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June 19, 2024182
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
After the one-two gut punch of garbage filmmaking that was “Blacklight” and…
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June 20, 2024188
Longing
“Longing” is a remake of an award-winning Israeli film by the same…
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July 19, 2024478
Scala!!!
Jane Giles and Ali Catterall’s documentary “Scala!!!” is about a legendary, notorious,…
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June 20, 2024386
Thelma
When you hear the premise of Josh Margolin’s feature debut, “Thelma,” you…
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July 19, 2024345
Widow Clicquot
I haven’t had a drink in almost fifteen years, and during the…
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July 22, 2024430
Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam
Before we get too deep into the story of Lou Pearlman, a…
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August 9, 2024458
Hollywood Black
The tricky part with a docuseries like “Hollywood Black,” particularly if you…
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June 19, 2024183
Lazareth
Three people sit down to dinner at a remote cabin in the…
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July 10, 2024379
Longlegs
Everything about Osgood Perkins’ “Longlegs” is designed to rattle you, unsettle you,…
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June 20, 2024204
The Dead Don’t Hurt
One of my great great great grandfathers fought for the Union and…
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June 28, 2024356
Music
Music, we are told, makes the people come together. Music, it so…
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June 20, 2024177
Lousy Carter
Austin-based filmmaker Bob Byington never takes the easy road, even when he’s…
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June 28, 2024493
Kalki 2898 – AD
There’s nothing original or particularly surprising about “Kalki 2898 AD,” a polished…
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July 11, 2024344
Fly Me to the Moon
“Fly Me to the Moon” lurches wildly from zippy, retro rom-com to cynical political…
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June 19, 2024183
Dogman
It can be fun to watch a gifted character chew scenery, especially…
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June 19, 2024188
Black Twitter: A People’s History
Black people are the architects of American culture. The hip verbiage many…
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June 20, 2024184
Sting
Ninety-one minutes, including seven for closing credits, isn’t enough for “Sting,” a…
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June 20, 2024173
Eric
It takes either a staggering lead performance or a great plot twist…
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June 20, 2024187
Dream Scenario
There’s something refreshing about the plainly weird premise of “Dream Scenario”. Nicolas Cage…
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June 20, 2024179
Disappear Completely
The truly impressive slice of nightmare fuel, “Disappear Completely,” premiering on Netflix today…
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June 19, 2024180
Prom Dates
“Prom Dates,” about a couple of teenage best-bud girls getting in trouble…
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June 20, 2024209
The People’s Joker
Before you see a single frame of Vera Drew’s Batman-soaked satire “The…
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June 20, 2024221
Disappearing act at 37,000 feet
How can a little girl simply disappear from an airplane at 37,000…
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June 20, 2024195
LaRoy, Texas
“LaRoy, Texas” immediately tests your expectations. Driving down a dark dirt country…
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June 20, 2024183
Madu
It’s recess at a small school in Nigeria and the boys are…
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June 20, 2024189
Open Windows
Heavily inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s influence on Brian De Palma, Nacho Vigalondo’s…
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June 20, 2024180
The First Omen
“The miracle of life can be a messy business,” you hear in…
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August 2, 2024453
Doctor Jekyll
The name Hammer used to command a certain level of respect in…
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June 20, 2024178
Spaceman
Now, 189 days into his mission, Jakub Prochazka (Adam Sandler), the forlorn…
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June 20, 2024172
Abigail
The trailer for “Abigail” tells you almost everything you need to know…
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June 19, 2024177
Imaginary
“Imaginary” is the newest chapter of the Blumhouse lineup, directed by “Truth…
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August 8, 2024300
Good One
The most important things in life happen between the words. Subterranean noise…
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August 2, 2024454
Kneecap
The Belfast schoolchildren stand in their classroom, singing “Óró Sé do bheatha…
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June 20, 2024193
Monolith
Lily Sullivan, who broke through with an impressively physical performance in last year’s…
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August 1, 2024339
War Game
Every day, people from all over the world come to Washington, DC,…
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June 19, 2024193
Babes
The foundation of most comedy is the gulf between our belief that…
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June 19, 2024174
Blood for Dust
Set in 1992 in the northernmost United States, where criminals run drugs…
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August 2, 2024475
Peak Season
Co-directors Steven Kanter and Henry Loevner reunite (after their COVID-set breakup comedy…
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June 20, 2024217
Fingernails
Love is pain in several ways in “Fingernails.” In the near future…
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June 20, 2024198
Dune: Part Two
The word that will likely be used most often to describe Denis…
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June 20, 2024181
Bodkin
Netflix’s new comedic thriller “Bodkin” opens with the show’s protagonist, Gilbert Power…
