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June 20, 2024267
Tiger Stripes
In Amanda Nell Eu’s coming-of-age tale, “Tiger Stripes,” a young girl in…
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June 20, 2024278
Murder by Numbers
Richard and Justin, the high school killers in “Murder by Numbers,” may…
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June 20, 2024455
The Kitchen
A directorial debut for both co-directors, Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe…
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June 20, 2024281
On the Adamant
At first glance, the barge docked on the Seine in Paris near…
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July 5, 2024525
Mother, Couch
From the moment Dave (Ewan McGregor) frantically walks across a deserted parking…
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August 23, 2024592
Between the Temples
Nathan Silver’s “Between the Temples” opens with a loud, keening blast from…
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June 20, 2024279
Wildcat
Ethan Hawke attempts to breathe new life into the biopic structure with mixed results in “Wildcat.” What…
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August 14, 2024504
Alien: Romulus
When Ridley Scott released “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant,” the main criticism levied…
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June 20, 2024305
The Synanon Fix
Rory Kennedy is a phenomenal interviewer. We’ve seen this before in her…
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June 20, 2024259
Night Swim
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the…
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August 2, 2024568
Rebel Moon – Director’s Cuts
Your investment in Zack Snyder’s creative vision will likely determine how badly…
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June 25, 2024414
Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge
“God saved me so I could give you life.” So said concentration…
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June 19, 2024274
Food, Inc. 2
“My relationship with food is complicated …very complicated. Because I have Type…
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July 11, 2024430
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 20, 2024286
What You Wish For
The issue of the spoiler remains a critical one in cinematic discourse.…
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August 16, 2024696
Close to You
There are two main types of stories about smalltown people finding themselves:…
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June 20, 2024342
Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World
Documentaries about cultural hotspots are as common as the film festivals that…
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June 20, 2024324
Divinity
In a world where the imagination of indie sci-fi can often struggle…
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June 20, 2024266
STAX: Soulsville, USA
“STAX: Soulsville USA” is a four-part, four-hour series about the legendary Memphis soul music label’s…
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June 20, 20241,000
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
The most gripping aspects of “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds…
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June 20, 2024303
Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces
There’s nothing worse than watching a bio-doc about a revolutionary, unique, creative…
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July 19, 2024445
Hollywoodgate
When the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021, you couldn’t…
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June 20, 2024292
Handling the Undead
Zombies don’t have to be fast. It’s a fun novelty sometimes, sure.…
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July 26, 2024471
The Girl in the Pool
The suburbs are hell. That’s what the movies keep telling us. Perfect…
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June 20, 2024261
Ren Faire
Lance Oppenheim’s three-part HBO docuseries “Ren Faire” walks that fine line between…
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June 19, 2024277
Power
Police brutality is a subject that never seems to leave the news.…
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June 20, 2024266
Ghostlight
“Ghostlight,” which focuses on a construction worker drawn into a production of…
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July 19, 2024467
Customs Frontline
Last year, Hong Kong filmmaker Herman Yau directed at least two of…
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July 12, 2024450
Lumina
There are bad movies, there are really bad movies, and then there’s…
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July 12, 2024362
Sorry/Not Sorry
Produced by The New York Times‘s video division, and depending heavily on…
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June 20, 2024315
Inside Out 2
Wait. Pixar finally has a quality animated film hitting theaters? Granted, it’s…
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June 19, 2024276
Dusk for a Hitman
“Dusk for a Hitman” is a husk of a great film. Director…
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June 20, 2024304
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Just when you think they’ve run out of real-life World War II…
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June 20, 2024284
Sting
Ninety-one minutes, including seven for closing credits, isn’t enough for “Sting,” a…
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August 9, 2024440
Duchess
In the wake of Quentin Tarantino’s ascendance to his pop culture throne in…
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June 20, 2024304
Phone Booth
“Phone Booth” is a religious fable, a show biz fable, or both.…
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June 20, 2024279
Civil War
Whatever you expect from an Alex Garland movie, he always gives you something…
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June 20, 2024266
Lousy Carter
Austin-based filmmaker Bob Byington never takes the easy road, even when he’s…
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June 20, 2024295
Ride
In 1991, country superstar Garth Brooks crooned, “Well, it’s bulls and blood/It’s…
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July 26, 2024492
The Last Breath
Sharks, while undeniably lethal, are also, studies have shown, kind of dumb. And…
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June 20, 2024282
Long night’s journey into collapse
It may have happened something like this. “Margin Call” depicts the last…
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June 20, 2024286
In Our Day
The films of the prolific South Korean writer-director Hong Sang Soo are…
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June 19, 2024274
Monkey Man
Dev Patel pours his entire self into “Monkey Man.” Some comes over…
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June 20, 2024278
What can you really do about it if the world ends later tonight?
