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The Old Guard

Nick Rogers

July 9, 2020

Uncommonly soulful and somber-minded, but also a rollicking action film.

First Cow

Mitch Ringenberg

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2020's best film so far, effortlessly imparting tremendous meaning into small moments.

Greyhound

Nick Rogers

July 6, 2020

Tom Hanks' most homogenized hosanna to World War II.

The Beach House

Nick Rogers

July 6, 2020

An appropriately atmospheric alchemical nightmare.
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Assassin 33 A.D.

  • Evan Dossey
  • July 9, 2020
2020's first schlock classic.
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The Old Guard

  • Nick Rogers
  • July 9, 2020
Uncommonly soulful and somber-minded, but also a rollicking action film.
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First Cow

  • Mitch Ringenberg
  • July 8, 2020
2020's best film so far, effortlessly imparting tremendous meaning into small moments.
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Greyhound

  • Nick Rogers
  • July 6, 2020
Tom Hanks' most homogenized hosanna to World War II.
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The Beach House

  • Nick Rogers
  • July 6, 2020
An appropriately atmospheric alchemical nightmare.
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On Criterion: The War of the Worlds

  • Evan Dossey
  • July 6, 2020
The pinnacle of 1950s science-fiction hits Criterion.
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Endless Summer: Independence Day (1996)

  • Evan Dossey
  • July 4, 2020
Evan reflects on a film that punches political buttons ... and aliens' faces.
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Hamilton

  • Lou Harry
  • July 3, 2020
Dexterously cinematic and far from a you-are-there-recording.
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Endless Summer: Last Summer (1969)

  • Lou Harry
  • July 3, 2020
Lou Harry looks back at a challenging film he saw at a formative time.
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Desperados (2020)

  • Nick Rogers
  • July 3, 2020
Frantically foul and hopelessly predictable.

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