Movies

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Words & Deeds

‘Hannah Arendt’ offers an immersion in the world of postwar New York intellectuals; ‘A Hijacking’ portrays the travails of a cargo ship set upon by Somali pirates.
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A Good Gatsby

In many important senses, Baz Luhrmann has quite literally restored ‘The Great Gatsby’ to a Catholic setting.
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Misdirection

A documentary on Ricky Jay, one of the great living magicians, and a feature in which four practitioners of the craft use their special skills to stage a heist.
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Roaring Mad

Baz Luhrmann’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ proves to be a triumph of both faithfulness and daring. It conveys some of the novel’s glories and possesses virtues all its own.
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