“Knowing” is among the best science-fiction films I’ve seen — frightening, suspenseful,…
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June 20, 2024298
Terrestrial Verses
“Terrestrial Verses,” one of the most brilliant and provocative films to emerge…
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June 20, 2024346
Share?
Did you know that social media fosters toxic relationships among its users,…
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August 2, 2024593
Peak Season
Co-directors Steven Kanter and Henry Loevner reunite (after their COVID-set breakup comedy…
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June 20, 2024295
The Beast
The launching pad for Bertrand Bonello’s new picture “The Beast” (“La Bete”)…
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August 16, 2024745
The Union
Director Julian Farino’s “The Union” follows Mike (Mark Wahlberg), a construction worker…
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June 20, 2024335
Red Right Hand
“If you’re gonna survive in these hills, you’ll have to get used…
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June 20, 2024280
Queendom
Jenna Marvin is a fearless 21-year-old queer artist in Russia. Using found…
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June 20, 2024291
Mayhem!
An exclamation point in a title is a promise. The first action…
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June 20, 2024274
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
I’m not coming out and accusing the writers of “Bad Boys: Ride…
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June 20, 2024288
Flipside
The personal essay film is a tricky genre, because when you get…
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June 20, 2024270
Blood Work
Clint Eastwood’s “Blood Work” opens with an FBI agent of retirement age…
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June 20, 2024282
Destroy All Neighbors
A few names stand out during the opening credits for “Destroy All…
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July 19, 2024438
My Spy The Eternal City
The original “My Spy” from 2020 was a surprisingly amusing romp with…
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June 20, 2024279
Relax, I’m From the Future
Rhys Darby is perfectly cast as the wholesome, dopey time traveler in…
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August 16, 2024473
The Good Half
“Are you lost?,” an old lady at the mall asks sad-sack Renn Wheeland…
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July 12, 2024437
Eno
Among other things, Brian Eno is a pioneer in what’s called “generative…
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June 20, 2024285
In a Violent Nature
The most fascinating thing about Chris Nash’s hyperviolent slasher experiment “In a Violent…
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June 20, 2024295
Longing
“Longing” is a remake of an award-winning Israeli film by the same…
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June 19, 2024286
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Every one of the recent English language kaiju epics from Legendary Pictures…
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June 20, 2024270
One Hour Photo
“One Hour Photo” tells the story of Seymour “Sy” Parrish, who works…
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June 20, 2024271
You’ll Never Find Me
“I’m afraid you knocked on the wrong door.” When Paul (Brendan Rock)…
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June 20, 2024289
Club Zero
Ambiguity and extreme emotional states occur simultaneously in Jessica Hausner’s films, where…
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June 19, 2024280
Tuesday
Julia Louis-Dreyfus gives a performance of breathtaking vulnerability as the mother of…
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June 20, 2024281
Pioneer
Remember this name: Aksel Hennie. If “Pioneer,” a mixed bag of a…
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June 20, 2024280
You Can’t Run Forever
J.K. Simmons knows how to do sociopath. There’s something so fascinating about…
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June 20, 2024298
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
At eighty-one years of age, Paul Simon is still producing the most…
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June 20, 2024280
Sunrise
“You know what he feeds on? Fear.” Generic dialogue and lack of…
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June 20, 2024302
It’s Only Life After All
There’s a lot of ground to cover in “It’s Only Life After…
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June 20, 2024304
The Creator
It’s ironically apt that “The Creator,” about the potential and peril of…
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June 20, 2024284
The Young Wife
Despite what everyone says, weddings aren’t really about the bride and groom.…
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June 20, 2024285
Hit Man
People like to speak about a golden era of movies—the precise dimensions…
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July 19, 2024597
Scala!!!
Jane Giles and Ali Catterall’s documentary “Scala!!!” is about a legendary, notorious,…
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June 20, 2024283
Nightmare
Sleep paralysis demons deserve a better fictional riff than “Nightmare,” a bland…
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August 16, 2024688
Rule of Two Walls
More than 900 days since Russia first launched its invasion and unprovoked…
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June 20, 2024276
Dream Scenario
There’s something refreshing about the plainly weird premise of “Dream Scenario”. Nicolas Cage…
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June 20, 2024292
Love Lies Bleeding
Gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart) is introduced with her hand down a…