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June 19, 2024312
Babes
The foundation of most comedy is the gulf between our belief that…
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June 20, 2024313
The Last Rider
This chronicle of retired American cyclist Greg LeMond’s tiring, tumultuous return to…
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June 20, 2024292
Bodkin
Netflix’s new comedic thriller “Bodkin” opens with the show’s protagonist, Gilbert Power…
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June 20, 2024361
Departing Seniors
The horror movie element isn’t even the most compelling part of the…
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June 20, 2024299
You Can Call Me Bill
“I’m afraid of being alone,” intones William Shatner in the opening minutes…
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July 19, 2024469
Hollywoodgate
When the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021, you couldn’t…
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July 5, 2024544
Goldilocks and the Two Bears
In Jeff Lipsky’s films, it’s normal for characters to talk for ten…
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June 20, 2024320
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, 2024319
The Creator
It’s ironically apt that “The Creator,” about the potential and peril of…
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June 21, 2024432
The Exorcism
In Joshua John Miller’s “The Exorcism,” Russell Crowe plays Anthony Miller, an actor…
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June 20, 2024466
American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders
In August 1991, an accomplished freelance writer named Danny Casolaro was found…
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June 28, 2024455
The Vourdalak
A proudly old-fashioned Gothic fable with grain and grit, the delectable “Vourdalak”…
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June 20, 2024328
Femme
Written and directed by Ng Choon Ping and Sam H. Freeman, “Femme”…
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August 8, 2024419
Good One
The most important things in life happen between the words. Subterranean noise…
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August 16, 2024774
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
When “Caligula” arrived in theaters in 1979, it came in on a…
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June 20, 2024317
Lumberjack the Monster
It’s incredible that a filmmaker as renowned as Takashi Miike can have…
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June 20, 2024295
Sunrise
“You know what he feeds on? Fear.” Generic dialogue and lack of…
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June 19, 2024290
Immaculate
“Immaculate” feels like both a throwback to another era of Italian horror…
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June 19, 2024471
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, 2024291
Naked Acts
Contains language around sexual abuse Bridgett M. Davis’ 1996 film “Naked Acts,”…
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June 20, 2024296
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 26, 2024526
The Last Breath
Sharks, while undeniably lethal, are also, studies have shown, kind of dumb. And…
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June 20, 2024293
Yannick
Both drawn-out and deceptively simple, the trippy French comedy “Yannick” re-imagines a…
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June 19, 2024285
Imaginary
“Imaginary” is the newest chapter of the Blumhouse lineup, directed by “Truth…
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June 20, 2024365
Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate
The original “Megamind,” released in 2010, was a fresh, funny, and heartwarming…
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June 19, 2024293
Prom Dates
“Prom Dates,” about a couple of teenage best-bud girls getting in trouble…
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June 20, 2024305
What You Wish For
The issue of the spoiler remains a critical one in cinematic discourse.…
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June 20, 2024294
Bring Him to Me
Why is it that crime big wigs in movies enjoy wasting ammo…
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June 19, 2024319
Good country for dead men
The movie opens with the flat, confiding voice of Tommy Lee Jones.…
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June 20, 2024328
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
At eighty-one years of age, Paul Simon is still producing the most…
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June 20, 2024478
The Kitchen
A directorial debut for both co-directors, Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe…
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August 23, 2024698
Decoded
The Chinese WW2 spy thriller “Decoded” stands out for a number of…
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June 19, 2024294
Poolman
Chris Pine’s first film as a director, “Poolman,” is a character comedy about oddball…
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August 2, 2024622
Peak Season
Co-directors Steven Kanter and Henry Loevner reunite (after their COVID-set breakup comedy…
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June 20, 2024391
Outlaw Posse
Watching “Outlaw Posse,” you get the sense that writer-director Mario Van Peebles…
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June 20, 2024305
In Our Day
The films of the prolific South Korean writer-director Hong Sang Soo are…
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June 20, 2024333
Five Nights at Freddy’s
How to make sense of “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” a family-friendly horror…
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August 16, 2024764
Rob Peace
“Rob Peace,” based on a true story about the tragically short but inspiring…
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June 20, 2024310
The Mill
Lil Rel Howery, who broke into big-screen acting as the comic relief…
