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June 20, 2024231
LaRoy, Texas
“LaRoy, Texas” immediately tests your expectations. Driving down a dark dirt country…
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June 20, 2024220
Ride
In 1991, country superstar Garth Brooks crooned, “Well, it’s bulls and blood/It’s…
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August 23, 2024531
The Crow
Good movies always have integrity, but not-good movies can have integrity, too.…
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June 21, 2024399
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Vampires are all the rage in film and television these days. Some…
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July 12, 2024389
Eno
Among other things, Brian Eno is a pioneer in what’s called “generative…
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June 20, 2024215
Revoir Paris
Some memories are too painful for us to carry day to day.…
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June 26, 2024360
Kinds of Kindness
After the comparatively “normal” visions of “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” Yorgos…
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July 5, 2024467
Mother, Couch
From the moment Dave (Ewan McGregor) frantically walks across a deserted parking…
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June 20, 2024239
Sight
In Andrew Hyatt’s “Sight,” what you see is what you get. The…
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June 20, 2024258
Fingernails
Love is pain in several ways in “Fingernails.” In the near future…
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June 20, 2024225
Dream Scenario
There’s something refreshing about the plainly weird premise of “Dream Scenario”. Nicolas Cage…
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June 20, 2024235
I’m a Virgo
It’s been five years since director Boots Riley’s riot of a debut,…
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July 26, 2024425
The Last Breath
Sharks, while undeniably lethal, are also, studies have shown, kind of dumb. And…
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June 19, 2024214
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenburg
“I’ve been called a witch, a slut, and a murderer. Maybe people…
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June 19, 2024226
Kung Fu Panda 4
Did the world really need another “Kung Fu Panda” movie? The trilogy…
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June 20, 2024557
The American Society of Magical Negroes
I wish I could erase “The American Society of Magical Negros” from…
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June 20, 2024227
Remembering Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder couldn’t have chosen a better stage name. “Gene” is so…
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June 20, 2024225
Solo
Under the glare of fuschia neon lights Simon (Théodore Pellerin) is twirling.…
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June 20, 2024262
Madame Web
“Madame Web” is not the unmitigated disaster that its clunky trailer or…
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June 20, 2024210
Insomnia
He looks exhausted when he gets off the plane. Troubles are preying…
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June 24, 2024381
Janet Planet
When the young, melancholic Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) begs her mother Janet (Julianne…
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June 20, 2024268
Unfrosted: The Pop-Tarts Story
A handsomely produced, nearly empty experience, “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tarts Story” is hard to describe…
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June 20, 2024227
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, 2024279
Red Right Hand
“If you’re gonna survive in these hills, you’ll have to get used…
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June 20, 2024210
Abigail
The trailer for “Abigail” tells you almost everything you need to know…
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July 10, 2024418
Longlegs
Everything about Osgood Perkins’ “Longlegs” is designed to rattle you, unsettle you,…
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June 20, 2024227
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
A local icon in San Francisco who made a national impact on…
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June 20, 2024219
Ghostlight
“Ghostlight,” which focuses on a construction worker drawn into a production of…
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June 20, 2024766
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
“The question is, do you have what it takes to make it…
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June 20, 2024259
Back to Black
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s “Back to Black” invokes a single question, one fans…
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August 9, 2024435
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
It’s hard to imagine that this summer will see a better crowd-pleaser…
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June 20, 2024225
Flipside
The personal essay film is a tricky genre, because when you get…
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June 20, 2024369
American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders
In August 1991, an accomplished freelance writer named Danny Casolaro was found…
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August 23, 2024606
The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-eAT
Not gonna lie, this had me in the first half. In its…
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June 20, 2024262
Inside Out 2
Wait. Pixar finally has a quality animated film hitting theaters? Granted, it’s…
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June 20, 2024230
15 Cameras
Nastiness in horror movies is like a seasoning: essential for flavor, though…
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June 19, 2024223
Dogman
It can be fun to watch a gifted character chew scenery, especially…
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June 20, 2024231
Sunrise
“You know what he feeds on? Fear.” Generic dialogue and lack of…
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July 12, 2024308
Sorry/Not Sorry
Produced by The New York Times‘s video division, and depending heavily on…
