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June 19, 2024166
Lazareth
Three people sit down to dinner at a remote cabin in the…
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June 28, 2024381
Green Border
A searing drama about a European refugee crisis that resonates with similar…
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June 20, 2024505
The American Society of Magical Negroes
I wish I could erase “The American Society of Magical Negros” from…
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June 19, 2024166
This Closeness
In a big city, avoiding eye contact is a survival tool. Looking…
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June 20, 2024205
Fingernails
Love is pain in several ways in “Fingernails.” In the near future…
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June 25, 2024319
Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge
“God saved me so I could give you life.” So said concentration…
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June 20, 2024207
Disappearing act at 37,000 feet
How can a little girl simply disappear from an airplane at 37,000…
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August 1, 2024391
Harold and the Purple Crayon
As someone who venerates Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson’s 1955…
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June 20, 2024167
A demon in the house
“Paranormal Activity” is an ingenious little horror film, so well made it’s…
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August 16, 2024603
Rob Peace
“Rob Peace,” based on a true story about the tragically short but inspiring…
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June 28, 2024345
Music
Music, we are told, makes the people come together. Music, it so…
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August 9, 2024442
Hollywood Black
The tricky part with a docuseries like “Hollywood Black,” particularly if you…
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June 19, 2024166
Good country for dead men
The movie opens with the flat, confiding voice of Tommy Lee Jones.…
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June 19, 2024170
Food, Inc. 2
“My relationship with food is complicated …very complicated. Because I have Type…
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June 20, 2024170
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, 2024179
Monolith
Lily Sullivan, who broke through with an impressively physical performance in last year’s…
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June 20, 2024169
The Roundup: Punishment
“The Roundup: Punishment” is the third sequel in a series of Korean…
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June 20, 2024169
Firebrand
Alicia Vikander is the titular “Firebrand,” starring as Katherine Parr, the sixth…
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June 20, 2024169
Young Woman and the Sea
Daisy Ridley battles jellyfish and the patriarchy with equal pluck and aplomb…
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August 23, 2024464
The Crow
Good movies always have integrity, but not-good movies can have integrity, too.…
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June 20, 2024217
Last act haunts ‘Hide and Seek’
A small girl is haunted by fears after her mother’s suicide. Her…
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June 20, 2024169
Ghostlight
“Ghostlight,” which focuses on a construction worker drawn into a production of…
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June 20, 2024176
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 4, 2024324
Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot
It’s natural to be suspicious of an Angel Studios picture; after all,…
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June 20, 2024218
Art College 1994
It’s weirdly funny to see a year mentioned in the title of…
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July 26, 2024344
The Fabulous Four
If you’re a distinguished older male actor in Hollywood, you’re typically cast as…
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June 26, 2024304
Kinds of Kindness
After the comparatively “normal” visions of “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” Yorgos…
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July 4, 2024338
Kill
A movie theater would probably be the best place to see “Kill,”…
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June 20, 2024168
Wildcat
Ethan Hawke attempts to breathe new life into the biopic structure with mixed results in “Wildcat.” What…
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June 19, 2024163
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
After the one-two gut punch of garbage filmmaking that was “Blacklight” and…
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July 19, 2024332
Great Absence
Kei Chika-ura’s “Great Absence” is obviously a personal piece, the kind of…
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June 20, 2024167
Aisha
Letitia Wright gives a quietly powerful performance in “Aisha” as a young…
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August 23, 2024473
Incoming
Movies won’t stop pursuing the next great one crazy night adolescent comedy…
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June 20, 2024167
Maestra
Cate Blanchett’s searing performance in “Tár” left such an indelible impression that,…
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June 20, 2024165
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
I’m not coming out and accusing the writers of “Bad Boys: Ride…
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June 20, 2024178
The Garfield Movie
I cannot think of a single reason for another Garfield movie, and…
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June 20, 2024173
Backspot
“Backspot” does for competitive cheerleading what “The Novice” did for rowing: It…
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August 9, 2024344
Running on Empty
Would you like to know the day you will die? It’s a…
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June 20, 2024171
Blood Work
Clint Eastwood’s “Blood Work” opens with an FBI agent of retirement age…
