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June 20, 2024181
Bodkin
Netflix’s new comedic thriller “Bodkin” opens with the show’s protagonist, Gilbert Power…
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June 21, 2024368
Copa 71
The #1 record holder for attendance at a women’s sporting event in…
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June 20, 2024188
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
A local icon in San Francisco who made a national impact on…
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June 19, 2024174
Mother of the Bride
Over the last few years, there has been a trend of opulent…
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July 19, 2024345
Great Absence
Kei Chika-ura’s “Great Absence” is obviously a personal piece, the kind of…
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July 3, 2024374
Despicable Me 4
“Despicable Me 4” won’t win any prizes, but if you like this kind…
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June 20, 2024213
The Synanon Fix
Rory Kennedy is a phenomenal interviewer. We’ve seen this before in her…
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June 20, 2024187
Remembering Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder couldn’t have chosen a better stage name. “Gene” is so…
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June 20, 2024194
LaRoy, Texas
“LaRoy, Texas” immediately tests your expectations. Driving down a dark dirt country…
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June 28, 2024316
Confessions of a Good Samaritan
Penny Lane has long been one of our most fascinating documentarians in…
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June 20, 2024180
Night of the Hunted
How much do you want to be cornered by a vindictive energy…
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July 4, 2024353
Kill
A movie theater would probably be the best place to see “Kill,”…
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August 23, 2024530
Strange Darling
“Strange Darling,” J.T. Mollner’s self-consciously edgy gotcha of a serial-killer thriller, is…
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June 20, 2024188
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Over sixty years ago, directors Henry Hathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall…
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June 28, 2024421
The Human Surge 3
We film lovers perpetually bang the drum about how cinema enables us…
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June 20, 2024181
Suitable Flesh
While neither particularly profound nor earth-shatteringly scary, “Suitable Flesh” is better than…
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June 20, 2024232
Dirty Pretty Things
The hall porter is sent upstairs to repair a blocked toilet, and…
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June 20, 2024184
Stormy
Opening night at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival may have…
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July 8, 2024332
The Secret Art of Human Flight
Ben (Grant Rosenmeyer) is not okay. His wife and artistic collaborator Sarah…
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August 16, 2024623
Rob Peace
“Rob Peace,” based on a true story about the tragically short but inspiring…
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June 20, 2024180
The First Omen
“The miracle of life can be a messy business,” you hear in…
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June 20, 2024232
Lisa Frankenstein
When was the last time we got a teen-centric movie that felt…
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June 20, 2024206
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 8, 2024338
Borderlands
I have spent hundreds of hours in the worlds of Gearbox Software…
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June 20, 2024173
Raging Grace
Joy (Max Eigenmann) is one of millions of domestic workers worldwide. She’s…
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June 21, 2024361
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Vampires are all the rage in film and television these days. Some…
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June 21, 2024305
Hummingbirds
It feels limiting or a disservice to call “Hummingbirds” simply a documentary.…
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July 19, 2024499
Find Me Falling
When many of us think of vacationing on the Mediterranean, the first…
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June 20, 2024223
International intrigue rings true
Sydney Pollack’s “The Interpreter” is a taut and intelligent thriller, centering on…
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June 19, 2024342
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 20, 2024195
Handling the Undead
Zombies don’t have to be fast. It’s a fun novelty sometimes, sure.…
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August 22, 2024531
Mountains
Every afternoon, as Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) pulls into his driveway after work,…
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June 26, 2024316
Kinds of Kindness
After the comparatively “normal” visions of “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” Yorgos…
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June 28, 2024437
The Devil’s Bath
When does rooting for the damned stop being worthwhile or even productive?…
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June 20, 2024182
Blood Work
Clint Eastwood’s “Blood Work” opens with an FBI agent of retirement age…
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June 19, 2024183
Monkey Man
Dev Patel pours his entire self into “Monkey Man.” Some comes over…
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June 20, 2024221
Wicked Little Letters
“Wicked Little Letters,” a new film directed by Thea Sharrock with a…
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June 20, 2024184
De Niro and Norton in a psychological duel
“Stone” has Robert De Niro and Edward Norton playing against type and…
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August 9, 2024423
Sugarcane
The crimes of the Catholic Church are no secret to most citizens…
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July 4, 2024352
Space Cadet
You can almost hear the elevator pitch: “Legally Blonde” in space, an…
