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    Edelstein: The Immigrant Is Richer Than Anything Else Onscreen Right NowStarring Joaquin Phoenix and Marion Cotillard.
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    Movie Review: A Short History of DecayStarring Bryan Greenberg as a blocked writer who goes home to care for his parents.
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    Movie Review: GodzillaStarring Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and a giant lizard.
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    Edelstein on Palo Alto: A Movie Full of Dangerous CornersThe directorial debut of Gia Coppola, based on short stories by James Franco.
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    Movie Review: God’s PocketIn one of his last roles, Philip Seymour Hoffman is heartbreakingly good.
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    Edelstein on Ida: This Movie’s Chill Is Hard to Shake OffSet in 1960s Poland, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski.
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    Movie Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2No fanboy will pass this one up.
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    Movie Review: LockeOne man, in a car, for an entire movie.
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    Movie Review: Blue RuinThe season’s most buzzed-about indie movie.
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    Movie Review: Heaven Is for RealBased on the best-selling book.
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    Edelstein: Fading Gigolo Is So Crazy That It’s … FunWhat hallucinogen was John Turturro on when he came up with this plot?
  12. vamping
    The Charming Vampire Dirge of Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left AliveStarring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as undead hipsters.
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    Edelstein on Oculus: The More You Look Into This Mirror, the Less You SeeStarring Karen Gillan and Katee Sackhoff.
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    Edelstein: The Nicolas Cage You Used to Like Is Back in JoeYou’ll be surprised by how affecting he can be when he stops being a “role stylist.”
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    Movie Review: The Unknown KnownWhen it comes to the former secretary of Defense, you might find yourself thinking, There’s no there there.
  16. Movie Review: Under the SkinDirected by Jonathan Glazer and starring Scarlett ­Johansson.
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    Review: Captain America: The Winter SoldierBloated and shallow as they are, comic-book-superhero pictures can occasionally surprise you.
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    Edelstein on Grand Budapest HotelThere’s a case you can make for the movie’s campy ingenuousness.
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    Movie Review: NoahStarring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, and Emma Watson.
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    Edelstein on Divergent: Entertaining, If You Ignore the SubtextShailene Woodley is tremendous. The film’s insidious anti-intellectual bent, not so much.
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    Edelstein on Le Week-EndThe not-so-sub subtext is that love doesn’t last.
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    Edelstein on Nymphomaniac: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About SexIt’s both dumber and more entertaining than anyone had a right to expect.
  23. oscars 2014
    Vulture’s Movie Critics David Edelstein and Bilge Ebiri Live-Blog the OscarsJoin them as they voice their approval and disgust all through the ceremony.
  24. oscars 2014
    David Edelstein’s Oscars Opening SalvoBefore his live blog begins, some last words on his predictions (and Razzie remorse).
  25. movie review
    Edelstein on the Entertaining B-Movie Mayhem of Non-Stop Liam Neeson’s fun hijacker mystery has so many red herrings, it’s amazing the theater doesn’t smell like a fish store.
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    Movie Review: Elaine Stritch: Shoot MeChiemi Karasawa’s documentary takes a long look at the stage star.
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    Edelstein: Kids for Cash Provides a Measure of JusticeBut the movie would be better if director Robert May spent less time skipping among damaged children and more exploring the judge’s guilt.
  28. obits
    Edelstein on Harold Ramis: A Rock in a Sea of LoonsThe writer-director kept himself centered so that others could bounce off the walls.
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    Edelstein on Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises: Romantic, Tragic, ExquisiteThe Japanese animation titan behind Spirited Away says this is his final film.
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    Edelstein: Endless Love Is PurgatoryStarring Gabriella Wilde and Alex Pettyfer.
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    Movie Review: RoboCopStarring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, and Michael Keaton.
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    Movie Review: The Last of the UnjustThis three-and-a-half-hour documentary looks at a rabbi branded a Nazi collaborator.
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    Movie Review: The Monuments MenThis George Clooney—directed World War II movie is charming and slight.
  34. obits
    Edelstein on Philip Seymour Hoffman: 1967-2014Central to Hoffman’s power as an actor was how much he went out of his way to make his character’s un-benign.
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    Edelstein on Labor Day: So Terrible It’s AmazingJason Reitman’s tremulous romantic drama Labor Day is an unintentional howl.
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    Movie Review: I, Frankenstein … It BadHe hates humans. He hates everybody.
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    Edelstein on Gloria: A Middle-Aged Love Affair, Complex and RadiantThis Chilean drama is a lovely surprise.
  38. the critics
    Edelstein: More Oscar-Bait Movies Should Be Nominated for RazziesHow wonderful would it be if the bad movie prize occasionally overlapped with the best movie prize?
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    Edelstein: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Hits Its Marks But Not Much MoreThere must be a statue of Chris Pine on the Paramount lot by now.
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    Edelstein on Best Documentary Nominee The SquareThe doc debuts on Netflix tomorrow.
  41. the critics
    Edelstein on Oscars: An Amazing Year for ActingAnd still, some of the best went unrecognized by the Academy.
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    Edelstein on the Crude Propaganda of Lone SurvivorIt leaves out anything that would transform it into a work of art like Casualties of War or Saving Private Ryan.
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    Movie Review: The Invisible WomanRalph Fiennes also directs this nineteenth-century tale.
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    Edelstein on August: Osage County: Histrionic and InauthenticThe star-vehicle-ness of it all takes over the Pulitzer-Prize-winning play.
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    Edelstein: Spike Jonze’s Her Is One of the Best Films in YearsStarring Joaquin Phoenix as a man who falls in love with his computer operating system.
  46. year in culture 2013
    David Edelstein’s Worst Movies of 2013The Lone Ranger, obviously. And more.
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    Edelstein: Justin Bieber’s Believe Affixes a Halo to the Pop Star’s HeadThe movie centers on the making of Bieber’s high-octane “Believe” tour.
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    Edelstein on The Past: A Dour Demonstration of Mixed ConnectionsIn the second half, it’s as if the director became too depressed by his own cynicism to keep the drama humming.
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    Edelstein: The Wolf of Wall Street Is Thumpingly InsipidLeonardo DiCaprio plays the real-life penny stockbroker Jordan Belfort in Martin Scorsese’s latest.
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    Movie Review: Inside Llewyn DavisStarring Oscar Isaac as a folk singer in sixties New York City.
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