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August 23, 2024619
Between the Temples
Nathan Silver’s “Between the Temples” opens with a loud, keening blast from…
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June 19, 2024300
Blood for Dust
Set in 1992 in the northernmost United States, where criminals run drugs…
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August 15, 2024477
Good Bad Things
“Good Bad Things” is an intimate, small story about the gigantic issue that…
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July 12, 2024495
National Anthem
In 2020, photographer Luke Gilford published National Anthem, a monograph documenting the queer…
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June 19, 2024291
Food, Inc. 2
“My relationship with food is complicated …very complicated. Because I have Type…
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June 20, 2024347
The Dancer Upstairs
John Malkovich’s “The Dancer Upstairs” was filmed before 9/11, and is based…
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June 20, 2024309
The Watchers
When it comes to kooky, creative thrillers, Shyamalan is practically a brand.…
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June 20, 2024301
Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla turns 70 next year, and to celebrate, his parent company Toho…
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July 19, 2024502
Lady in the Lake
Within the first two minutes of Apple TV+’s “Lady in the Lake,”…
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June 20, 2024298
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
I’m not coming out and accusing the writers of “Bad Boys: Ride…
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June 20, 2024305
Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire
Among this past year’s unexpected synchronicities, there’s now a shared space in…
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June 20, 2024311
I Did It My Way
You might enjoy the Hong Kong undercover cop drama “I Did It…
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June 21, 2024429
Hummingbirds
It feels limiting or a disservice to call “Hummingbirds” simply a documentary.…
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August 23, 2024625
The Crow
Good movies always have integrity, but not-good movies can have integrity, too.…
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June 20, 2024296
Boy Kills World
Several enemies of the state are murdered on live TV in a…
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June 20, 2024316
Abandon
“Abandon” is a moody, effective thriller for about 80 percent of the…
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July 12, 2024432
Made in England: The Films of Power & Pressburger
At the beginning of “Made in England: The Films of Powell &…
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June 20, 2024304
Queens
The shots are unreal. We fly behind and next to a bee…
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June 20, 2024296
It’s a Wonderful Knife
If you put Nancy Drew in a teen slasher take of “It’s…
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July 19, 2024617
Scala!!!
Jane Giles and Ali Catterall’s documentary “Scala!!!” is about a legendary, notorious,…
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July 19, 2024475
Widow Clicquot
I haven’t had a drink in almost fifteen years, and during the…
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July 11, 2024460
Fly Me to the Moon
“Fly Me to the Moon” lurches wildly from zippy, retro rom-com to cynical political…
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June 28, 2024536
June Zero
There’s no shortage of films that consider the Holocaust or Israel’s founding. But…
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June 20, 2024317
Terrestrial Verses
“Terrestrial Verses,” one of the most brilliant and provocative films to emerge…
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June 20, 2024308
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
A local icon in San Francisco who made a national impact on…
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June 20, 2024310
Founders Day
Advertising “Founder Days” as a “bold political slasher” gives too much credit…
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June 20, 2024299
Tiger Stripes
In Amanda Nell Eu’s coming-of-age tale, “Tiger Stripes,” a young girl in…
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June 20, 2024433
Concrete Utopia
In big cities the world over, housing is a high-priced commodity. Construction…
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June 20, 2024507
Molli and Max in the Future
Throughout history, across centuries and cultures, human beings have been preoccupied with…
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June 19, 2024312
Arcadian
For a few minutes, “Arcadian” basically becomes “Aliens” on an Irish farm…
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August 2, 2024577
Doctor Jekyll
The name Hammer used to command a certain level of respect in…
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August 23, 2024650
The Becomers
Immigrant stories put a fresh frame around lives that native-born citizens don’t think…
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June 20, 2024302
No One Will Save You
Brian Duffield’s newest feature, “No One Will Save You,” is a sci-fi…
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June 19, 2024296
Mother of the Bride
Over the last few years, there has been a trend of opulent…
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June 21, 2024465
Chestnut
For most college students, the hazy, liminal space of a post-graduation summer…
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June 20, 2024302
Hit Man
People like to speak about a golden era of movies—the precise dimensions…
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July 19, 2024457
Crumb Catcher
I didn’t believe a single second of “Crumb Catcher.” It begins with…
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July 15, 2024494
The Convert
In his latest movie “The Convert,” director and co-writer Lee Tamahori returns…
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June 20, 2024471
The Strangers: Chapter 1
2008’s “The Strangers” didn’t seem like the kind of film that would…