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June 19, 2024174
Blood for Dust
Set in 1992 in the northernmost United States, where criminals run drugs…
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July 12, 2024364
Touch
“Touch,” from Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, is vast in scope, stretching over…
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June 20, 2024180
Aisha
Letitia Wright gives a quietly powerful performance in “Aisha” as a young…
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June 28, 2024396
Green Border
A searing drama about a European refugee crisis that resonates with similar…
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June 20, 2024182
Silent Night
John Woo’s new film is a revenge thriller with such a predictable plot that one…
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June 20, 2024180
Insomnia
He looks exhausted when he gets off the plane. Troubles are preying…
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August 23, 2024489
Incoming
Movies won’t stop pursuing the next great one crazy night adolescent comedy…
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June 19, 2024187
Kung Fu Panda 4
Did the world really need another “Kung Fu Panda” movie? The trilogy…
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June 19, 2024187
Good country for dead men
The movie opens with the flat, confiding voice of Tommy Lee Jones.…
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June 20, 2024517
The American Society of Magical Negroes
I wish I could erase “The American Society of Magical Negros” from…
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June 20, 2024175
Naked Acts
Contains language around sexual abuse Bridgett M. Davis’ 1996 film “Naked Acts,”…
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August 2, 2024460
Rebel Moon – Director’s Cuts
Your investment in Zack Snyder’s creative vision will likely determine how badly…
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July 19, 2024381
Lady in the Lake
Within the first two minutes of Apple TV+’s “Lady in the Lake,”…
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June 20, 2024205
Musica
In the romantic comedy “Música,” Rudy is a young man who experiences…
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June 20, 2024175
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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August 2, 2024300
Sebastian
Max (Ruaridh Mollica) is like many young writers I met in my…
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June 20, 2024217
The Animal Kingdom
Another day, another traffic jam. A father, François (Romain Duris), chides his…
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June 20, 2024212
Ryuichi Sakamoto Opus
“When you record a moment, you’re recording the death of a moment.”…
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June 20, 2024200
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
In the DC Expanded Universe of films, which appears to be winding…
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June 20, 2024175
Yannick
Both drawn-out and deceptively simple, the trippy French comedy “Yannick” re-imagines a…
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June 20, 2024186
A demon in the house
“Paranormal Activity” is an ingenious little horror film, so well made it’s…
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June 21, 2024362
Fancy Dance
The story of settler colonialism in North America is one of disappeared…
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June 20, 2024217
The Missing
New York magazine ran a cover story years ago calling John Ford’s…
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June 20, 2024372
Molli and Max in the Future
Throughout history, across centuries and cultures, human beings have been preoccupied with…
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June 20, 2024177
Lousy Carter
Austin-based filmmaker Bob Byington never takes the easy road, even when he’s…
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June 20, 2024188
I Saw the TV Glow
Jane Schoenbrun’s second narrative feature is a gnawing search for belonging in…
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June 20, 2024185
Taking Venice
In 1964, Robert Rauschenberg won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice…
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August 7, 2024343
It Ends With Us
“What would you say if your daughter told you her boyfriend pushed…
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August 9, 2024359
Running on Empty
Would you like to know the day you will die? It’s a…
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June 20, 2024226
History of Evil
Ponderous and dull, “History of Evil” is the kind of script that…
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June 20, 2024220
Madame Web
“Madame Web” is not the unmitigated disaster that its clunky trailer or…
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August 15, 2024335
Good Bad Things
“Good Bad Things” is an intimate, small story about the gigantic issue that…
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June 20, 2024182
Humane
The Cronenberg cinematic family tree adds another branch this week with the…
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June 20, 2024192
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 28, 2024425
June Zero
There’s no shortage of films that consider the Holocaust or Israel’s founding. But…
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June 20, 2024185
Five Nights at Freddy’s
How to make sense of “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” a family-friendly horror…
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June 20, 2024226
Limbo
The Australian actor Simon Baker has spent a good portion of his…
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June 20, 2024182
Civil War
Whatever you expect from an Alex Garland movie, he always gives you something…
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June 20, 2024726
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
“The question is, do you have what it takes to make it…
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June 20, 2024177
The Grab
Instead of a feature-length movie, “The Grab,” a 106-minute documentary about shady…