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June 26, 2024377
Kinds of Kindness
After the comparatively “normal” visions of “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” Yorgos…
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June 20, 2024374
Poor Things
Yorgos Lanthimos seems delighted in depicting extreme behavior within pristine settings, whether…
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June 20, 2024235
No more than three hostages allowed on most trips
Why do I have to watch this movie? Why does anyone? What…
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June 20, 2024365
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
The “Paw Patrol” television series is designed with a single-minded focus to…
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June 20, 2024265
Musica
In the romantic comedy “Música,” Rudy is a young man who experiences…
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June 20, 2024237
Bring Him to Me
Why is it that crime big wigs in movies enjoy wasting ammo…
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June 20, 2024260
Sleeping Dogs
The Russell Crowe renaissance feels like it’s just around the corner. Although…
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August 23, 2024561
Blink Twice
Early in Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, we are introduced to Slater King…
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August 2, 2024518
Rebel Moon – Director’s Cuts
Your investment in Zack Snyder’s creative vision will likely determine how badly…
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August 16, 2024702
The Union
Director Julian Farino’s “The Union” follows Mike (Mark Wahlberg), a construction worker…
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July 16, 2024481
Twisters
Aren’t movies of this summer spinning delightfully vintage vibes? Just collectively consider…
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June 19, 2024258
Babes
The foundation of most comedy is the gulf between our belief that…
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June 20, 2024289
Divinity
In a world where the imagination of indie sci-fi can often struggle…
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June 20, 2024248
Abandon
“Abandon” is a moody, effective thriller for about 80 percent of the…
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June 20, 2024238
The Garfield Movie
I cannot think of a single reason for another Garfield movie, and…
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June 20, 2024241
Queendom
Jenna Marvin is a fearless 21-year-old queer artist in Russia. Using found…
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June 19, 2024244
Treasure
The Australian-born novelist and essayist Lily Brett is the daughter of Holocaust…
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June 20, 2024241
Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla turns 70 next year, and to celebrate, his parent company Toho…
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June 20, 2024252
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, 2024239
Gasoline Rainbow
Brothers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross straddle the lines of documentary…
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June 20, 2024239
Space: The Longest Goodbye
The crew of a space craft peering out its window at the…
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June 20, 2024253
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, 2024287
Dirty Pretty Things
The hall porter is sent upstairs to repair a blocked toilet, and…
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August 2, 2024516
Doctor Jekyll
The name Hammer used to command a certain level of respect in…
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June 20, 2024262
The People’s Joker
Before you see a single frame of Vera Drew’s Batman-soaked satire “The…
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June 20, 2024234
One Hour Photo
“One Hour Photo” tells the story of Seymour “Sy” Parrish, who works…
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June 19, 2024322
The Idea of You
Tell me if this sounds familiar: A romantic couple, one American, one…
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June 20, 2024234
The Ring
Rarely has a more serious effort produced a less serious result than…
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June 20, 2024298
Red Right Hand
“If you’re gonna survive in these hills, you’ll have to get used…
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June 20, 2024234
The Grab
Instead of a feature-length movie, “The Grab,” a 106-minute documentary about shady…
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June 20, 2024233
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, 2024243
Fast Charlie
The other night I was channel surfing and I stopped for a…
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August 2, 2024502
Coup!
