American audiences may stay away from “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” because it’s so French: slow-paced, quiet, subtle, restrained, thoughtful (even intellectual), and all […]
Five Cent Cine
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This latest entry in Mafia-inspired cinema (“we’re not the Mafia, we’re “La Cosa Nostra,” says the main character) is a more nuanced psychological portrait than […]
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Five Cent Cine: Uncut Gems
Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler), the owner of a Manhattan jewelry store, has obtained, from illegal mining in Ethiopia, a sweet-potato-shaped stone in which are embedded […]
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Five Cent Cine: Les Misérables
Every scene but one of this extraordinary film by first-time director (and co-writer) Ladj Ly takes place in Montfermeil, the impoverished high-rise suburb of Paris, […]
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Five Cent Cine: Bombshell
Late in “Bombshell,” an ingenue female employee, Kayla (Margot Robbie) accuses the famous Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) of enabling the sexual harassment […]
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Five Cent Cine: 1917
The First World War, known until the Second as the Great War, the War to End All Wars, has long been a touchstone for war’s […]
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Five Cent Cine: Knives Out
“Knives Out” is a worthy murder mystery/detective procedural, complete with the twists and turns we expect—and don’t. Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express” (book, […]