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June 20, 2024262
Night Swim
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the…
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June 21, 2024408
The Exorcism
In Joshua John Miller’s “The Exorcism,” Russell Crowe plays Anthony Miller, an actor…
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June 20, 2024833
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
“The question is, do you have what it takes to make it…
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June 20, 2024270
The Roundup: Punishment
“The Roundup: Punishment” is the third sequel in a series of Korean…
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June 20, 2024289
Stormy
Opening night at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival may have…
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June 20, 2024283
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
Do you remember “Nightwatch,” the 1994 Danish thriller about a young psych…
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June 19, 2024295
Babes
The foundation of most comedy is the gulf between our belief that…
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June 20, 2024271
Lousy Carter
Austin-based filmmaker Bob Byington never takes the easy road, even when he’s…
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June 20, 2024495
Thelma
When you hear the premise of Josh Margolin’s feature debut, “Thelma,” you…
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June 20, 2024289
Flipside
The personal essay film is a tricky genre, because when you get…
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June 20, 2024288
Long night’s journey into collapse
It may have happened something like this. “Margin Call” depicts the last…
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June 20, 2024277
Night of the Hunted
How much do you want to be cornered by a vindictive energy…
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June 20, 2024280
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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August 16, 2024745
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
When “Caligula” arrived in theaters in 1979, it came in on a…
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June 20, 2024300
Abandon
“Abandon” is a moody, effective thriller for about 80 percent of the…
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June 20, 2024303
Sight
In Andrew Hyatt’s “Sight,” what you see is what you get. The…
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June 20, 2024290
Kidnapped
Set in 1800s Italy and based on a true story, “Kidnapped” is…
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June 20, 2024271
You’ll Never Find Me
“I’m afraid you knocked on the wrong door.” When Paul (Brendan Rock)…
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June 20, 2024296
The Beast
The launching pad for Bertrand Bonello’s new picture “The Beast” (“La Bete”)…
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June 20, 2024271
Naked Acts
Contains language around sexual abuse Bridgett M. Davis’ 1996 film “Naked Acts,”…
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June 20, 2024276
I Used to Be Funny
On stage, comedians use their words to make their audience laugh, gasp,…
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July 12, 2024368
Sorry/Not Sorry
Produced by The New York Times‘s video division, and depending heavily on…
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June 20, 2024271
Spaceman
Now, 189 days into his mission, Jakub Prochazka (Adam Sandler), the forlorn…
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June 20, 20241,006
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
The most gripping aspects of “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds…
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June 20, 2024281
Bella
“I’m not a singer; I’m a dancer!” Bella Lewitzky defiantly refused to…
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June 20, 2024301
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The notion that love could blossom in the most horrifying of places say,…
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June 20, 2024286
Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire
Among this past year’s unexpected synchronicities, there’s now a shared space in…
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July 12, 2024578
Dandelion
Writer-director Nicole Riegel’s “Dandelion” takes place over a mere number of days,…
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June 20, 2024274
Tiger Stripes
In Amanda Nell Eu’s coming-of-age tale, “Tiger Stripes,” a young girl in…
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June 20, 2024322
Disappearing act at 37,000 feet
How can a little girl simply disappear from an airplane at 37,000…
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June 20, 2024282
Pioneer
Remember this name: Aksel Hennie. If “Pioneer,” a mixed bag of a…
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June 20, 2024288
Hit Man
People like to speak about a golden era of movies—the precise dimensions…
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June 20, 2024269
The First Omen
“The miracle of life can be a messy business,” you hear in…
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June 19, 2024278
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
After the one-two gut punch of garbage filmmaking that was “Blacklight” and…
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June 20, 2024288
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 20, 2024304
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 19, 2024274
Blackout
If actors often make for compelling directors, then why not character actors?…
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June 20, 2024263
Infested
Spiders. Why’d it have to be spiders? Any of us who flinch…
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June 20, 2024273
Silent Night
John Woo’s new film is a revenge thriller with such a predictable plot that one…
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July 5, 2024529
Mother, Couch
From the moment Dave (Ewan McGregor) frantically walks across a deserted parking…