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June 20, 2024188
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
A local icon in San Francisco who made a national impact on…
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July 12, 2024351
Lumina
There are bad movies, there are really bad movies, and then there’s…
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June 20, 2024182
She became perfect in every area except life
Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” is a full-bore melodrama, told with passionate intensity,…
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July 5, 2024467
The Imaginary
Born from the still unbridled creativity of children, where an empty room…
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July 2, 2024382
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Not that long ago, a legacy sequel like “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel…
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June 28, 2024396
Green Border
A searing drama about a European refugee crisis that resonates with similar…
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July 19, 2024501
Find Me Falling
When many of us think of vacationing on the Mediterranean, the first…
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July 4, 2024352
Space Cadet
You can almost hear the elevator pitch: “Legally Blonde” in space, an…
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July 12, 2024386
National Anthem
In 2020, photographer Luke Gilford published National Anthem, a monograph documenting the queer…
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June 20, 2024175
Naked Acts
Contains language around sexual abuse Bridgett M. Davis’ 1996 film “Naked Acts,”…
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June 20, 2024184
It’s a Wonderful Knife
If you put Nancy Drew in a teen slasher take of “It’s…
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June 20, 2024212
Ryuichi Sakamoto Opus
“When you record a moment, you’re recording the death of a moment.”…
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June 20, 2024218
The Animal Kingdom
Another day, another traffic jam. A father, François (Romain Duris), chides his…
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August 23, 2024530
Strange Darling
“Strange Darling,” J.T. Mollner’s self-consciously edgy gotcha of a serial-killer thriller, is…
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July 30, 2024374
Hundreds of Beavers
“Hundreds of Beavers,” a boldly bizarre, nearly silent slapstick comedy about a…
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June 19, 2024185
The Contestant
Sometimes, the revolution is televised. In 1998, an aspiring comedian auditioned for…
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June 19, 2024179
With every move he makes another chance he takes
If you take a step back from the realistic locations and terse…
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June 20, 2024363
The Strangers: Chapter 1
2008’s “The Strangers” didn’t seem like the kind of film that would…
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July 5, 2024418
Mother, Couch
From the moment Dave (Ewan McGregor) frantically walks across a deserted parking…
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June 20, 2024183
Nightmare
Sleep paralysis demons deserve a better fictional riff than “Nightmare,” a bland…
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June 20, 2024186
Wildcat
Ethan Hawke attempts to breathe new life into the biopic structure with mixed results in “Wildcat.” What…
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July 19, 2024382
Lady in the Lake
Within the first two minutes of Apple TV+’s “Lady in the Lake,”…
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June 20, 2024191
No One Will Save You
Brian Duffield’s newest feature, “No One Will Save You,” is a sci-fi…
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June 20, 2024173
Raging Grace
Joy (Max Eigenmann) is one of millions of domestic workers worldwide. She’s…
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June 20, 2024181
Hit Man
People like to speak about a golden era of movies—the precise dimensions…
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June 20, 2024232
Lisa Frankenstein
When was the last time we got a teen-centric movie that felt…
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June 20, 2024181
Force of Nature: The Dry 2
One of the pleasures of being a critic is getting assigned to…
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June 20, 2024178
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
I’m not coming out and accusing the writers of “Bad Boys: Ride…
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August 9, 2024387
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
It’s hard to imagine that this summer will see a better crowd-pleaser…
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August 16, 2024558
Rule of Two Walls
More than 900 days since Russia first launched its invasion and unprovoked…
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June 20, 2024193
I’m a Virgo
It’s been five years since director Boots Riley’s riot of a debut,…
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June 20, 2024265
Share?
Did you know that social media fosters toxic relationships among its users,…
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June 20, 2024182
In Our Day
The films of the prolific South Korean writer-director Hong Sang Soo are…
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June 20, 2024188
I Saw the TV Glow
Jane Schoenbrun’s second narrative feature is a gnawing search for belonging in…
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June 20, 2024191
Role Play
Emma (Kaley Cuoco) lives a double life. She has a loving husband,…
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June 20, 2024182
Blood Work
Clint Eastwood’s “Blood Work” opens with an FBI agent of retirement age…
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June 20, 2024185
Five Nights at Freddy’s
How to make sense of “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” a family-friendly horror…
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June 20, 2024175
Enough
“Enough” is a nasty item masquerading as a feminist revenge picture. It’s…
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July 19, 2024378
Oddity
“Caveat,” Damian Mc Carthy’s directorial debut, was unnerving in the extreme. So,…