A constant throughout Hollywood history, heist movies almost always sort neatly into one of two categories: 1) a seasoned criminal needs to pull one more dangerous job in order to retire, and 2) a group of amateurs gets greedy and attempts a job they have no business pulling off. The beats are as consistent as […]
Author: Danny Kossow
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10 Great Thriller Movies Favored By Pauline Kael
In one of her last essays for the New Yorker, Pauline Kael turned the criticism inward. She celebrated and lamented having had to write in the pre-rental era, which meant that each “Current Cinema” column responded in real time to a film she had just seen, or it recalled films that remained stuck in the […]