 2017

What could have been a roguish send-up of marriage, technology, and all that falls in between is reduced to a cloying feel-good fable about…

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Review of Jackie (2016)

By Marlow Stern (69) for The Daily Beast (380) on 11 Sep 2016

There is much to like about Jackie, from the pitch-perfect period detail to Noah Oppenheim's inspired script, but it's Portman's portrait of…

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Review of La La Land (2016)

By Marlow Stern (69) for The Daily Beast (380) on 31 Aug 2016

The lion's share of the kudos must go to Chazelle, who's achieved something truly extraordinary here: an achingly romantic movie-musical that…

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Review of The Danish Girl (2015)

By Marlow Stern (69) for The Daily Beast (380) on 08 Sep 2015

This is the type of performance Oscars were made for, and Redmayne has mounted a very strong case for a second consecutive Best Actor nomination…

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Review of Whiplash (2014)

By Marlow Stern (69) for The Daily Beast (380) on 05 Oct 2014

It's best to throw logic out the door and give in to the riveting performances and compelling underdog story…

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Review of Austenland (2013)

By Marlow Stern (69) for The Daily Beast (380) on 05 Aug 2013

The film is still anchored beautifully by Russell who, as she exhibited in Waitress, and for years on Felicity, is an actor that inspires such…

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Review of The Spectacular Now (2013)

By Marlow Stern (69) for The Daily Beast (380) on 28 Jul 2013

The Spectacular Now manages to transcend its teen-drama framework to become one of the most poignant and gratifying films of this year's Sundance…

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Review of Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009)

By Marlow Stern (69) for Manhattan Movie Magazine (35) on 11 Oct 2009

Since Precious bears such an unpalatable, relentlessly-bleak-to-the-point-of-cliché ghetto premise (see: Tyler Perry), its effectiveness as…

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Review of Inglourious Basterds (2009)

By Marlow Stern (69) for Manhattan Movie Magazine (35) on 19 Aug 2009

The film's real star is Christoph Waltz, who steals the show as Jekyll & Hyde inquisitor Hans Landa…

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Review of Serious Moonlight (2009)

By Marlow Stern (69) for Manhattan Movie Magazine (35) on 05 May 2009

A solid directorial debut for Ms…

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Review of Black Dynamite (2009)

By Marlow Stern (69) for Manhattan Movie Magazine (35) on 05 May 2009

A muscular, mustachioed, lethally suave motharf*cka, armed with nunchuks, kung-fu kicks, and a roaring .44 Magnum, has come to rescue jive…

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Review of Changeling (2008)

By Marlow Stern (69) for Manhattan Movie Magazine (35) on 16 Oct 2008

If Changeling develops any sort of pop-culture currency, one could foresee a drinking game in which college students take a shot every time…

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Review of The Wrestler (1984)

By Marlow Stern (69) for Manhattan Movie Magazine (35) on 12 Oct 2008

This tragicomic portrait of 'God's Lonely Man' is the dark horse contender for best film of the year, although I'm sure its star wouldn't have…

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