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August 8, 2024415
Good One
The most important things in life happen between the words. Subterranean noise…
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June 20, 2024328
Five Nights at Freddy’s
How to make sense of “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” a family-friendly horror…
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July 12, 2024450
Sisi & I
Let’s get one obvious thing out of the way: Yes, it hasn’t…
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June 20, 2024296
Solo
Under the glare of fuschia neon lights Simon (Théodore Pellerin) is twirling.…
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June 20, 2024298
Madu
It’s recess at a small school in Nigeria and the boys are…
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June 20, 2024302
Role Play
Emma (Kaley Cuoco) lives a double life. She has a loving husband,…
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August 9, 2024563
Sugarcane
The crimes of the Catholic Church are no secret to most citizens…
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June 20, 2024306
The Truth About Charlie
Regina Lambert has been married for three months. She returns to Paris…
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June 20, 2024277
Insomnia
He looks exhausted when he gets off the plane. Troubles are preying…
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August 9, 2024467
Duchess
In the wake of Quentin Tarantino’s ascendance to his pop culture throne in…
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June 28, 2024525
Green Border
A searing drama about a European refugee crisis that resonates with similar…
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June 20, 2024313
The Beast
The launching pad for Bertrand Bonello’s new picture “The Beast” (“La Bete”)…
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August 15, 2024481
Jaclpot!
“Jackpot!” is a trashy and repetitive action comedy about greed and bloodlust set in…
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July 5, 2024591
The Imaginary
Born from the still unbridled creativity of children, where an empty room…
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August 21, 2024689
Close Your Eyes
The opening twenty minutes of “Close Your Eyes,” the third fiction feature…
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June 20, 2024289
Bodkin
Netflix’s new comedic thriller “Bodkin” opens with the show’s protagonist, Gilbert Power…
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June 20, 2024458
Alphaville
One of the most influential science fiction films that most people haven’t…
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June 20, 2024297
On the Adamant
At first glance, the barge docked on the Seine in Paris near…
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July 12, 2024381
Sorry/Not Sorry
Produced by The New York Times‘s video division, and depending heavily on…
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July 19, 2024626
Find Me Falling
When many of us think of vacationing on the Mediterranean, the first…
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June 20, 2024293
Sunrise
“You know what he feeds on? Fear.” Generic dialogue and lack of…
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August 2, 2024619
Peak Season
Co-directors Steven Kanter and Henry Loevner reunite (after their COVID-set breakup comedy…
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June 20, 2024296
You Can Call Me Bill
“I’m afraid of being alone,” intones William Shatner in the opening minutes…
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June 20, 2024406
The Tiger’s Apprentice
At first glance, the existence of “The Tiger’s Apprentice” would seem to…
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June 20, 2024360
Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate
The original “Megamind,” released in 2010, was a fresh, funny, and heartwarming…
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June 20, 2024306
Flipside
The personal essay film is a tricky genre, because when you get…
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June 20, 2024302
In Our Day
The films of the prolific South Korean writer-director Hong Sang Soo are…
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June 20, 2024325
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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August 23, 2024698
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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July 22, 2024563
Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam
Before we get too deep into the story of Lou Pearlman, a…
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June 20, 2024309
You Can’t Run Forever
J.K. Simmons knows how to do sociopath. There’s something so fascinating about…
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June 20, 2024290
Blood Work
Clint Eastwood’s “Blood Work” opens with an FBI agent of retirement age…
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June 20, 2024305
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, 2024503
The Good Half
“Are you lost?,” an old lady at the mall asks sad-sack Renn Wheeland…
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June 20, 2024317
Kim’s Video
“Kim’s Video” reaches so hard for quirky profundity that it falls on…
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June 20, 2024293
The Garfield Movie
I cannot think of a single reason for another Garfield movie, and…
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June 20, 2024854
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
“The question is, do you have what it takes to make it…
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June 20, 2024317
Jim Henson: Idea Man
Like many people of my approximate age, my childhood was heavily touched…
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June 20, 2024308
Open Windows
Heavily inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s influence on Brian De Palma, Nacho Vigalondo’s…
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June 20, 2024325
Phone Booth
“Phone Booth” is a religious fable, a show biz fable, or both.…
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June 20, 2024584
Land of Bad
There are two heroes in the frustrating military actioner “Land of Bad,”…