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Film
2015 HONORABLE MENTIONS
On the best movies that won’t be on our “Best Movies” list
SPOILED GOODS: WE’VE SEEN THE NEW “STAR WARS”
There’s a child raised in the sand dunes, a morally-conflicted rogue, and a stalwart defender of the intergalactic Resistance. One will develop powers of great force, another will redeem their past misdeeds, and the third will score the surest victory yet for ...
HOT MESS: ON SPIKE LEE AND “CHI-RAQ”
RAIDERS OF THE PAST: ON “BRIDGE OF SPIES”
Steven Spielberg’s latest movie is too contemporary, through no fault of his own
INTERIM CHAMPION: ON RYAN COOGLER’S TRANSITIONAL “ROCKY” SEQUEL
Ryan Coogler’s new Rocky movie shows us a franchise—and an artist—in transition
WORLD TOUR: ON FREDERICK WISEMAN’S VISIT TO “JACKSON HEIGHTS”
Frederick Wiseman’s latest film profiles one of the country’s most diverse neighborhoods
SEA PLUS: ANGELINA JOLIE PITT’S BY THE SEA
The Jolie-Pitt family gets caught in an unflattering pose
HAUS RULES: ON THE BRATTLE’S SECOND NIGHT OF “GRRL HAUS” PROGRAMMING
The Grrl Haus cinema series might represent the kind of gathering we’ve taken to calling a “safe space.”
RETURN ENGAGEMENT: ON LES BLANK’S LONG-LOST LEON RUSSELL DOCUMENTARY
When you watch a nonfiction film you expect there to be captions and subtitles to help you identify the talking heads. In Les Blank’s A Poem Is a Naked Person—the centerpiece ...