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June 20, 2024188
The Watchers
When it comes to kooky, creative thrillers, Shyamalan is practically a brand.…
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June 20, 2024242
Brats
I have seen so many hagiographic clip reels masquerading as documentaries that…
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June 20, 2024197
No One Will Save You
Brian Duffield’s newest feature, “No One Will Save You,” is a sci-fi…
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August 2, 2024460
Kneecap
The Belfast schoolchildren stand in their classroom, singing “Óró Sé do bheatha…
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July 19, 2024362
Hollywoodgate
When the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021, you couldn’t…
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June 20, 2024237
Inside Out 2
Wait. Pixar finally has a quality animated film hitting theaters? Granted, it’s…
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July 22, 2024441
Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam
Before we get too deep into the story of Lou Pearlman, a…
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June 28, 2024279
Daddio
Dialogue can lie, but faces tell the truth. Stories are told through…
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July 19, 2024355
Widow Clicquot
I haven’t had a drink in almost fifteen years, and during the…
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June 20, 2024271
Code 8: Part II
Released in the spring of 2020, Jeff Chan’s anti-police sci-fi action film…
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June 20, 2024206
Stress Positions
Say what you will about “Stress Positions,” the new indie comedy that…
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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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June 20, 2024192
The Beekeeper
Imagine that one of the boiler room scumbags from “The Wolf of…
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June 20, 2024204
LaRoy, Texas
“LaRoy, Texas” immediately tests your expectations. Driving down a dark dirt country…
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July 26, 2024370
The Fabulous Four
If you’re a distinguished older male actor in Hollywood, you’re typically cast as…
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June 20, 2024194
Dream Scenario
There’s something refreshing about the plainly weird premise of “Dream Scenario”. Nicolas Cage…
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June 20, 2024223
Argylle
“Argylle,” the stumbling, overcooked action flick from director Matthew Vaughn, begins with…
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June 20, 2024225
The Animal Kingdom
Another day, another traffic jam. A father, François (Romain Duris), chides his…
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June 20, 2024193
I Used to Be Funny
On stage, comedians use their words to make their audience laugh, gasp,…
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June 20, 2024203
The most dangerous job in the Army
A lot of movies begin with poetic quotations, but “The Hurt Locker”…
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June 20, 2024195
Stormy
Opening night at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival may have…
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June 20, 2024216
Founders Day
Advertising “Founder Days” as a “bold political slasher” gives too much credit…
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August 9, 2024423
Dance First
The final words of his 1953 novel “The Unnamable” — “I can’t…
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June 20, 2024221
Back to Black
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s “Back to Black” invokes a single question, one fans…
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June 19, 2024192
Immaculate
“Immaculate” feels like both a throwback to another era of Italian horror…
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June 20, 2024199
Star Wars — Episode I: The Phantom Menace
We are re-posting this review in honor of the re-release for the…
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June 20, 2024178
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 2, 2024390
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Not that long ago, a legacy sequel like “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel…
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June 20, 2024183
Enough
“Enough” is a nasty item masquerading as a feminist revenge picture. It’s…
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June 20, 2024185
Long night’s journey into collapse
It may have happened something like this. “Margin Call” depicts the last…
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August 2, 2024446
Coup!
