‘Close’ struggles to capture the sense of intimacy it promises
By George Elkind
Cauleen Smith’s ‘Drylongso’ and Amir Naderi’s ‘The Runner’ show this weekend at Cinema Detroit and the DFT
From decades-past Oakland and Iran, two vivid local portraits screen again
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‘A Couple’ deals in bygone love and longtime loss
One Tolstoy present, the other in absentia in this Frederick Wiseman film screening at the Detroit Film Theatre
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Lukas Dhont’s queer coming-of-age story fails to find a proper structure
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Three quasi-westerns by Kelly Reichardt examine America in Cinema Lamont film series
The works screen at Hamtramck’s Oloman Cafe this month
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With an anniversary re-release, ‘Titanic’ proves unsinkable
James Cameron’s high-melodrama classic holds up as well as ever 25 years later
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