The new “Candyman” is both a sequel and a restart. Like the original 1992 film, it is set in Chicago and focuses on the grounds of the Cabrini-Green housing project, seen in the earlier film…
When Martin Scorsese says that superhero films are not “cinema”, he is not referring to their storylines, but to their modes of production: the overmanaged, studio-controlled exploitation and the protection of – wait for it…
The veteran French filmmaker Benoît Jacquot is one of the most inconsistent directors of his time. His best films are quite simply some of the most striking of their time, and what sets them apart…
The South Korean director Hong Sang-soo, whose extraordinary new drama “The Woman Who Ran” is streamed on film in the Lincoln Center’s virtual cinema, has made eighteen feature films since 2009 for a total of…
There’s an emerging genre of hyperactive art that emerged from the minds of people who were online before puberty – call them Dispatches from a Mediated Mind. These are works (whether written or performative) that…
The enduring appeal of Kong and Godzilla has to do with their simplicity. “King Kong,” made in Hollywood, debuted in 1933; “Godzilla”, produced in Japan, was released in 1954. Both films were based on a…
“The sound of meep is cheering,” wrote lexicographer Erin McKean in a 2009 column in the Boston Globe. (She commented on an odd case – a Massachusetts headmistress, troubled by his students’ insane obsession with…
Shawarma fillet of beefThere is lightly seasoned meat in the body bag, which you need to unfold before cooking. Speaking of cooking, you’ll be overcooking the meat if you follow the package instructions, and whether…
Shatara Michelle Ford’s brilliant first feature, “Test Pattern” (which is now available in virtual theaters via) Cinema marquee) follows a young woman named Renesha (Brittany S. Hall) in Austin, Texas, who meets a young man…
Hot Hot Crispy HabanerosW.THEW. People love chili chips, so why not crispy chilies? These are crispy, wispy scraps of fried habanero slices. They are the texture of fried butterfly wings. If you are just eating…
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