Finally, after 43 years, the film was edited and made its debut at the 2018 Venice Film Festival. The screening took place at the festival’s huge, plush theater, the Sala Grande, which hosts all the ...

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Dear Mick LaSalle: Wait. How can Maximus’ son be alive (in “Gladiator II”)? Unless Lucius (Paul Mescal) is the love child of ...

Dear Mick LaSalle: You were asked about where you stand on the cancellation of Woody Allen [in April]. I have decided that ...

Dear Mick LaSalle: Your perfect description of (a laugh track as) “the delirious, mirthless laughter of jackals” was spot on ...

I wish I could help you with the Highlands, but I’m less familiar with those Scotches. Dear Mick LaSalle: Was there ever a really good film made about Hitler, and what actors did the best job of ...