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·3 days ago

Serpico (1973) • 50 Years Later — Pacino excels in Sidney Lumet’s cop movie with a difference

A young NYPD recruit in the 1960s struggles to expose the corrupt practices of other cops. —

Retrospectives

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Serpico — Pacino excels in Sidney Lumet’s cop movie with a difference

Retrospectives

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Fictions

·Nov 25

I Could Kip That

Maybe the ancient primitives of the twentieth century weren’t so smudgy after all. — “The Museum of Ancient Life is a physical,” said Dr. Bue. “You can’t just flick it in. I appreciate that’s unfamiliar to a lot of you, but it’s surprisingly easy to visit somewhere with your corpo self once you get the hang of it, and remember — you are supposed…

Fiction

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Fiction

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·Nov 20

Slumdog Millionaire (2008) • 15 Years Later — Danny Boyle’s vision of India doesn’t get everything right

A young man from the slums of Mumbai is accused of cheating after he wins a fortune on a game show. —

Danny Boyle

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Danny Boyle

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·Nov 9

Pain Hustlers (2023) • Netflix — mildly pleasurable but non-addictive

A struggling young woman finds rapid success marketing opioids for a dubious pharmaceutical company. —

Netflix

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Pain Hustlers — mildly pleasurable but non-addictive

Netflix

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·Nov 2

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) — Scorsese’s western of greed and guilt

In 1920s Oklahoma, white men scheme to rob the oil-rich Osage tribe of their newfound wealth… —

Martin Scorsese

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Killers of the Flower Moon — Scorsese’s western of greed and guilt

Martin Scorsese

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·Nov 1

13 Scariest… Horror Film Adaptations

A selection of classic horror films based on books and short stories… — Scary isn’t just about ghouls and goblins. It’s personal. It’s about situations and ideas that resonate with our deepest fears. It’s about events or images that linger long after we have seen them. And my own shortlist of scary movies adapted from literary works would have to include films like…

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