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August 23, 2024646
The Becomers
Immigrant stories put a fresh frame around lives that native-born citizens don’t think…
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June 20, 2024331
Back to Black
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s “Back to Black” invokes a single question, one fans…
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June 20, 2024285
Silent Night
John Woo’s new film is a revenge thriller with such a predictable plot that one…
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June 20, 2024292
On the Adamant
At first glance, the barge docked on the Seine in Paris near…
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June 20, 2024320
Sight
In Andrew Hyatt’s “Sight,” what you see is what you get. The…
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June 20, 2024311
Abandon
“Abandon” is a moody, effective thriller for about 80 percent of the…
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June 20, 2024298
Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla turns 70 next year, and to celebrate, his parent company Toho…
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August 9, 2024484
Running on Empty
Would you like to know the day you will die? It’s a…
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June 20, 2024292
Maestra
Cate Blanchett’s searing performance in “Tár” left such an indelible impression that,…
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June 28, 2024448
The Vourdalak
A proudly old-fashioned Gothic fable with grain and grit, the delectable “Vourdalak”…
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June 20, 2024303
Foe
Junior (Paul Mescal) and Hen (Saoirse Ronan) are not a happy couple.…
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August 9, 2024589
Hollywood Black
The tricky part with a docuseries like “Hollywood Black,” particularly if you…
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June 20, 2024294
No One Will Save You
Brian Duffield’s newest feature, “No One Will Save You,” is a sci-fi…
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July 19, 2024618
Find Me Falling
When many of us think of vacationing on the Mediterranean, the first…
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June 20, 2024282
The Roundup: Punishment
“The Roundup: Punishment” is the third sequel in a series of Korean…
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June 20, 2024326
The Animal Kingdom
Another day, another traffic jam. A father, François (Romain Duris), chides his…
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July 30, 2024511
Hundreds of Beavers
“Hundreds of Beavers,” a boldly bizarre, nearly silent slapstick comedy about a…
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August 2, 2024591
Rebel Moon – Director’s Cuts
Your investment in Zack Snyder’s creative vision will likely determine how badly…
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June 20, 2024297
Gasoline Rainbow
Brothers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross straddle the lines of documentary…
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June 20, 2024281
Abigail
The trailer for “Abigail” tells you almost everything you need to know…
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August 16, 2024758
My Penguin Friend
There’s something radical about the old-fashioned approach of “My Penguin Friend.” It’s an earnest, crowd-pleasing…
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August 2, 2024568
Coup!
This movie opens with views of a manual typewriter, and indignant words…
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July 12, 2024494
National Anthem
In 2020, photographer Luke Gilford published National Anthem, a monograph documenting the queer…
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June 20, 2024305
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 20, 2024345
Dirty Pretty Things
The hall porter is sent upstairs to repair a blocked toilet, and…
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August 9, 2024560
Sugarcane
The crimes of the Catholic Church are no secret to most citizens…
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June 20, 2024450
Alphaville
One of the most influential science fiction films that most people haven’t…
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June 20, 2024316
Kim’s Video
“Kim’s Video” reaches so hard for quirky profundity that it falls on…
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June 20, 2024288
Reverse the Curse
When it premiered at Tribeca last year, David Duchovny’s “Reverse the Curse”…
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June 20, 2024301
The Truth vs. Alex Jones
One of the most disturbing moments in a documentary filled with disturbing…
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June 20, 2024292
I Saw the TV Glow
Jane Schoenbrun’s second narrative feature is a gnawing search for belonging in…
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July 8, 2024445
The Secret Art of Human Flight
Ben (Grant Rosenmeyer) is not okay. His wife and artistic collaborator Sarah…
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June 20, 2024297
Stormy
Opening night at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival may have…
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July 16, 2024545
Twisters
Aren’t movies of this summer spinning delightfully vintage vibes? Just collectively consider…
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June 20, 2024278
K-19: The Widowmaker
Movies involving submarines have the logic of chess: The longer the game…
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June 20, 2024316
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The notion that love could blossom in the most horrifying of places say,…
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June 20, 2024291
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
When Rupert Wyatt’s 2011 prequel “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”…
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June 20, 2024290
Fast Charlie
The other night I was channel surfing and I stopped for a…
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June 20, 2024282
Naked Acts
Contains language around sexual abuse Bridgett M. Davis’ 1996 film “Naked Acts,”…
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June 20, 2024469
The Strangers: Chapter 1
2008’s “The Strangers” didn’t seem like the kind of film that would…
