Duplicity

Julia Roberts and Clive Owen star in this new thriller about schemers and double-dealers.

"...Denis O’Hare and Thomas McCarthy. At the beginning of Duplicity, Gilroy’s latest conspiracy thriller, the heads of two pharmaceutical..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mark Twain Warned of Government Duplicity

Jan. 27, 2004 Postmarks

A Good Year

It's difficult to reconcile this romantic trifle starring Russell Crowe with Ridley Scott, the director who made Blade Runner and The Gladiator.

"...louche, selfish, entirely unsympathetic trader of bonds, prone to duplicity, and nothing at all like the brainy young pipsqueak..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The General's Daughter

"...sends him down a darkening path of deceit and duplicity leading, as ever, all the way to the top...."

June 26, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The X-Files

"...may or may not be linked to global government duplicity and associated with an ancient, non-terrestrial race. You can..."

June 19, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Seeking Mavis Beacon

Doc searches for the face of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing

"...its component parts contain deep-fakes and fabulation, deceptiveness and duplicity, appropriation and recontextualization, transformation, manipulation, and conversion. The resulting..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Diamantino

Politics and Pekingese in this strange, sweet, and very Portuguese fantasy

"...of idiocy, but for the dangers of overthinking and duplicity. Sweet, wild, and openhearted, Diamantino is as charming as..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Red Joan

Based-on-true-life spy drama can keep its secrets to itself

"...find even the slightest spike in this tale of duplicity. International intrigue has rarely been less intriguing...."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Birth of a Nation

Controversial slave uprising epic finally hits theatres

"...uprising stems more from his discovery of the Bible’s duplicity and that conflicting passages can be used to justify..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jason Bourne

The former CIA op resurfaces in a new era of electronic surveillance

"...is unsurpassed. Yet, characters are fairly undeveloped, and the duplicity of one key player is left unexplored. And if..."

July 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Palo Alto

Gia Coppola, the latest voice heard from in that ridiculously talented filmmaking family, makes an auspicious directing debut with this teen drama based on stories from a collection by James Franco.

"...a role suited to his ability to convey benign duplicity with a smile.) As a short-story writer, Franco is..."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Imposter

This documentary about a bizarre case of identity theft is a puzzle of lies, duplicity, and suppositions.

"...an elegantly constructed and instantly engrossing puzzle of lies, duplicity, and suppositions that, by film's end, leaves even more..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bourne Legacy

This franchise reboot doesn't reinvent Bourne, but it does revive it to great effect.

"...third film as a writer/director, following Michael Clayton and Duplicity. The Bourne Legacy is bedeviled by the same kind..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Dark Knight Rises

An uncannily accurate mirror of the contemporary cultural zeitgeist, this epic finale to the Batman trilogy is just that: epic.

"...to the series is its obvious nod to the duplicity, or derangement, of populist politicians whose promises of less..."

July 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Coriolanus

Ralph Fiennes directs this terrific contemporary update of Shakespeare's timeless play about war.

"...and other pitfalls of serving one's country, the ghastly duplicity necessary to succeed in politics, and last but most..."

March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

8 Murders a Day

The drug-related violence occurring in Juarez, Mexico, is the subject of this impassioned documentary.

"...he's even more incensed by what he sees as duplicity on both sides of the border. He's right, of..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Farewell

Loosely based on historic events surrounding the end of the Cold War, this French espionage film shows how some spies are just regular folks.

"...bond based on the exclusively shared knowledge of their duplicity. In a curious bit of casting, both characters are..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Married Life

This film's wonderful, amoral resignation makes Married Life so deliciously different from other period-set crime stories, and its terrific cast keeps thing percolating.

"...children than a celebration of moral malleability and marital duplicity?..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Departed

Watching this new film by Scorsese is tantamount to falling in love with the director all over again.

"...film's interwoven storylines, a cat's cradle of doubt and duplicity, that mesmerize, and give DiCaprio and Damon the best..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We Don't Live Here Anymore

What people fight about when they fight about love.

"...three in this twisted roundelay of sexual and emotional duplicity. The two couples go the cinematic equivalent of nine..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Femme Fatale

A triumph of style over logic, this is still one of the best films from this period of De Palma's career.

"...the supermodel-turned-actress is used to amplify the mystery and duplicity of Laure (who is also sometimes known as Lily)...."

Nov. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hi-Lo Country

"...while simultaneously flirting casually with Pete. Pete discovers her duplicity and spends the rest of the movie moony-eyed and..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cousin Bette

"...enough respect for anyone to notice or suspect her duplicity. She, and we, get a delicious and somewhat sadistic..."

June 26, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story

This biopic provides an introduction to the work of Dorothy Day, activist for the disenfranchised and founder of the newspaper called The Catholic Worker.

"...word “Catholic” from her newspaper's name. Recognizing the Church's duplicity she comments, “If you feed the poor you're a..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rob Roy

"...cloaks a deadly efficacy with blades. His greedy, simpering duplicity and fancy pastel frocks clash in consummate contrast with..."

April 7, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Arts Groups Lose Promised Grant Money in Friday Night NEA Massacre

Leading Austin cultural institutions face slashed finances

"...In an act of grand duplicity, the NEA sent out emails late Friday night announcing..."

May 5, 2025 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 26 - May 2

"...wherever lyrical truths need to be rescued from careless duplicity or pretense...."

April 26, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Day Trips: Four Books for Daytrippers

Hit the books before you hit the road

"...Wharton, a prominent plantation owner, exhibited the hate and duplicity that polluted the future. Seeing the whole picture of..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Running Bear

Hyde Park’s new original play perfectly showcases writer Raul Garza

"...opening night, there wasn’t a moment of disengagement or duplicity between the two, which kept the audience thoroughly engaged..."

June 20, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Even as Cases Climb, the COVID-19 Rules Begin Unraveling

The state opens businesses up and Austin tries to keep some controls in place

"...rushed to make an issue of the governor's seeming duplicity, the more sobering reality – that we're just going..."

May 8, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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