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MOVE members exit their headquarters during a 1978 confrontation with police
September 24, 2013 - 6:09 PM ET
Stuart Klawans

Jason Oder’s Let the Fire Burn; Martha Shane and Lana Wilson’s After Tiller; Peter Morgan and Ron Howard’s Rush; anniversary wishes to Stuart Klawans from Rabbi Simcha Feffeferman

Patrick Riester in Computer Chess
August 27, 2013 - 7:10 PM ET
Stuart Klawans

David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium, Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess

Cate Blanchett, Max Casella, Bobby Cannavale, Sally Hawkins in Blue Jasmine
July 31, 2013 - 2:18 PM ET
Stuart Klawans

Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine; Sophia Coppola’s The Bling Ring; Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station

Act of Killing
July 2, 2013 - 1:55 PM ET
Stuart Klawans

Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing, Jem Cohen’s Museum Hours, Eliav Lilti’s Israel: A Home Movie, Jerry Bruckheimer’s Enemy of the State

klawans flappers and philosophers
May 21, 2013 - 6:28 PM ET
Stuart Klawans

Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight

On Film

On Film

September 17, 2013 - 4:47 PM ET
Rick Perlstein

The smartest thing about the new film The Butler is its depiction of Ronald Reagan’s inadequacies on civil rights—which is something conservatives can’t stand.

September 11, 2013 - 3:52 PM ET
Andrés S. Pertierra

Saul helped ignite a political awareness and a passion for history in me.

July 18, 2013 - 11:08 AM ET
Mychal Denzel Smith

The 27-year-old director of the film adaptation of Oscar Grant’s shooting talked to me about the obstacles facing young black men in America today.

June 25, 2013 - 12:15 PM ET
Michelle Dean

Sofia Coppola’s new movie doesn’t move its audience to question these celebrity-obsessed thieves—and it should.

June 14, 2013 - 9:42 AM ET
Michelle Dean

Much Ado About Nothing is great! Does it matter that its appeal depends on being a Whedon nerd?

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