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June 20, 2024183
Marrying into a nightmare
“All Good Things” is based on one of those true stories like…
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June 20, 2024222
Ryuichi Sakamoto Opus
“When you record a moment, you’re recording the death of a moment.”…
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June 20, 2024177
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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July 19, 2024482
Scala!!!
Jane Giles and Ali Catterall’s documentary “Scala!!!” is about a legendary, notorious,…
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June 20, 2024196
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead
Director Wade Allain-Marcus’s “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” is a remake…
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June 20, 2024197
Clipped
When the Los Angeles Lakers got a prestige HBO mini-series in “Winning…
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July 19, 2024371
Crossing
“Istanbul is a place…where people come to disappear.” This is the sad…
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July 5, 2024397
Escape
The high-concept South Korean army thriller “Escape” clocks in at a swift…
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August 21, 2024549
Close Your Eyes
The opening twenty minutes of “Close Your Eyes,” the third fiction feature…
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June 20, 2024225
The Dancer Upstairs
John Malkovich’s “The Dancer Upstairs” was filmed before 9/11, and is based…
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June 20, 2024215
The Recruit
‘The Recruit” reveals that the training process of the Central Intelligence Agency…
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June 20, 2024241
History of Evil
Ponderous and dull, “History of Evil” is the kind of script that…
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June 20, 2024251
Chicken for Linda!
I missed Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s animated French escapade “Chicken for…
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June 20, 2024216
The People’s Joker
Before you see a single frame of Vera Drew’s Batman-soaked satire “The…
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July 8, 2024345
The Secret Art of Human Flight
Ben (Grant Rosenmeyer) is not okay. His wife and artistic collaborator Sarah…
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August 23, 2024526
The Becomers
Immigrant stories put a fresh frame around lives that native-born citizens don’t think…
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June 20, 2024192
The Last Rider
This chronicle of retired American cyclist Greg LeMond’s tiring, tumultuous return to…
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June 20, 2024298
The Bikeriders
From the very first scene of “The Bikeriders,” director Jeff Nichols is…
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June 20, 2024223
The Missing
New York magazine ran a cover story years ago calling John Ford’s…
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August 23, 2024480
Between the Temples
Nathan Silver’s “Between the Temples” opens with a loud, keening blast from…
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August 14, 2024404
Alien: Romulus
When Ridley Scott released “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant,” the main criticism levied…
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August 9, 2024419
Daughters
In 2013, Angela Patton gave a TEDXWomen Talk that went viral. She…
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June 20, 2024204
The Truth vs. Alex Jones
One of the most disturbing moments in a documentary filled with disturbing…
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June 19, 2024190
Treasure
The Australian-born novelist and essayist Lily Brett is the daughter of Holocaust…
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June 20, 2024197
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
Will there ever be a version of “Rebel Moon—Part 2: The Scargiver”…
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June 20, 2024214
Sasquatch Sunset
Four tall, scruffy creatures amble through a storybook forest. They walk, they…
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June 20, 2024366
The Kitchen
A directorial debut for both co-directors, Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe…
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July 5, 2024411
Goldilocks and the Two Bears
In Jeff Lipsky’s films, it’s normal for characters to talk for ten…
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June 19, 2024194
Dusk for a Hitman
“Dusk for a Hitman” is a husk of a great film. Director…
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June 27, 2024366
A Quiet Place: Day One
There are enough interesting ideas and at least two confident performances holding…
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June 20, 2024270
Share?
Did you know that social media fosters toxic relationships among its users,…
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June 20, 2024333
American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders
In August 1991, an accomplished freelance writer named Danny Casolaro was found…
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June 20, 2024193
Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.
