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June 20, 2024207
Maestra
Cate Blanchett’s searing performance in “Tár” left such an indelible impression that,…
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July 3, 2024400
Despicable Me 4
“Despicable Me 4” won’t win any prizes, but if you like this kind…
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June 20, 2024209
Bella
“I’m not a singer; I’m a dancer!” Bella Lewitzky defiantly refused to…
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June 19, 2024208
Blackout
If actors often make for compelling directors, then why not character actors?…
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June 20, 2024241
The Missing
New York magazine ran a cover story years ago calling John Ford’s…
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June 20, 2024210
Clipped
When the Los Angeles Lakers got a prestige HBO mini-series in “Winning…
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June 20, 2024231
The People’s Joker
Before you see a single frame of Vera Drew’s Batman-soaked satire “The…
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June 20, 2024212
If
If you’re lucky enough to attend an early screening of John Krasinski’s…
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June 20, 2024206
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
Do you remember “Nightwatch,” the 1994 Danish thriller about a young psych…
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June 20, 2024230
The Seeding
“The Seeding,” a bleak horror movie about a hiker who gets trapped…
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June 20, 2024206
Ride
In 1991, country superstar Garth Brooks crooned, “Well, it’s bulls and blood/It’s…
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June 28, 2024403
Last Summer
With her creamy wardrobe of tasteful neutrals and dreamy mansion in the Paris suburbs, Léa Drucker’s…
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August 2, 2024475
Doctor Jekyll
The name Hammer used to command a certain level of respect in…
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August 23, 2024558
Hell Hole
The Adams Family—a group of filmmakers led by father John Adams, mother…
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June 19, 2024213
Portrait of a Nobel Prize-winner as an egomaniacal, heartless SOB
When Alan Rickman portrays an egomaniacal, preening, heartless SOB, he seems to…
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June 20, 2024211
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
Will there ever be a version of “Rebel Moon—Part 2: The Scargiver”…
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June 25, 2024355
Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge
“God saved me so I could give you life.” So said concentration…
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June 20, 2024211
The signpost is accurate
“Road to Nowhere” plays like an exercise in frustrating audiences. Imagine a…
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June 20, 2024205
Gasoline Rainbow
Brothers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross straddle the lines of documentary…
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June 20, 2024218
Evil Does Not Exist
“You can’t get a head start if you aim for perfection,” a…
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June 20, 2024205
The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears
Characterizing Belgian co-directors/writers Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s style is tricky since…
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August 9, 2024453
The Last Front
“The Last Front” is a first-rate calling-card movie—a medium-budget project that feels much…
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August 9, 2024459
Sugarcane
The crimes of the Catholic Church are no secret to most citizens…
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June 20, 2024343
Poor Things
Yorgos Lanthimos seems delighted in depicting extreme behavior within pristine settings, whether…
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June 19, 2024217
Tuesday
Julia Louis-Dreyfus gives a performance of breathtaking vulnerability as the mother of…
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June 20, 2024208
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, 2024216
Stress Positions
Say what you will about “Stress Positions,” the new indie comedy that…
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June 20, 2024210
Nightmare
Sleep paralysis demons deserve a better fictional riff than “Nightmare,” a bland…
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June 20, 2024414
Thelma
When you hear the premise of Josh Margolin’s feature debut, “Thelma,” you…
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June 20, 2024233
The Recruit
‘The Recruit” reveals that the training process of the Central Intelligence Agency…
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June 20, 2024210
No One Will Save You
Brian Duffield’s newest feature, “No One Will Save You,” is a sci-fi…
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June 20, 2024218
The Truth vs. Alex Jones
One of the most disturbing moments in a documentary filled with disturbing…
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June 20, 2024207
K-19: The Widowmaker
Movies involving submarines have the logic of chess: The longer the game…
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August 1, 2024375
Trap
Pop music really can change your life. That’s part of the setup…
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June 20, 2024240
Fingernails
Love is pain in several ways in “Fingernails.” In the near future…
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August 23, 2024531
The Killer (2024)
John Woo’s “The Killer” was a true gamechanger, at least for this…
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June 28, 2024442
The Human Surge 3
We film lovers perpetually bang the drum about how cinema enables us…
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June 20, 2024224
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
In the DC Expanded Universe of films, which appears to be winding…
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June 19, 2024205
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, 2024198
You Can Call Me Bill
