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In many respects, movies reflect the period they’re made in. The era of Vietnam and Watergate yielded many paranoid films questioning the intentions of those in power. The Reagan era saw macho, [...]

Movie musicals can make us believe that our forefathers harmonized (1776), New York street gangs Arabesqued through the city (WEST SIDE STORY), and giant plants boogied to Motown (LITTLE SHOP OF [...]

  The feats of filmmaker Kenneth Branagh have often risen to the sublime, delivering superb takes on a variety of material. His directorial debut with HENRY V in 1989 was one of the best [...]