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June 20, 2024296
One Hour Photo
“One Hour Photo” tells the story of Seymour “Sy” Parrish, who works…
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June 19, 2024307
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenburg
“I’ve been called a witch, a slut, and a murderer. Maybe people…
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June 19, 2024298
Good fences make bad neighbors
Neil LaBute’s “Lakeview Terrace” is a film about a black cop who…
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June 20, 2024314
Kidnapped
Set in 1800s Italy and based on a true story, “Kidnapped” is…
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August 9, 2024568
Sugarcane
The crimes of the Catholic Church are no secret to most citizens…
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June 20, 2024349
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, 2024309
Flipside
The personal essay film is a tricky genre, because when you get…
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June 19, 2024292
Riddle of Fire
“Riddle of Fire” is the kind of cinematic bedtime story whose whimsical…
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June 20, 2024298
Cora Bora
“What is wrong with you?” multiple characters ask titular heroine Cora (Meg…
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August 1, 2024557
Harold and the Purple Crayon
As someone who venerates Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson’s 1955…
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June 20, 2024305
In a Violent Nature
The most fascinating thing about Chris Nash’s hyperviolent slasher experiment “In a Violent…
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August 9, 2024579
Cuckoo
“Cuckoo” gets more confusing the more it explains itself. The further writer-director…
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June 19, 2024319
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, 2024538
The Human Surge 3
We film lovers perpetually bang the drum about how cinema enables us…
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June 20, 2024352
Art College 1994
It’s weirdly funny to see a year mentioned in the title of…
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July 4, 2024469
Kill
A movie theater would probably be the best place to see “Kill,”…
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July 12, 2024454
Sisi & I
Let’s get one obvious thing out of the way: Yes, it hasn’t…
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June 20, 2024323
Love Lies Bleeding
Gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart) is introduced with her hand down a…
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June 20, 2024331
Sleeping Dogs
The Russell Crowe renaissance feels like it’s just around the corner. Although…
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June 20, 2024305
Queendom
Jenna Marvin is a fearless 21-year-old queer artist in Russia. Using found…
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June 20, 2024298
Fast Charlie
The other night I was channel surfing and I stopped for a…
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August 2, 2024594
The Instigators
I didn’t think Doug Liman could deliver a worse film than “Road…
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June 20, 2024303
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
Do you remember “Nightwatch,” the 1994 Danish thriller about a young psych…
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June 20, 2024297
Black Barbie
“When I think of Barbie, I think of a little white doll…
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June 20, 2024296
The Beekeeper
Imagine that one of the boiler room scumbags from “The Wolf of…
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June 20, 2024299
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, 2024352
Red Right Hand
“If you’re gonna survive in these hills, you’ll have to get used…
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June 20, 2024293
Suitable Flesh
While neither particularly profound nor earth-shatteringly scary, “Suitable Flesh” is better than…
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June 20, 2024316
The Watchers
When it comes to kooky, creative thrillers, Shyamalan is practically a brand.…
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June 21, 2024471
Trigger Warning
Beginning with a wonky opening chase sequence, “Trigger Warning” lacks urgency. Beginning…
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June 20, 2024311
Dad & Step-Dad
Inadequacy peeks from behind the uncomfortable smiles and passive aggressive remarks that…
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July 4, 2024469
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, 2024310
Long night’s journey into collapse
It may have happened something like this. “Margin Call” depicts the last…
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August 9, 2024528
Dance First
The final words of his 1953 novel “The Unnamable” — “I can’t…
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June 20, 2024316
Twelve angry Russians
“Twelve Angry Men” remains a monument of American filmmaking, and more than…
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June 20, 2024348
Identity
It is a dark and stormy night. A violent thunderstorm howls down…
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June 20, 2024309
Enough
“Enough” is a nasty item masquerading as a feminist revenge picture. It’s…
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June 20, 2024289
Raging Grace
Joy (Max Eigenmann) is one of millions of domestic workers worldwide. She’s…
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June 20, 2024329
The People’s Joker
Before you see a single frame of Vera Drew’s Batman-soaked satire “The…
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August 9, 2024535
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 19, 2024299
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
After the one-two gut punch of garbage filmmaking that was “Blacklight” and…