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June 20, 2024344
Art College 1994
It’s weirdly funny to see a year mentioned in the title of…
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June 20, 2024297
Destroy All Neighbors
A few names stand out during the opening credits for “Destroy All…
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August 2, 2024570
Doctor Jekyll
The name Hammer used to command a certain level of respect in…
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June 19, 2024285
Prom Dates
“Prom Dates,” about a couple of teenage best-bud girls getting in trouble…
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August 23, 2024639
The Killer (2024)
John Woo’s “The Killer” was a true gamechanger, at least for this…
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June 20, 2024296
In a Violent Nature
The most fascinating thing about Chris Nash’s hyperviolent slasher experiment “In a Violent…
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June 20, 2024298
Role Play
Emma (Kaley Cuoco) lives a double life. She has a loving husband,…
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July 12, 2024595
Dandelion
Writer-director Nicole Riegel’s “Dandelion” takes place over a mere number of days,…
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June 26, 2024428
Kinds of Kindness
After the comparatively “normal” visions of “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” Yorgos…
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June 20, 2024326
Out of Darkness
Cinematic depictions of ancient or near-ancient times have come a long way…
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June 20, 2024303
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
A local icon in San Francisco who made a national impact on…
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June 20, 2024309
Monolith
Lily Sullivan, who broke through with an impressively physical performance in last year’s…
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June 20, 2024312
The Last Stop in Yuma County
“Last Stop in Yuma County” is the kind of movie where you…
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June 19, 2024313
Good country for dead men
The movie opens with the flat, confiding voice of Tommy Lee Jones.…
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August 23, 2024660
Strange Darling
“Strange Darling,” J.T. Mollner’s self-consciously edgy gotcha of a serial-killer thriller, is…
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June 20, 2024301
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
Will there ever be a version of “Rebel Moon—Part 2: The Scargiver”…
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August 16, 2024763
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
When “Caligula” arrived in theaters in 1979, it came in on a…
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June 19, 2024465
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, 2024354
Brats
I have seen so many hagiographic clip reels masquerading as documentaries that…
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July 19, 2024456
Great Absence
Kei Chika-ura’s “Great Absence” is obviously a personal piece, the kind of…
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July 12, 2024446
Sisi & I
Let’s get one obvious thing out of the way: Yes, it hasn’t…
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June 20, 2024287
Suitable Flesh
While neither particularly profound nor earth-shatteringly scary, “Suitable Flesh” is better than…
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June 20, 2024293
Night of the Hunted
How much do you want to be cornered by a vindictive energy…
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June 20, 2024294
Robot Dreams
Pablo Berger’s “Robot Dreams” is a lovely fable about partnership and imagination,…
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July 19, 2024454
Crossing
“Istanbul is a place…where people come to disappear.” This is the sad…
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June 20, 2024293
Solo
Under the glare of fuschia neon lights Simon (Théodore Pellerin) is twirling.…
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June 20, 2024298
Clipped
When the Los Angeles Lakers got a prestige HBO mini-series in “Winning…
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June 20, 2024290
Relax, I’m From the Future
Rhys Darby is perfectly cast as the wholesome, dopey time traveler in…
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June 20, 2024305
Remembering Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder couldn’t have chosen a better stage name. “Gene” is so…
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June 20, 2024292
She became perfect in every area except life
Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” is a full-bore melodrama, told with passionate intensity,…
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July 12, 2024378
Sorry/Not Sorry
Produced by The New York Times‘s video division, and depending heavily on…
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June 20, 2024281
Eric
It takes either a staggering lead performance or a great plot twist…
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June 20, 2024308
Twelve angry Russians
“Twelve Angry Men” remains a monument of American filmmaking, and more than…
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June 20, 2024352
Chicken for Linda!
I missed Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s animated French escapade “Chicken for…
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June 20, 2024467
The Kitchen
A directorial debut for both co-directors, Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe…
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June 20, 2024294
Aisha
Letitia Wright gives a quietly powerful performance in “Aisha” as a young…
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June 19, 2024292
Power
Police brutality is a subject that never seems to leave the news.…
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June 20, 2024287
Lousy Carter
Austin-based filmmaker Bob Byington never takes the easy road, even when he’s…
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June 20, 2024279
You’ll Never Find Me
“I’m afraid you knocked on the wrong door.” When Paul (Brendan Rock)…
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July 19, 2024471
Widow Clicquot
I haven’t had a drink in almost fifteen years, and during the…