“I’m afraid of being alone,” intones William Shatner in the opening minutes…
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June 20, 2024227
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Just when you think they’ve run out of real-life World War II…
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June 20, 2024229
Phone Booth
“Phone Booth” is a religious fable, a show biz fable, or both.…
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June 19, 2024203
Poolman
Chris Pine’s first film as a director, “Poolman,” is a character comedy about oddball…
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July 12, 2024293
Family Portrait
What is it about the sound of wind? It can be undeniably…
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June 20, 2024214
Role Play
Emma (Kaley Cuoco) lives a double life. She has a loving husband,…
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June 20, 2024747
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
“The question is, do you have what it takes to make it…
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June 20, 2024204
The Sacrifice Game
The supernatural hostage thriller “The Sacrifice Game” feels like a self-conscious throwback,…
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June 20, 2024200
Aisha
Letitia Wright gives a quietly powerful performance in “Aisha” as a young…
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August 2, 2024483
Rebel Moon – Director’s Cuts
Your investment in Zack Snyder’s creative vision will likely determine how badly…
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June 20, 2024219
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, 2024208
Dad & Step-Dad
Inadequacy peeks from behind the uncomfortable smiles and passive aggressive remarks that…
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June 20, 2024199
Raging Grace
Joy (Max Eigenmann) is one of millions of domestic workers worldwide. She’s…
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July 10, 2024408
Longlegs
Everything about Osgood Perkins’ “Longlegs” is designed to rattle you, unsettle you,…
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August 14, 2024420
Alien: Romulus
When Ridley Scott released “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant,” the main criticism levied…
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July 22, 2024415
The Way We Speak
Set at a conference for “thought leaders,” “The Way We Speak” is…
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June 20, 2024396
Molli and Max in the Future
Throughout history, across centuries and cultures, human beings have been preoccupied with…
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June 20, 2024207
Jim Henson: Idea Man
Like many people of my approximate age, my childhood was heavily touched…
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June 19, 2024208
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, 2024242
The Dancer Upstairs
John Malkovich’s “The Dancer Upstairs” was filmed before 9/11, and is based…
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June 20, 2024208
Five Nights at Freddy’s
How to make sense of “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” a family-friendly horror…
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August 8, 2024367
Borderlands
I have spent hundreds of hours in the worlds of Gearbox Software…
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July 19, 2024368
Widow Clicquot
I haven’t had a drink in almost fifteen years, and during the…
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June 20, 2024261
This train’s got the disappearin’ Western blues
James Mangold’s “3:10 to Yuma” restores the wounded heart of the Western…
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June 20, 2024209
In a Violent Nature
The most fascinating thing about Chris Nash’s hyperviolent slasher experiment “In a Violent…
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June 21, 2024386
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Vampires are all the rage in film and television these days. Some…
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July 12, 2024371
Eno
Among other things, Brian Eno is a pioneer in what’s called “generative…
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June 20, 2024208
The Young Wife
Despite what everyone says, weddings aren’t really about the bride and groom.…
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July 16, 2024445
Twisters
Aren’t movies of this summer spinning delightfully vintage vibes? Just collectively consider…
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June 20, 2024209
You Can’t Run Forever
J.K. Simmons knows how to do sociopath. There’s something so fascinating about…
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August 23, 2024589
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 12, 2024438
Sing Sing
If you read the synopsis of “Sing Sing,” you might mistake it…
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June 20, 2024218
Star Wars — Episode I: The Phantom Menace
We are re-posting this review in honor of the re-release for the…
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June 20, 2024208
The Garfield Movie
I cannot think of a single reason for another Garfield movie, and…
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June 20, 2024203
You’ll Never Find Me
“I’m afraid you knocked on the wrong door.” When Paul (Brendan Rock)…
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June 20, 2024217
Monolith
Lily Sullivan, who broke through with an impressively physical performance in last year’s…
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June 20, 2024278
Outlaw Posse
Watching “Outlaw Posse,” you get the sense that writer-director Mario Van Peebles…
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June 19, 2024206
Arcadian
For a few minutes, “Arcadian” basically becomes “Aliens” on an Irish farm…
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June 20, 2024205
The Roundup: Punishment
“The Roundup: Punishment” is the third sequel in a series of Korean…
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June 20, 2024216
I Did It My Way
You might enjoy the Hong Kong undercover cop drama “I Did It…
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July 19, 2024524
Find Me Falling
When many of us think of vacationing on the Mediterranean, the first…