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June 20, 2024188
On the Adamant
At first glance, the barge docked on the Seine in Paris near…
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June 21, 2024400
What Remains
For the first 15 minutes of “What Remains,” we follow around a…
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June 20, 2024193
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 19, 2024198
Black Twitter: A People’s History
Black people are the architects of American culture. The hip verbiage many…
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June 19, 2024266
The Idea of You
Tell me if this sounds familiar: A romantic couple, one American, one…
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June 20, 2024204
The Feeling That the Time For Doing Something Has Passed
I watched “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed”…
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June 20, 2024189
The Beekeeper
Imagine that one of the boiler room scumbags from “The Wolf of…
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June 20, 2024191
Stormy
Opening night at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival may have…
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June 20, 2024187
Maestra
Cate Blanchett’s searing performance in “Tár” left such an indelible impression that,…
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July 12, 2024420
Sing Sing
If you read the synopsis of “Sing Sing,” you might mistake it…
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June 19, 2024187
Monkey Man
Dev Patel pours his entire self into “Monkey Man.” Some comes over…
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June 20, 2024186
Disappear Completely
The truly impressive slice of nightmare fuel, “Disappear Completely,” premiering on Netflix today…
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August 15, 2024346
Jaclpot!
“Jackpot!” is a trashy and repetitive action comedy about greed and bloodlust set in…
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August 1, 2024415
Harold and the Purple Crayon
As someone who venerates Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson’s 1955…
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July 19, 2024361
Hollywoodgate
When the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021, you couldn’t…
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June 20, 2024184
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
I’m not coming out and accusing the writers of “Bad Boys: Ride…
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June 20, 2024189
De Niro and Norton in a psychological duel
“Stone” has Robert De Niro and Edward Norton playing against type and…
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June 24, 2024344
Janet Planet
When the young, melancholic Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) begs her mother Janet (Julianne…
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June 20, 2024202
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The notion that love could blossom in the most horrifying of places say,…
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June 20, 2024185
The Watchers
When it comes to kooky, creative thrillers, Shyamalan is practically a brand.…
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June 20, 2024190
MoviePass, MovieCrash
For a few gossamer years in the 2010s, movie fans ate well—perhaps…
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June 20, 2024203
Knox Goes Away
In his second directorial effort, the underwhelming “Knox Goes Away,” Michael Keaton…
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June 19, 2024185
With every move he makes another chance he takes
If you take a step back from the realistic locations and terse…
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June 20, 2024259
Outlaw Posse
Watching “Outlaw Posse,” you get the sense that writer-director Mario Van Peebles…
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June 20, 2024185
The Blue Angels
“The Blue Angels,” a nonfiction film about the Navy’s flight demonstration team, was…
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June 20, 2024186
Ren Faire
Lance Oppenheim’s three-part HBO docuseries “Ren Faire” walks that fine line between…
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June 20, 2024193
Taking Venice
In 1964, Robert Rauschenberg won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice…
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June 20, 2024188
K-19: The Widowmaker
Movies involving submarines have the logic of chess: The longer the game…
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June 20, 2024174
Abigail
The trailer for “Abigail” tells you almost everything you need to know…
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June 20, 2024218
Argylle
“Argylle,” the stumbling, overcooked action flick from director Matthew Vaughn, begins with…
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June 20, 2024193
Boy Kills World
Several enemies of the state are murdered on live TV in a…
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June 20, 2024197
Destroy All Neighbors
A few names stand out during the opening credits for “Destroy All…
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June 20, 2024477
Land of Bad
There are two heroes in the frustrating military actioner “Land of Bad,”…
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June 20, 2024193
Remembering Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder couldn’t have chosen a better stage name. “Gene” is so…
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June 20, 2024205
The Family Plan
Mark Wahlberg has displayed enough comic timing and action chops in previous…
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June 20, 2024191
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
Do you remember “Nightwatch,” the 1994 Danish thriller about a young psych…
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June 20, 2024218
Back to Black
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s “Back to Black” invokes a single question, one fans…
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June 20, 2024201
Fighter
Politics simultaneously are and aren’t the thing in “Fighter,” a Bollywood military…
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June 20, 2024195
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
Will there ever be a version of “Rebel Moon—Part 2: The Scargiver”…
