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The Essentials: The Films Of Tim Burton Ranked

September 20, 2016 2:50 pm

Next week sees the opening of "Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children," Tim Burton's 18th feature film. Based on the delightful novel by Ransom Riggs, which is itself inspired by Riggs' collection of vinta...

The Essentials: The Films Of Oliver Stone Ranked

The Playlist Staff

September 15, 2016 12:21 pm

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As we wrote in 2010, when first attempting a retrospective of the directorial features of Oliver Stone, the outspoken director loves his country, but he is also among its loudest critics. This makes him either ...

The Best & The Rest: All Nicolas Winding Refn’s Films, Ranked

Jessica Kiang and Erik McClanahan

June 20, 2016 2:15 pm

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This week, just a month or so after it premiered in Cannes to a now-traditional Refn reception of mingled admiration and jeers (we were among the admirers), "The Neon Demon" comes to theaters. But though we enj...

The Essentials: The Films Of Robert Altman

Jessica Kiang and Oliver Lyttelton

May 31, 2016 12:22 pm

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Robert Altman had a career like few others in the history of American film. A war hero who flew 50 bombing missions in the Pacific, Altman worked first in industrial films and then in television, producing doze...