This movie opens with views of a manual typewriter, and indignant words…
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June 20, 2024231
International intrigue rings true
Sydney Pollack’s “The Interpreter” is a taut and intelligent thriller, centering on…
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June 20, 2024193
The Last Rider
This chronicle of retired American cyclist Greg LeMond’s tiring, tumultuous return to…
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August 23, 2024507
Blink Twice
Early in Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, we are introduced to Slater King…
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June 20, 2024212
It’s Only Life After All
There’s a lot of ground to cover in “It’s Only Life After…
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August 16, 2024633
Rob Peace
“Rob Peace,” based on a true story about the tragically short but inspiring…
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June 20, 2024208
The Family Plan
Mark Wahlberg has displayed enough comic timing and action chops in previous…
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June 20, 2024210
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
In the DC Expanded Universe of films, which appears to be winding…
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June 19, 2024190
Riddle of Fire
“Riddle of Fire” is the kind of cinematic bedtime story whose whimsical…
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July 15, 2024372
The Convert
In his latest movie “The Convert,” director and co-writer Lee Tamahori returns…
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June 20, 2024187
Ren Faire
Lance Oppenheim’s three-part HBO docuseries “Ren Faire” walks that fine line between…
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June 20, 2024193
Revoir Paris
Some memories are too painful for us to carry day to day.…
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August 9, 2024344
Duchess
In the wake of Quentin Tarantino’s ascendance to his pop culture throne in…
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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 20, 2024198
The Last Stop in Yuma County
“Last Stop in Yuma County” is the kind of movie where you…
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June 20, 2024184
Space: The Longest Goodbye
The crew of a space craft peering out its window at the…
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June 20, 2024224
The Synanon Fix
Rory Kennedy is a phenomenal interviewer. We’ve seen this before in her…
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August 16, 2024620
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
When “Caligula” arrived in theaters in 1979, it came in on a…
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June 20, 2024200
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
The end is just “the start of something,” according to one of…
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July 19, 2024372
Customs Frontline
Last year, Hong Kong filmmaker Herman Yau directed at least two of…
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June 20, 2024196
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
A corporate video is not art, as much as its director might…
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June 20, 2024188
Blood Work
Clint Eastwood’s “Blood Work” opens with an FBI agent of retirement age…
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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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August 16, 2024596
Skincare
When you have a name like Hope Goldman, two words lacquered in…
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June 19, 2024198
Kung Fu Panda 4
Did the world really need another “Kung Fu Panda” movie? The trilogy…
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June 20, 2024196
15 Cameras
Nastiness in horror movies is like a seasoning: essential for flavor, though…
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July 26, 2024376
The Girl in the Pool
The suburbs are hell. That’s what the movies keep telling us. Perfect…
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August 23, 2024557
Decoded
The Chinese WW2 spy thriller “Decoded” stands out for a number of…
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July 12, 2024474
Dandelion
Writer-director Nicole Riegel’s “Dandelion” takes place over a mere number of days,…
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July 19, 2024508
Find Me Falling
When many of us think of vacationing on the Mediterranean, the first…
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June 26, 2024324
Kinds of Kindness
After the comparatively “normal” visions of “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” Yorgos…
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June 20, 2024263
Outlaw Posse
Watching “Outlaw Posse,” you get the sense that writer-director Mario Van Peebles…
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June 20, 2024182
Yannick
Both drawn-out and deceptively simple, the trippy French comedy “Yannick” re-imagines a…
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June 20, 2024186
Red Dragon
“Red Dragon” opens with the pleasure of seeing Hannibal Lecter as he…
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June 21, 2024380
Copa 71
The #1 record holder for attendance at a women’s sporting event in…
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July 12, 2024326
Made in England: The Films of Power & Pressburger
At the beginning of “Made in England: The Films of Powell &…
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June 20, 2024195
Fast Charlie
The other night I was channel surfing and I stopped for a…
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June 20, 2024187
Aisha
Letitia Wright gives a quietly powerful performance in “Aisha” as a young…
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June 20, 2024216
The Seeding
“The Seeding,” a bleak horror movie about a hiker who gets trapped…
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June 20, 2024189
Madu
It’s recess at a small school in Nigeria and the boys are…
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June 20, 2024241
Ultraman: Rising
Children take center stage but aren’t the real stars of “Ultraman: Rising,”…
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June 20, 2024191
Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire
Among this past year’s unexpected synchronicities, there’s now a shared space in…
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June 20, 2024227
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, 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, 2024219
The People’s Joker
Before you see a single frame of Vera Drew’s Batman-soaked satire “The…
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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, 2024181
Raging Grace
Joy (Max Eigenmann) is one of millions of domestic workers worldwide. She’s…
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June 20, 2024196
Queendom
Jenna Marvin is a fearless 21-year-old queer artist in Russia. Using found…
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July 10, 2024390
Longlegs
Everything about Osgood Perkins’ “Longlegs” is designed to rattle you, unsettle you,…
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July 22, 2024403
The Way We Speak
Set at a conference for “thought leaders,” “The Way We Speak” is…