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It could be argued The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson’s metatextual cinema amour to The New Yorker was perhaps the pinnacle of the Texan director’s affair with art and authorship. Where was the fantast…
In 1940 Disney made one of its gold-standard animations in the form of a loose adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s moral tale Pinocchio. There is no underestimating how important the film was for Disney (an…
The life of gyrating music phenomenon, Elvis Presley, is captured with ornate flair in Baz Luhrmann’s showy epic, Elvis. The film observes the triumph and tragedy behind the King of Rock and Roll, fo…
Directed by Marielle Heller, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood stars Matthew Rhys as journalist Lloyd Vogel who’s assigned to write a puff piece on beloved television host Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks). L…
Growing up in Australia in the mid-'90s, you were hard-pressed to find children's entertainment that didn't focus on brawling anime monsters or anthropomorphic bananas. That is where a be…
When reviewing a new Steven Spielberg film, you come to it with decades of classics and masterpieces in your mind. Unlike other filmmakers, Spielberg films come with a certain level of expectation tha…