Melissa Anderson

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Feel-Good Rapper Comedy <i>Patti Cake$</i> Doesn’t Earn Its Mic

Feel-Good Rapper Comedy Patti Cake$ Doesn’t Earn Its Mic

By Melissa Anderson

<i>Atomic Blonde</i>: At Least the Fights Are Good

Atomic Blonde: At Least the Fights Are Good

By Melissa Anderson

Sisterhood is Powerful — and Pugnacious — in <i>Girls Trip</i>

Sisterhood is Powerful — and Pugnacious — in Girls Trip

By Melissa Anderson

David Lowery’s <i>A Ghost Story</i> Gets Lost in Time and Space

David Lowery’s A Ghost Story Gets Lost in Time and Space

By Melissa Anderson

Sofia Coppola’s <i>The Beguiled</i> Skims the Civil War Past

Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled Skims the Civil War Past

By Melissa Anderson

Salma Hayek Commandeers <i>Beatriz at Dinner</i>‘s Nimble Class Comedy

Salma Hayek Commandeers Beatriz at Dinner‘s Nimble Class Comedy

By Melissa Anderson

Wonder Woman Emerges to Save the World But Risks Losing Herself

Wonder Woman Emerges to Save the World But Risks Losing Herself

By Melissa Anderson

Laura’s Theme: Tracing the Distraught DNA of <i>Twin Peaks</i>’ Dead Heroine

Laura’s Theme: Tracing the Distraught DNA of Twin Peaks’ Dead Heroine

By Melissa Anderson

Azazel Jacobs’s <i>The Lovers</i> Plumbs the Mysteries of Matrimony

Azazel Jacobs’s The Lovers Plumbs the Mysteries of Matrimony

By Melissa Anderson

<i>Snatched</i> Is Perfect for Mother’s Day if Mom Hates and Fears Other Countries

Snatched Is Perfect for Mother’s Day if Mom Hates and Fears Other Countries

By Melissa Anderson

Cynthia Nixon Reaches for the Truth of Emily Dickinson’s Mysterious Life

Cynthia Nixon Reaches for the Truth of Emily Dickinson’s Mysterious Life

By Melissa Anderson

Ben Wheatley’s Shootout Drama <i>Free Fire</i> Finds Nothing New in Its Violence

Ben Wheatley’s Shootout Drama Free Fire Finds Nothing New in Its Violence

By Melissa Anderson

<i>Colossal</i> Has a Big Idea, but It Quickly Shrinks

Colossal Has a Big Idea, but It Quickly Shrinks

By Melissa Anderson

U Mad Bro? Wilson Rages Against Nothing of Note

By Melissa Anderson

In a Bizarre Ghost Story, Kristen Stewart Haunts Herself

By Melissa Anderson

They Can’t Even Make the Sex Hot: On Fifty Shades Darker

By Melissa Anderson

Toni Erdmann Toasts the Hilarity of Everyday Humilitation

By Melissa Anderson

Pablo Larraín’s Neruda Fractures the Biopic

By Melissa Anderson

Woman Power Serves a Boy in Mike Mills’ Late-’70s Remembrance

By Melissa Anderson

Melissa Anderson’s Top Films of 2016

By Melissa Anderson

The Sensuous Moonlight Dares to Let Black Men Love

By Melissa Anderson

A Biopic of a Distraught Journalist Does Too Little with Too Much

By Melissa Anderson

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