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August 1, 2024444
Harold and the Purple Crayon
As someone who venerates Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson’s 1955…
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June 20, 2024234
The Truth vs. Alex Jones
One of the most disturbing moments in a documentary filled with disturbing…
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July 15, 2024410
The Convert
In his latest movie “The Convert,” director and co-writer Lee Tamahori returns…
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June 20, 2024230
Longing
“Longing” is a remake of an award-winning Israeli film by the same…
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July 5, 2024427
MaXXXine
Mia Goth and Ti West took the world of arthouse horror by…
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June 20, 2024223
You’ll Never Find Me
“I’m afraid you knocked on the wrong door.” When Paul (Brendan Rock)…
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June 28, 2024449
A Sacrifice
The first two-thirds of “A Sacrifice” are a largely leaden affair that…
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June 20, 2024212
Tiger Stripes
In Amanda Nell Eu’s coming-of-age tale, “Tiger Stripes,” a young girl in…
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June 20, 2024224
I Saw the TV Glow
Jane Schoenbrun’s second narrative feature is a gnawing search for belonging in…
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June 20, 2024244
Founders Day
Advertising “Founder Days” as a “bold political slasher” gives too much credit…
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July 19, 2024378
Crumb Catcher
I didn’t believe a single second of “Crumb Catcher.” It begins with…
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August 16, 2024611
Rule of Two Walls
More than 900 days since Russia first launched its invasion and unprovoked…
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June 20, 2024234
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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June 20, 2024218
Space: The Longest Goodbye
The crew of a space craft peering out its window at the…
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June 20, 2024229
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
There has been a growing subgenre of non-fiction films that I jokingly…
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June 20, 2024250
The People’s Joker
Before you see a single frame of Vera Drew’s Batman-soaked satire “The…
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June 20, 2024228
What You Wish For
The issue of the spoiler remains a critical one in cinematic discourse.…
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June 20, 2024234
Role Play
Emma (Kaley Cuoco) lives a double life. She has a loving husband,…
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June 28, 2024394
Music
Music, we are told, makes the people come together. Music, it so…
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August 9, 2024474
Cuckoo
“Cuckoo” gets more confusing the more it explains itself. The further writer-director…
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June 20, 2024232
Atlas
When it comes to the handful of names who are defiantly keeping…
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June 20, 2024283
Brats
I have seen so many hagiographic clip reels masquerading as documentaries that…
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July 19, 2024537
Find Me Falling
When many of us think of vacationing on the Mediterranean, the first…
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June 20, 2024268
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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August 15, 2024373
Good Bad Things
“Good Bad Things” is an intimate, small story about the gigantic issue that…
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June 20, 2024223
A demon in the house
“Paranormal Activity” is an ingenious little horror film, so well made it’s…
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June 20, 2024383
Alphaville
One of the most influential science fiction films that most people haven’t…
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June 20, 2024262
Out of Darkness
Cinematic depictions of ancient or near-ancient times have come a long way…
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June 20, 2024215
Reverse the Curse
When it premiered at Tribeca last year, David Duchovny’s “Reverse the Curse”…
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June 20, 2024225
Sting
Ninety-one minutes, including seven for closing credits, isn’t enough for “Sting,” a…
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July 12, 2024305
Family Portrait
What is it about the sound of wind? It can be undeniably…
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August 16, 2024667
Rob Peace
“Rob Peace,” based on a true story about the tragically short but inspiring…
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June 20, 2024219
Late Night with the Devil
Is there any scenario in which “Late Night with the Devil” could have…
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July 19, 2024379
My Spy The Eternal City
The original “My Spy” from 2020 was a surprisingly amusing romp with…
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June 20, 2024251
Femme
Written and directed by Ng Choon Ping and Sam H. Freeman, “Femme”…
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June 20, 2024218
Silent Night
John Woo’s new film is a revenge thriller with such a predictable plot that one…
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June 20, 2024225
Queens
The shots are unreal. We fly behind and next to a bee…
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June 20, 2024225
Gasoline Rainbow
Brothers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross straddle the lines of documentary…
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July 19, 2024418
Lady in the Lake
Within the first two minutes of Apple TV+’s “Lady in the Lake,”…
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August 7, 2024386
It Ends With Us
“What would you say if your daughter told you her boyfriend pushed…
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August 16, 2024662
My Penguin Friend
There’s something radical about the old-fashioned approach of “My Penguin Friend.” It’s an earnest, crowd-pleasing…