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June 20, 2024309
Young Woman and the Sea
Daisy Ridley battles jellyfish and the patriarchy with equal pluck and aplomb…
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July 19, 2024444
Great Absence
Kei Chika-ura’s “Great Absence” is obviously a personal piece, the kind of…
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July 12, 2024412
Made in England: The Films of Power & Pressburger
At the beginning of “Made in England: The Films of Powell &…
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July 10, 2024479
Longlegs
Everything about Osgood Perkins’ “Longlegs” is designed to rattle you, unsettle you,…
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June 20, 2024281
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 19, 2024372
The Idea of You
Tell me if this sounds familiar: A romantic couple, one American, one…
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June 20, 2024292
Clipped
When the Los Angeles Lakers got a prestige HBO mini-series in “Winning…
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June 20, 2024295
Knox Goes Away
In his second directorial effort, the underwhelming “Knox Goes Away,” Michael Keaton…
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July 26, 2024475
The Girl in the Pool
The suburbs are hell. That’s what the movies keep telling us. Perfect…
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June 20, 2024275
One Hour Photo
“One Hour Photo” tells the story of Seymour “Sy” Parrish, who works…
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June 20, 2024333
Dirty Pretty Things
The hall porter is sent upstairs to repair a blocked toilet, and…
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June 20, 2024272
Backspot
“Backspot” does for competitive cheerleading what “The Novice” did for rowing: It…
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June 20, 2024325
International intrigue rings true
Sydney Pollack’s “The Interpreter” is a taut and intelligent thriller, centering on…
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June 20, 2024275
Thanksgiving
After promising us back in 2007 that “white meat … dark meat…
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June 20, 2024292
Dad & Step-Dad
Inadequacy peeks from behind the uncomfortable smiles and passive aggressive remarks that…
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June 20, 2024283
Sunrise
“You know what he feeds on? Fear.” Generic dialogue and lack of…
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June 20, 2024306
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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June 20, 2024282
Boy Kills World
Several enemies of the state are murdered on live TV in a…
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June 21, 2024466
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Vampires are all the rage in film and television these days. Some…
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June 28, 2024555
A Family Affair
As mundane as its title, with characters whose color-by-numbers personalities and motivations…
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June 20, 2024283
On the Adamant
At first glance, the barge docked on the Seine in Paris near…
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June 19, 2024448
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, 2024279
Aisha
Letitia Wright gives a quietly powerful performance in “Aisha” as a young…
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June 20, 2024287
Gasoline Rainbow
Brothers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross straddle the lines of documentary…
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June 20, 2024332
Asphalt City
You may remember a scene in the cult classic “Repo Man” in…
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June 19, 2024293
Arcadian
For a few minutes, “Arcadian” basically becomes “Aliens” on an Irish farm…
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June 20, 2024310
The Missing
New York magazine ran a cover story years ago calling John Ford’s…
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July 19, 2024459
Widow Clicquot
I haven’t had a drink in almost fifteen years, and during the…
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June 20, 2024287
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, 2024316
Argylle
“Argylle,” the stumbling, overcooked action flick from director Matthew Vaughn, begins with…
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June 20, 2024320
Wicked Little Letters
“Wicked Little Letters,” a new film directed by Thea Sharrock with a…
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June 19, 2024294
Just the Two of Us
Valérie Donzelli’s “Just the Two of Us” is reminiscent of the “women’s…
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June 20, 2024288
Sting
Ninety-one minutes, including seven for closing credits, isn’t enough for “Sting,” a…
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June 20, 2024273
High & Low – John Galliano
“High and Low – John Galliano” by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald took me…
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June 20, 2024295
Founders Day
Advertising “Founder Days” as a “bold political slasher” gives too much credit…
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June 20, 2024311
The Animal Kingdom
Another day, another traffic jam. A father, François (Romain Duris), chides his…
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June 19, 2024268
Mother of the Bride
Over the last few years, there has been a trend of opulent…
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August 9, 2024572
Hollywood Black
The tricky part with a docuseries like “Hollywood Black,” particularly if you…
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August 23, 2024604
The Crow
Good movies always have integrity, but not-good movies can have integrity, too.…
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June 20, 2024279
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead
Director Wade Allain-Marcus’s “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” is a remake…