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June 20, 2024291
Terrestrial Verses
“Terrestrial Verses,” one of the most brilliant and provocative films to emerge…
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June 20, 2024294
Dune: Part Two
The word that will likely be used most often to describe Denis…
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July 11, 2024425
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, 2024329
Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate
The original “Megamind,” released in 2010, was a fresh, funny, and heartwarming…
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June 20, 2024261
The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears
Characterizing Belgian co-directors/writers Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s style is tricky since…
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June 21, 2024437
Trigger Warning
Beginning with a wonky opening chase sequence, “Trigger Warning” lacks urgency. Beginning…
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June 20, 2024306
The Animal Kingdom
Another day, another traffic jam. A father, François (Romain Duris), chides his…
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June 20, 2024277
Queens
The shots are unreal. We fly behind and next to a bee…
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August 9, 2024534
Cuckoo
“Cuckoo” gets more confusing the more it explains itself. The further writer-director…
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June 19, 2024257
Mother of the Bride
Over the last few years, there has been a trend of opulent…
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June 20, 2024823
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
“The question is, do you have what it takes to make it…
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July 10, 2024470
Longlegs
Everything about Osgood Perkins’ “Longlegs” is designed to rattle you, unsettle you,…
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July 19, 2024433
Crumb Catcher
I didn’t believe a single second of “Crumb Catcher.” It begins with…
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June 20, 2024274
Fast Charlie
The other night I was channel surfing and I stopped for a…
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August 2, 2024560
Kneecap
The Belfast schoolchildren stand in their classroom, singing “Óró Sé do bheatha…
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June 20, 2024281
What You Wish For
The issue of the spoiler remains a critical one in cinematic discourse.…
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June 20, 2024267
Thanksgiving
After promising us back in 2007 that “white meat … dark meat…
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July 5, 2024477
MaXXXine
Mia Goth and Ti West took the world of arthouse horror by…
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June 20, 2024291
Girls State
One girl was asked about a significant Supreme Court case and picked…
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June 20, 2024300
The Dead Don’t Hurt
One of my great great great grandfathers fought for the Union and…
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June 20, 2024259
Ghostlight
“Ghostlight,” which focuses on a construction worker drawn into a production of…
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June 20, 2024301
The Creator
It’s ironically apt that “The Creator,” about the potential and peril of…
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June 20, 2024287
Lift
“Lift” is as generic and forgettable as its title, the kind of…
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June 20, 2024300
The Recruit
‘The Recruit” reveals that the training process of the Central Intelligence Agency…
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June 20, 2024281
La Chimera
“La Chimera” plays like a magical realism version of the classic one-last-heist movie. The core of…
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June 20, 2024268
I Used to Be Funny
On stage, comedians use their words to make their audience laugh, gasp,…
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June 20, 2024281
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Over sixty years ago, directors Henry Hathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall…
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June 20, 2024451
The Kitchen
A directorial debut for both co-directors, Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe…
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June 20, 2024272
Wildcat
Ethan Hawke attempts to breathe new life into the biopic structure with mixed results in “Wildcat.” What…
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June 20, 2024293
The Beast
The launching pad for Bertrand Bonello’s new picture “The Beast” (“La Bete”)…
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June 20, 2024287
Knox Goes Away
In his second directorial effort, the underwhelming “Knox Goes Away,” Michael Keaton…
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June 20, 2024263
Naked Acts
Contains language around sexual abuse Bridgett M. Davis’ 1996 film “Naked Acts,”…
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June 20, 2024274
Disappear Completely
The truly impressive slice of nightmare fuel, “Disappear Completely,” premiering on Netflix today…
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June 20, 2024273
Bella
“I’m not a singer; I’m a dancer!” Bella Lewitzky defiantly refused to…
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June 20, 2024261
Blood Work
Clint Eastwood’s “Blood Work” opens with an FBI agent of retirement age…
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June 20, 2024282
Kidnapped
Set in 1800s Italy and based on a true story, “Kidnapped” is…
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June 19, 2024269
Monkey Man
Dev Patel pours his entire self into “Monkey Man.” Some comes over…
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June 19, 2024259
Riddle of Fire
“Riddle of Fire” is the kind of cinematic bedtime story whose whimsical…
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August 9, 2024560
Hollywood Black
The tricky part with a docuseries like “Hollywood Black,” particularly if you…
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June 20, 2024299
