Nicolas Rapold
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‘The Automat,’ Where Dining Out Was D.I.Y.
The director Lisa Hurwitz discusses the history of the Horn & Hardart chain of restaurants, which offered comfort food in coin-operated glass boxes.
‘Icahn: The Restless Billionaire’ Review: Right on the Money
The war stories of the famed financier Carl C. Icahn power this deft documentary portrait.
‘Death on the Nile’ Review: Dead in the Water
Kenneth Branagh’s second adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot stories forgets the simple pleasures of ensemble excess and pure messing about.
‘My Best Friend Anne Frank’ Review: Separated by the Nazis
This film wants to spotlight a story of friendship and childhood innocence during the Holocaust, but feels quaint and misguided.
‘Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom’ Review: Remote Learning
In Pawo Choyning Dorji’s film, a teacher is assigned to a school that’s an eight-day walk from where he lives.
‘Hotel Transylvania: Transformania’ Review: Another Monster Mash
The plot, about a crystal-powered ray gun that can turn monsters into humans, seems to acknowledge the need to goose its characters out of their...
Stream These Peter Bogdanovich Movies
The director loved the world of classic Hollywood so much that it’s as if he never left it. Here are nine of his film highlights.
‘Swan Song’ Review: Second Life
In this future-set drama, Mahershala Ali plays an ailing father who decides whether or not to clone himself for the sake of his family.
‘The Real Charlie Chaplin’ Review: Not Enough Funny Business
The documentary attempts to restore a sense of mystery to Chaplin’s life and work, but the filmmakers mostly run through a well-trodden timeline.
‘The Power of the Dog’: About That Ending
The movie’s subtle conclusion takes a moment to comprehend. But the director, Jane Campion, has a history of working in the realm of suggestion.