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Thursday, January 17, 2019

Triumph of the Capitalist Will: Metropolis (1927/2010)

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Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927) was restored and re-released in 2010.  Fritz Lang must be some kind of genius. He somehow made Met...
Monday, January 14, 2019

Four Period Pieces

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 Saoirse Ronan in Mary Queen of Scots . (Photo: Liam Daniel) This piece contains reviews for Mary Queen of Scots , The Favourite , T...
Saturday, January 12, 2019

Behind Closed Doors: The Limits To Freedom of Expression

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Thomas Couture’s 1873 contemplation The Thorny Path , aka the courtesans’s carriers. A review of the new book The Thorny Path: Pornogr...
Wednesday, January 9, 2019

CAL's Ninth Anniverary and Interview with Robertson Davies (1985)

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Kevin Courrier's interview with Robertson Davies was conducted in 1985. This week marks the ninth anniversary of Critics At Large ...
Monday, January 7, 2019

Blaze: Inspiration

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Ben Dickey and Alia Shawkat in Blaze . Blaze , Ethan Hawke ’s biography of the Austin-based country singer-songwriter Blaze Fole...
Friday, January 4, 2019

Elaborate Simplicity: Yotam Ottolenghi's Simple

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Chef Yotam Ottolenghi is the author of Simple . (Photo: Chris Floyd) If you're familiar with Yotam Ottolenghi's cookbooks and ...
Wednesday, January 2, 2019

2018 in Games: Detectives, Dads, & Dang Ol' Cowpokes

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There’s no way you could contain 2018 in a list, no matter how long. The year was too chaotic, and too much incredible art rose ...