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Pressure: Competent Men Get Their Due

The first face that Pressure shows you belongs to a young man who is drowning in the surf at Slapton Sands. It is April 1944, and on a Devon beach,...

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National Review

Giancarlo Sopo

The Sheep Detectives: Out of the Clouds

Four seats to my right, a young couple had brought a blanket to the theater. They unfolded it as the lights came down and burrowed in like it was a...

10.05.2026 10

National Review

Giancarlo Sopo

Project Hail Mary: The Stars Want Us Happy

There is a scene early in Project Hail Mary that tells you everything about the kind of film you are watching. Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling), a...

22.03.2026 10

National Review

Giancarlo Sopo

Grace After the Wreckage: Reminders of Him

I’ll confess: I walked into Vanessa Caswill’s adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel fully braced for manipulation, the Hallmark...

15.03.2026 20

National Review

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Midwinter Break Turns Our Gaze Upward

Midwinter Break has one of the best characters I’ve seen on screen in years. Her name is Stella Gilmore (Lesley Manville), a retired Irish...

25.02.2026 10

National Review

Giancarlo Sopo

Robert Duvall Left No Seams

Robert Duvall didn't belong to any era of Hollywood. He preceded New Hollywood, thrived in it, and outlasted it. He was a Mafia lawyer, a surfing...

17.02.2026 350

National Review

Giancarlo Sopo

Extinction as Feminism, or The Testament of Ann Lee

01.02.2026 10

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They Did Not Die in Vain: Venezuela and the Dream of Cuban Exiles

04.01.2026 80

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Quentin Tarantino Just Rescued Your Dad’s Favorite Movie

06.12.2025 10

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Giancarlo Sopo

Addio, Bellissima: Remembering Claudia Cardinale

25.09.2025 10

National Review

Giancarlo Sopo

Robert Redford, the Statesman of American Cinema

17.09.2025 10

National Review

Giancarlo Sopo

Legacy over Clout: Spike Lee’s Kurosawa Remix

24.08.2025 10

National Review

Giancarlo Sopo

A Win for Gina Carano — and the Culture

09.08.2025 10

National Review

Giancarlo Sopo

Congresswoman Delia Ramirez Forfeited Her Guatemalan-ness

07.08.2025 10

National Review

Giancarlo Sopo

The Naked Gun Returns: Clapter Is Out, Laughter Is In

02.08.2025 10

National Review

Giancarlo Sopo

Superman vs. the Grift-Industrial Complex

12.07.2025 10

National Review

Giancarlo Sopo

What to Watch on the Fourth of July

05.07.2025 20

National Review

Giancarlo Sopo

Showing Up: Five Films That Understand Fatherhood

16.06.2025 20

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Cruise vs. The Algorithm

31.05.2025 10

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Twelve Films to Watch as a New Papacy Begins

09.05.2025 20

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From Camelot to Clickbait: America’s Dealey Plaza Syndrome

22.03.2025 20

National Review

Giancarlo Sopo

Black Bag: Spies Mix Business with Pleasure — at Their Own Risk

15.03.2025 20

National Review

Giancarlo Sopo