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David Thomson
September 20, 2014
The Timeless Charm of Lauren Bacall
August 25, 2014
Maggie Smith Isn't Always Wonderful
September 1, 2013
An End for Walter White?
How long-form television has changed storytelling
August 30, 2013
Why Alfred Hitchcock Still Lives
August 8, 2013
Aaron Sorkin's Lightweight Moral Gravity
And what's right about 'Burning Bush'
July 25, 2013
The Best Film Woody Allen's Ever Made
December 28, 2012
Add These to Your NetFlix Queue: Films You Should Have Seen This Year
June 11, 2012
David Thomson on Films: The Inane Pomposity of 'Prometheus'
June 4, 2012
David Thomson on Films: The Stunted Adulthood of Wes Anderson
May 30, 2012
Thomson: The Futile Necessity of Revisiting an Old Love Affair
May 22, 2012
David Thomson on Films: ‘Girls’ is Great, But What Will Lena Dunham Do Next?
May 15, 2012
David Thomson on Films: How Johnny Depp and Tim Burton Became Shadows of Their Former Selves
May 8, 2012
David Thomson on Films: Happy Birthday to an American Icon We No Longer Deserve
May 1, 2012
David Thomson on Films: The Flirtatious Game-Playing of Classic Hollywood Romances
April 30, 2012
The Immorality of “Hunger Games”
April 24, 2012
David Thomson on Films: How ‘The Godfather’ Was Diminished By Its State-of-the-Art Restoration
April 10, 2012
David Thomson on Films: Lindsay Lohan’s Face and the Tolls of Celebrity
March 27, 2012
David Thomson on Films: Why I Hate ‘The Hunger Games’
March 20, 2012
David Thomson on Films: Should Horses Be Sacrificed For Art?
March 8, 2012
Thomson on Film: A Movie About a School Shooting That Ignores the Shooter

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