Cynthia Fuchs
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Overt Gender Politics Makes 'Molly's Game' Seem Like a Timely Film
Molly is a storyteller. Storytellers are artists, fabricators, and cultural arbitrators. They run games. → Read More
What Is Real in the YouTube World of 'Presenting Princess Shaw'?
Presenting Princess Shaw simultaneously exposes and obscures the process of documentary-making. → Read More
Kathryn Bigelow's Intense 'Detroit' Finds a Glimmer of Hope Amidst the Hopelessness
This is no ones neighborhood. Detroit doesn’t help anyone to feel at home, least of all viewers. → Read More
Coppola's 'The Beguiled' Shows We're All Prisoners of the Past
The Beguiled evokes a very persistent past from the American Civil War, a past that, as William Faulkner famously reminds us, isnt even past. → Read More
'Colossal', Monsters, TV and You
Among other things, Colossal asks you to consider your own responsibility for what and how you watch. → Read More
There's No Cure for Fakeness in 'A Cure for Wellness'
Fox's unfortunate campaign for this film -- even the idea of it -- is exponentially more interesting than the film it meant to promote. → Read More
'I Am Not Your Negro', in Wide Release Today, Is Endlessly Relevant and Particularly Urgent
As this documentary presents James Baldwin's resistance, we might now take heart in it and also borrow from it. → Read More
'20th Century Women' Holds Particular Relevance for 21st Century Women
As much as it considers the past, 20th Century Women's profound confidence in women's strength and ingenuity proposes a way to look forward. → Read More
The Lack of Imagination in 'The Bye Bye Man' Is Vexing
The Bye Bye Man's illogic is typical of horror movies. → Read More
'Assassin's Creed' Is Full of Elaborate Illogic
As the movie spirals into the elaborate illogic of the videogame on which it's based, the hero Cal is resurrected and tormented, again and again. → Read More
The Kids in 'The Edge of Seventeen' Are Adorable. You Know They're in for Trouble
The kids in The Edge of Seventeen can't anticipate their mistakes like you do. → Read More
At Least 'Inferno' Has Badass Vayentha Going for It
When Vayentha (Ana Ularu) removes her helmet, a stray strand of hair escapes her ponytail and falls across her very stern, very mean face. Grrr. → Read More
'Queen of Katwe' Both Lapses Into and Transcends Formula
Queen of Katwe offers a way to see into another world, a way to expand your own understanding. → Read More
'Snowden', Screens and Secrets
Cameras and media can increase transparency or magnify performances, security might be a function of privacy or the opposite of freedom. → Read More
Who's Watching the Watchers in 'Nerve'?
Nerve indicts the bad social media consumers, but lets you, the better watchers, off the hook. → Read More
'The Legend of Tarzan' Is Samuel L. Jackson's Show
George Washington Williams (Samuel L. Jackson) is shoehorned into this movie to make sense of the white savior, Tarzan. → Read More
'The Neon Demon' May Shock, But It Won't Challenge
Gorgeous and grotesque, The Neon Demon's metaphors of predation may be campy or self-serious, critiques of clichés or just clichés. → Read More
'The Conjuring 2' Speculates on How We Believe or Don’t Believe
This movie is what you expect. You don’t have to believe any of it. → Read More
Emilia Clarke Plays a Manic Pixie Kewpie Doll in 'Me Before You'
This film crushes together any number of tropes, from the savior pixie to the flawed hero to the melodramatic lessons learned by tragedy. → Read More
'The Fits' Offers a Brilliant, New, and Sensory Experience
The Fits offers a new experience, one that helps you to perceive nuances of sight and sound. → Read More