“Slave Play. Not A Movie. A Play.,” a film by playwright Jeremy…
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June 20, 2024524
The American Society of Magical Negroes
I wish I could erase “The American Society of Magical Negros” from…
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June 20, 2024237
Identity
It is a dark and stormy night. A violent thunderstorm howls down…
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June 20, 2024218
Femme
Written and directed by Ng Choon Ping and Sam H. Freeman, “Femme”…
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July 12, 2024276
Sorry/Not Sorry
Produced by The New York Times‘s video division, and depending heavily on…
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July 23, 2024468
Deadpool & Wolverine
“Deadpool & Wolverine” exists because Hugh Jackman, who has played Wolverine nine…
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June 20, 2024193
Love Lies Bleeding
Gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart) is introduced with her hand down a…
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June 20, 2024184
You Can Call Me Bill
“I’m afraid of being alone,” intones William Shatner in the opening minutes…
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June 20, 2024191
His chauffeur chases ambulances
I like movies about smart guys who are wise asses, and think…
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June 20, 2024195
Dad & Step-Dad
Inadequacy peeks from behind the uncomfortable smiles and passive aggressive remarks that…
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June 20, 2024183
Spaceman
Now, 189 days into his mission, Jakub Prochazka (Adam Sandler), the forlorn…
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June 19, 2024193
Road House
“Road House” likes to explicitly reference that it thinks it’s a Western.…
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June 20, 2024196
If
If you’re lucky enough to attend an early screening of John Krasinski’s…
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June 28, 2024436
June Zero
There’s no shortage of films that consider the Holocaust or Israel’s founding. But…
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June 20, 2024186
Hit Man
People like to speak about a golden era of movies—the precise dimensions…
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June 20, 2024190
Wildcat
Ethan Hawke attempts to breathe new life into the biopic structure with mixed results in “Wildcat.” What…
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June 20, 2024201
I’m a Virgo
It’s been five years since director Boots Riley’s riot of a debut,…
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June 19, 2024350
Nothing Can’t Be Undone By a HotPot
In case you’re wondering, “Nothing Can’t Be Undone By a HotPot” is…
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June 19, 2024200
Tuesday
Julia Louis-Dreyfus gives a performance of breathtaking vulnerability as the mother of…
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June 19, 2024186
This Closeness
In a big city, avoiding eye contact is a survival tool. Looking…
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June 20, 2024225
Wicked Little Letters
“Wicked Little Letters,” a new film directed by Thea Sharrock with a…
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July 4, 2024354
Kill
A movie theater would probably be the best place to see “Kill,”…
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June 20, 2024192
The Young Wife
Despite what everyone says, weddings aren’t really about the bride and groom.…
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June 20, 2024186
Insomnia
He looks exhausted when he gets off the plane. Troubles are preying…
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June 20, 2024195
The Garfield Movie
I cannot think of a single reason for another Garfield movie, and…
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July 19, 2024396
Skywalkers: A Love Story
In the mode (but not the spirit) of documentaries like “Man on…
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June 20, 2024189
K-19: The Widowmaker
Movies involving submarines have the logic of chess: The longer the game…
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June 20, 2024190
The Roundup: Punishment
“The Roundup: Punishment” is the third sequel in a series of Korean…
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June 20, 2024202
The most dangerous job in the Army
A lot of movies begin with poetic quotations, but “The Hurt Locker”…
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July 2, 2024389
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Not that long ago, a legacy sequel like “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel…
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July 12, 2024357
Eno
Among other things, Brian Eno is a pioneer in what’s called “generative…
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June 20, 2024197
Club Zero
Ambiguity and extreme emotional states occur simultaneously in Jessica Hausner’s films, where…
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August 13, 2024392
Mothers’ Instinct
“Mothers’ Instinct” gets by on its pulpy potential more than anything else.…
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June 20, 2024201
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 5, 2024401
MaXXXine
Mia Goth and Ti West took the world of arthouse horror by…
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June 19, 2024181
Mother of the Bride
Over the last few years, there has been a trend of opulent…
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August 23, 2024547
Hell Hole
The Adams Family—a group of filmmakers led by father John Adams, mother…
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June 20, 2024295
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
The “Paw Patrol” television series is designed with a single-minded focus to…
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June 19, 2024190
Portrait of a Nobel Prize-winner as an egomaniacal, heartless SOB
When Alan Rickman portrays an egomaniacal, preening, heartless SOB, he seems to…
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June 28, 2024458
A Family Affair
As mundane as its title, with characters whose color-by-numbers personalities and motivations…
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June 20, 2024189
It’s a Wonderful Knife
If you put Nancy Drew in a teen slasher take of “It’s…
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August 16, 2024570
Rule of Two Walls
More than 900 days since Russia first launched its invasion and unprovoked…
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July 22, 2024440
Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam
Before we get too deep into the story of Lou Pearlman, a…
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June 20, 2024187
Madu
It’s recess at a small school in Nigeria and the boys are…
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August 2, 2024459
Doctor Jekyll
The name Hammer used to command a certain level of respect in…
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June 28, 2024425
The Human Surge 3
We film lovers perpetually bang the drum about how cinema enables us…
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June 20, 2024243
This train’s got the disappearin’ Western blues
James Mangold’s “3:10 to Yuma” restores the wounded heart of the Western…
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June 20, 2024186
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
I’m not coming out and accusing the writers of “Bad Boys: Ride…