Richard von Busack

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Christmas Classics: Movies to Thoughtfully Frame the Season

Here are a few thoughts on Christmas movies by Metro’s longtime movie critic Richard von Busack, from the archives.
Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads, documentary

Weird Ones

Forty years and still going strong, the Talking Head's Stop Making Sense entertains audiences all over again.
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Certified Fresh

Cleverly titled Cinequest opener Fresh Kills gets its name from a spot on Staten Island.  ”Kills” is a Dutch word for a riverbed. Until it...
Futurama, Matt Groening, cartoon

Back to the Futur-

Season 11 of Futurama continues The Simpsons’ co-creator Matt Groening’s brash vaudeville about a trio of working stiffs a couple of eons from now.  Fry...
Ezra Miller as The Flash

Double Flash: Keaton’s Batman Returns to the DCEU

Barry Allen is the man who can outrun time itself. Bathed in electrified chemicals, he became The Flash, the fastest man alive. Seeing the previews...
Hollow TV screen with a river behind it

Life Is But a Stream: Movie Trends in 2021

Things fall apart. Markets fragment. The critic’s traditional “top 10” list means less in this era of diversified audiences. Audiences are multiverses, each with...
A person wearing a dark blue coat walks down airplane stairs against a cloudy gray sky, looking downward with a serious expression.

House Arrest

Hillary Clinton's life exemplifies the Goldilocks test, with which all second-wave feminists are familiar: you're always either too this or too that. You can be Secretary of State for four years and still have a male passerby say you need to smile more.
An older man in a plaid shirt sits at a bar, smiling at the camera, with a pint of dark beer and a glass of clear liquid in front of him. The background shows shelves and a person seated at the bar.

Monument Man

It's a tale of dashed hopes and silver linings. In other words, it's a typical Irish story. On March 17, 3Below Theaters & Lounge stages the U.S. debut of a play about a small Irish town and a fateful visit from former President Bill Clinton.
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