Some top selections from the festival come from three veteran filmmakers, who provide illuminating views both of their longtime artistic obsessions and of the present day. Creative Growth, in Oakland, ...

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In Paul Schrader’s latest film—his most audacious religious vision yet—a documentarian on his deathbed confesses, on camera, ...

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Films for the season. Plus: the triumph of the post-Thanksgiving turkey sandwich; arguing about expiration dates; and the ...

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A report from Lebanon. Plus: stopping the escalation in Ukraine; a portrait of the artist as an Amazon reviewer; and ...

Between 2003 and 2019, Kevin Killian published almost twenty-four hundred reviews on the site. Can they be considered ...