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June 21, 2024348
Fancy Dance
The story of settler colonialism in North America is one of disappeared…
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June 20, 2024165
You’ll Never Find Me
“I’m afraid you knocked on the wrong door.” When Paul (Brendan Rock)…
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June 20, 2024174
Open Windows
Heavily inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s influence on Brian De Palma, Nacho Vigalondo’s…
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August 23, 2024543
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, 2024182
Foe
Junior (Paul Mescal) and Hen (Saoirse Ronan) are not a happy couple.…
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June 20, 2024354
Molli and Max in the Future
Throughout history, across centuries and cultures, human beings have been preoccupied with…
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June 19, 2024166
Imaginary
“Imaginary” is the newest chapter of the Blumhouse lineup, directed by “Truth…
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June 20, 2024197
Femme
Written and directed by Ng Choon Ping and Sam H. Freeman, “Femme”…
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June 20, 2024165
Robbing banks is the neighborhood business
There’s a scene in Ben Affleck’s “The Town” that expertly exploits the…
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June 19, 2024168
Immaculate
“Immaculate” feels like both a throwback to another era of Italian horror…
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August 8, 2024290
Good One
The most important things in life happen between the words. Subterranean noise…
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July 26, 2024335
Dìdi
It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes I return to a film to…
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June 19, 2024174
Kung Fu Panda 4
Did the world really need another “Kung Fu Panda” movie? The trilogy…
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July 3, 2024361
Despicable Me 4
“Despicable Me 4” won’t win any prizes, but if you like this kind…
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June 20, 2024265
The Tiger’s Apprentice
At first glance, the existence of “The Tiger’s Apprentice” would seem to…
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June 20, 2024168
One Hour Photo
“One Hour Photo” tells the story of Seymour “Sy” Parrish, who works…
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June 20, 2024181
Black Barbie
“When I think of Barbie, I think of a little white doll…
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June 20, 2024171
K-19: The Widowmaker
Movies involving submarines have the logic of chess: The longer the game…
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August 1, 2024323
War Game
Every day, people from all over the world come to Washington, DC,…
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August 9, 2024406
Sugarcane
The crimes of the Catholic Church are no secret to most citizens…
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June 20, 2024252
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, 2024172
In a Violent Nature
The most fascinating thing about Chris Nash’s hyperviolent slasher experiment “In a Violent…
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July 12, 2024373
National Anthem
In 2020, photographer Luke Gilford published National Anthem, a monograph documenting the queer…
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June 28, 2024304
Confessions of a Good Samaritan
Penny Lane has long been one of our most fascinating documentarians in…
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June 21, 2024305
The Exorcism
In Joshua John Miller’s “The Exorcism,” Russell Crowe plays Anthony Miller, an actor…
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June 20, 2024166
On the Adamant
At first glance, the barge docked on the Seine in Paris near…
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July 19, 2024323
Crumb Catcher
I didn’t believe a single second of “Crumb Catcher.” It begins with…
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July 22, 2024415
Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam
Before we get too deep into the story of Lou Pearlman, a…
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August 13, 2024369
Mothers’ Instinct
“Mothers’ Instinct” gets by on its pulpy potential more than anything else.…
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June 20, 2024209
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, 2024187
State of Consciousness
It takes up to four men to restrain Emile Hirsch in “State…
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June 20, 2024169
Twelve angry Russians
“Twelve Angry Men” remains a monument of American filmmaking, and more than…
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August 9, 2024362
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, 2024178
LaRoy, Texas
“LaRoy, Texas” immediately tests your expectations. Driving down a dark dirt country…
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June 20, 2024176
If
If you’re lucky enough to attend an early screening of John Krasinski’s…
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June 20, 2024454
Land of Bad
There are two heroes in the frustrating military actioner “Land of Bad,”…
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June 20, 2024212
Inside Out 2
Wait. Pixar finally has a quality animated film hitting theaters? Granted, it’s…
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June 20, 2024164
Late Night with the Devil
Is there any scenario in which “Late Night with the Devil” could have…
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June 20, 2024230
Stopmotion
The conceit of a tortured and socially maladjusted artist whose obsessive pursuit…
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June 20, 2024166
Murder by Numbers
Richard and Justin, the high school killers in “Murder by Numbers,” may…
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June 20, 2024218
Brats
I have seen so many hagiographic clip reels masquerading as documentaries that…