New York, New York, like most Scorsese films, is about the trials and glories of making art.
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It’s only the third tale that transcends the film’s pleasant aura of video-cult-hit mediocrity.
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The premise for Casper Kelly’s film sounds a bit like a Family Guy cutaway gag.
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The film has hardly an original idea or image to set it apart from its neo-western brethren.
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Blair and his actors discuss the evolution of the film’s tone and its sneaky resonance.
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Across his debut feature, Manuel stacks one simulacrum on top of another.
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Like a disappointing offspring, there are excuses one could make for Idiots.
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Ullom discusses the film’s reshoots and the comparisons to Backrooms and Obsession.
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The filmmakers know how to be cheeky and over-the-top with a painfully familiar premise.
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It’s fun to see that there are still tricks up its clammy, spume-flecked sleeve.
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