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 9, 2024437
Duchess
In the wake of Quentin Tarantino’s ascendance to his pop culture throne in…
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June 28, 2024403
Confessions of a Good Samaritan
Penny Lane has long been one of our most fascinating documentarians in…
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August 9, 2024536
The Last Front
“The Last Front” is a first-rate calling-card movie—a medium-budget project that feels much…
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August 1, 2024434
War Game
Every day, people from all over the world come to Washington, DC,…
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June 19, 2024272
Dusk for a Hitman
“Dusk for a Hitman” is a husk of a great film. Director…
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June 20, 2024277
On the Adamant
At first glance, the barge docked on the Seine in Paris near…
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June 20, 2024264
Tiger Stripes
In Amanda Nell Eu’s coming-of-age tale, “Tiger Stripes,” a young girl in…
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June 20, 2024295
The Seeding
“The Seeding,” a bleak horror movie about a hiker who gets trapped…
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July 22, 2024535
Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam
Before we get too deep into the story of Lou Pearlman, a…
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July 5, 2024506
The Nature of Love
Writer-director Monia Chokri’s “The Nature of Love,” is a two-hour foray into…
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June 20, 2024294
Monolith
Lily Sullivan, who broke through with an impressively physical performance in last year’s…
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June 28, 2024545
A Family Affair
As mundane as its title, with characters whose color-by-numbers personalities and motivations…
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June 20, 2024335
Chicken for Linda!
I missed Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s animated French escapade “Chicken for…
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June 20, 2024287
Taking Venice
In 1964, Robert Rauschenberg won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice…
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June 20, 2024278
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, 2024294
Stress Positions
Say what you will about “Stress Positions,” the new indie comedy that…
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June 20, 2024289
Open Windows
Heavily inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s influence on Brian De Palma, Nacho Vigalondo’s…
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June 20, 2024280
Destroy All Neighbors
A few names stand out during the opening credits for “Destroy All…
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July 12, 2024432
Eno
Among other things, Brian Eno is a pioneer in what’s called “generative…
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June 20, 2024290
The Watchers
When it comes to kooky, creative thrillers, Shyamalan is practically a brand.…
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June 24, 2024426
Janet Planet
When the young, melancholic Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) begs her mother Janet (Julianne…
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June 20, 2024326
Asphalt City
You may remember a scene in the cult classic “Repo Man” in…
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August 2, 2024590
Peak Season
Co-directors Steven Kanter and Henry Loevner reunite (after their COVID-set breakup comedy…
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June 21, 2024407
Hummingbirds
It feels limiting or a disservice to call “Hummingbirds” simply a documentary.…
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June 20, 2024322
Art College 1994
It’s weirdly funny to see a year mentioned in the title of…
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June 21, 2024449
Chestnut
For most college students, the hazy, liminal space of a post-graduation summer…
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June 20, 2024332
Departing Seniors
The horror movie element isn’t even the most compelling part of the…
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June 21, 2024449
Fancy Dance
The story of settler colonialism in North America is one of disappeared…
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June 19, 2024269
Dogman
It can be fun to watch a gifted character chew scenery, especially…
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June 20, 2024299
Phone Booth
“Phone Booth” is a religious fable, a show biz fable, or both.…
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June 19, 2024293
Black Twitter: A People’s History
Black people are the architects of American culture. The hip verbiage many…
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August 23, 2024665
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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August 23, 2024593
Incoming
Movies won’t stop pursuing the next great one crazy night adolescent comedy…
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June 20, 2024268
One Hour Photo
“One Hour Photo” tells the story of Seymour “Sy” Parrish, who works…
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June 28, 2024504
The Human Surge 3
We film lovers perpetually bang the drum about how cinema enables us…
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June 20, 2024284
Jim Henson: Idea Man
Like many people of my approximate age, my childhood was heavily touched…
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June 20, 2024282
Zen and the art of rifle maintenance
“The American” allows George Clooney to play a man as starkly defined…
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June 20, 2024288
Abandon
“Abandon” is a moody, effective thriller for about 80 percent of the…
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June 20, 2024272
It’s a Wonderful Knife
If you put Nancy Drew in a teen slasher take of “It’s…
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June 20, 2024314
Wicked Little Letters
“Wicked Little Letters,” a new film directed by Thea Sharrock with a…