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June 20, 2024376
Molli and Max in the Future
Throughout history, across centuries and cultures, human beings have been preoccupied with…
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June 20, 2024283
The Tiger’s Apprentice
At first glance, the existence of “The Tiger’s Apprentice” would seem to…
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July 30, 2024382
Hundreds of Beavers
“Hundreds of Beavers,” a boldly bizarre, nearly silent slapstick comedy about a…
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June 20, 2024239
Ultraman: Rising
Children take center stage but aren’t the real stars of “Ultraman: Rising,”…
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June 20, 2024193
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Over sixty years ago, directors Henry Hathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall…
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June 20, 2024239
History of Evil
Ponderous and dull, “History of Evil” is the kind of script that…
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June 19, 2024193
The Contestant
Sometimes, the revolution is televised. In 1998, an aspiring comedian auditioned for…
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June 20, 2024183
Suitable Flesh
While neither particularly profound nor earth-shatteringly scary, “Suitable Flesh” is better than…
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June 20, 2024188
Queens
The shots are unreal. We fly behind and next to a bee…
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June 20, 2024192
Love Lies Bleeding
Gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart) is introduced with her hand down a…
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July 19, 2024351
My Spy The Eternal City
The original “My Spy” from 2020 was a surprisingly amusing romp with…
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June 20, 2024223
Fingernails
Love is pain in several ways in “Fingernails.” In the near future…
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July 19, 2024395
Skywalkers: A Love Story
In the mode (but not the spirit) of documentaries like “Man on…
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June 20, 2024235
Art College 1994
It’s weirdly funny to see a year mentioned in the title of…
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July 12, 2024470
Dandelion
Writer-director Nicole Riegel’s “Dandelion” takes place over a mere number of days,…
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July 5, 2024398
MaXXXine
Mia Goth and Ti West took the world of arthouse horror by…
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June 20, 2024213
Sleeping Dogs
The Russell Crowe renaissance feels like it’s just around the corner. Although…
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June 19, 2024181
Mother of the Bride
Over the last few years, there has been a trend of opulent…
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June 20, 2024194
Dad & Step-Dad
Inadequacy peeks from behind the uncomfortable smiles and passive aggressive remarks that…
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June 20, 2024319
Concrete Utopia
In big cities the world over, housing is a high-priced commodity. Construction…
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August 9, 2024343
Duchess
In the wake of Quentin Tarantino’s ascendance to his pop culture throne in…
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June 20, 2024186
Madu
It’s recess at a small school in Nigeria and the boys are…
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July 15, 2024371
The Convert
In his latest movie “The Convert,” director and co-writer Lee Tamahori returns…
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August 6, 2024409
Detained
Once you get over the fact that there won’t be much resembling…
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June 28, 2024403
Green Border
A searing drama about a European refugee crisis that resonates with similar…
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June 20, 2024180
Naked Acts
Contains language around sexual abuse Bridgett M. Davis’ 1996 film “Naked Acts,”…
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June 20, 2024207
Dune: Part Two
The word that will likely be used most often to describe Denis…
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June 20, 2024327
Poor Things
Yorgos Lanthimos seems delighted in depicting extreme behavior within pristine settings, whether…
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August 2, 2024465
Rebel Moon – Director’s Cuts
Your investment in Zack Snyder’s creative vision will likely determine how badly…
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June 20, 2024191
Civil War
Whatever you expect from an Alex Garland movie, he always gives you something…
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August 16, 2024629
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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June 20, 2024184
Late Night with the Devil
Is there any scenario in which “Late Night with the Devil” could have…
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June 20, 2024198
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
The end is just “the start of something,” according to one of…
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June 20, 2024192
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
There has been a growing subgenre of non-fiction films that I jokingly…
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June 20, 2024194
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, 2024189
You’ll Never Find Me
“I’m afraid you knocked on the wrong door.” When Paul (Brendan Rock)…
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June 20, 2024194
Jim Henson: Idea Man
Like many people of my approximate age, my childhood was heavily touched…
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June 26, 2024320
Kinds of Kindness
After the comparatively “normal” visions of “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” Yorgos…
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June 20, 2024190
Humane
The Cronenberg cinematic family tree adds another branch this week with the…
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June 19, 2024189
Lazareth
Three people sit down to dinner at a remote cabin in the…
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June 20, 2024197
Abandon
“Abandon” is a moody, effective thriller for about 80 percent of the…