This movie opens with views of a manual typewriter, and indignant words…
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June 20, 2024268
Sasquatch Sunset
Four tall, scruffy creatures amble through a storybook forest. They walk, they…
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July 12, 2024328
Sorry/Not Sorry
Produced by The New York Times‘s video division, and depending heavily on…
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July 5, 2024448
MaXXXine
Mia Goth and Ti West took the world of arthouse horror by…
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July 22, 2024451
The Way We Speak
Set at a conference for “thought leaders,” “The Way We Speak” is…
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June 20, 2024263
State of Consciousness
It takes up to four men to restrain Emile Hirsch in “State…
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June 19, 2024247
Just the Two of Us
Valérie Donzelli’s “Just the Two of Us” is reminiscent of the “women’s…
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June 28, 2024465
A Sacrifice
The first two-thirds of “A Sacrifice” are a largely leaden affair that…
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June 20, 2024250
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, 2024278
Out of Darkness
Cinematic depictions of ancient or near-ancient times have come a long way…
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June 20, 2024239
I Used to Be Funny
On stage, comedians use their words to make their audience laugh, gasp,…
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July 8, 2024392
The Secret Art of Human Flight
Ben (Grant Rosenmeyer) is not okay. His wife and artistic collaborator Sarah…
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June 20, 2024246
Sunrise
“You know what he feeds on? Fear.” Generic dialogue and lack of…
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June 20, 2024245
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
A local icon in San Francisco who made a national impact on…
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June 20, 2024227
Spaceman
Now, 189 days into his mission, Jakub Prochazka (Adam Sandler), the forlorn…
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August 14, 2024458
Alien: Romulus
When Ridley Scott released “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant,” the main criticism levied…
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July 19, 2024390
Crumb Catcher
I didn’t believe a single second of “Crumb Catcher.” It begins with…
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June 20, 2024244
In Our Day
The films of the prolific South Korean writer-director Hong Sang Soo are…
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June 20, 2024248
Destroy All Neighbors
A few names stand out during the opening credits for “Destroy All…
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June 20, 2024415
The Strangers: Chapter 1
2008’s “The Strangers” didn’t seem like the kind of film that would…
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July 19, 2024402
Great Absence
Kei Chika-ura’s “Great Absence” is obviously a personal piece, the kind of…
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July 5, 2024448
Escape
The high-concept South Korean army thriller “Escape” clocks in at a swift…
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June 20, 2024270
The Animal Kingdom
Another day, another traffic jam. A father, François (Romain Duris), chides his…
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June 21, 2024442
What Remains
For the first 15 minutes of “What Remains,” we follow around a…
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June 20, 2024230
The Roundup: Punishment
“The Roundup: Punishment” is the third sequel in a series of Korean…
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June 20, 2024253
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 23, 2024521
Deadpool & Wolverine
“Deadpool & Wolverine” exists because Hugh Jackman, who has played Wolverine nine…
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June 20, 2024254
I’m a Virgo
It’s been five years since director Boots Riley’s riot of a debut,…
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June 20, 2024251
Civil War
Whatever you expect from an Alex Garland movie, he always gives you something…
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August 23, 2024552
Incoming
Movies won’t stop pursuing the next great one crazy night adolescent comedy…
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July 12, 2024473
Sing Sing
If you read the synopsis of “Sing Sing,” you might mistake it…
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June 28, 2024410
Music
Music, we are told, makes the people come together. Music, it so…
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July 19, 2024424
Customs Frontline
Last year, Hong Kong filmmaker Herman Yau directed at least two of…
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June 20, 2024266
The Dead Don’t Hurt
One of my great great great grandfathers fought for the Union and…
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June 20, 2024279
International intrigue rings true
Sydney Pollack’s “The Interpreter” is a taut and intelligent thriller, centering on…
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June 20, 2024260
Founders Day
Advertising “Founder Days” as a “bold political slasher” gives too much credit…
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June 20, 2024244
You Can’t Stay Here
Todd Verow’s thriller “You Can’t Stay Here” takes viewers into the heart…
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July 12, 2024425
Touch
“Touch,” from Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, is vast in scope, stretching over…
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June 20, 2024259
Sight
In Andrew Hyatt’s “Sight,” what you see is what you get. The…
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June 20, 2024300
Stopmotion
The conceit of a tortured and socially maladjusted artist whose obsessive pursuit…
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August 1, 2024415
Trap
Pop music really can change your life. That’s part of the setup…
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July 19, 2024408
Widow Clicquot
I haven’t had a drink in almost fifteen years, and during the…
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June 20, 2024276
Ryuichi Sakamoto Opus
“When you record a moment, you’re recording the death of a moment.”…
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June 20, 2024237
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, 2024254
If
If you’re lucky enough to attend an early screening of John Krasinski’s…
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June 20, 2024313
Share?
Did you know that social media fosters toxic relationships among its users,…
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June 20, 2024235
Suitable Flesh
While neither particularly profound nor earth-shatteringly scary, “Suitable Flesh” is better than…
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June 20, 2024521
Land of Bad
There are two heroes in the frustrating military actioner “Land of Bad,”…