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June 20, 2024214
The Last Stop in Yuma County
“Last Stop in Yuma County” is the kind of movie where you…
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August 2, 2024477
The Instigators
I didn’t think Doug Liman could deliver a worse film than “Road…
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June 19, 2024201
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 20, 2024219
Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla turns 70 next year, and to celebrate, his parent company Toho…
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June 20, 2024241
Argylle
“Argylle,” the stumbling, overcooked action flick from director Matthew Vaughn, begins with…
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June 20, 2024255
Divinity
In a world where the imagination of indie sci-fi can often struggle…
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June 20, 2024215
Atlas
When it comes to the handful of names who are defiantly keeping…
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June 20, 2024212
Under Paris
Xavier Gens is back with his second stateside release of the year…
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June 20, 2024415
Thelma
When you hear the premise of Josh Margolin’s feature debut, “Thelma,” you…
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June 19, 2024222
Tuesday
Julia Louis-Dreyfus gives a performance of breathtaking vulnerability as the mother of…
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June 20, 2024209
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 19, 2024211
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, 2024231
State of Consciousness
It takes up to four men to restrain Emile Hirsch in “State…
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June 20, 2024204
Pioneer
Remember this name: Aksel Hennie. If “Pioneer,” a mixed bag of a…
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June 20, 2024292
Code 8: Part II
Released in the spring of 2020, Jeff Chan’s anti-police sci-fi action film…
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July 12, 2024294
Sorry/Not Sorry
Produced by The New York Times‘s video division, and depending heavily on…
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June 20, 2024270
Stopmotion
The conceit of a tortured and socially maladjusted artist whose obsessive pursuit…
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June 20, 2024235
Kim’s Video
“Kim’s Video” reaches so hard for quirky profundity that it falls on…
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June 20, 2024210
In Our Day
The films of the prolific South Korean writer-director Hong Sang Soo are…
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June 20, 2024243
The Missing
New York magazine ran a cover story years ago calling John Ford’s…
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June 20, 2024215
Young Woman and the Sea
Daisy Ridley battles jellyfish and the patriarchy with equal pluck and aplomb…
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June 20, 2024221
The Creator
It’s ironically apt that “The Creator,” about the potential and peril of…
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June 20, 2024253
Unfrosted: The Pop-Tarts Story
A handsomely produced, nearly empty experience, “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tarts Story” is hard to describe…
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June 20, 2024211
Clipped
When the Los Angeles Lakers got a prestige HBO mini-series in “Winning…
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June 20, 2024210
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
I’m not coming out and accusing the writers of “Bad Boys: Ride…
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July 19, 2024392
Customs Frontline
Last year, Hong Kong filmmaker Herman Yau directed at least two of…
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June 20, 2024217
It’s a Wonderful Knife
If you put Nancy Drew in a teen slasher take of “It’s…
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August 21, 2024587
Close Your Eyes
The opening twenty minutes of “Close Your Eyes,” the third fiction feature…
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August 8, 2024370
Borderlands
I have spent hundreds of hours in the worlds of Gearbox Software…
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June 20, 2024201
Night Swim
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the…
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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, 2024203
The Watchers
When it comes to kooky, creative thrillers, Shyamalan is practically a brand.…
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July 5, 2024485
The Imaginary
Born from the still unbridled creativity of children, where an empty room…
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June 19, 2024205
Prom Dates
“Prom Dates,” about a couple of teenage best-bud girls getting in trouble…
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June 19, 2024290
The Idea of You
Tell me if this sounds familiar: A romantic couple, one American, one…
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June 20, 2024205
Revoir Paris
Some memories are too painful for us to carry day to day.…
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June 20, 2024253
Dirty Pretty Things
The hall porter is sent upstairs to repair a blocked toilet, and…
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June 20, 2024206
Humane
The Cronenberg cinematic family tree adds another branch this week with the…
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June 20, 2024201
Lousy Carter
Austin-based filmmaker Bob Byington never takes the easy road, even when he’s…
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June 20, 2024223
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, 2024914
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, 2024204
You’ll Never Find Me
“I’m afraid you knocked on the wrong door.” When Paul (Brendan Rock)…
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August 15, 2024366
Jaclpot!
“Jackpot!” is a trashy and repetitive action comedy about greed and bloodlust set in…
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July 19, 2024378
Hollywoodgate
When the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021, you couldn’t…
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July 19, 2024502
Scala!!!
Jane Giles and Ali Catterall’s documentary “Scala!!!” is about a legendary, notorious,…
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June 20, 2024200
Thanksgiving
After promising us back in 2007 that “white meat … dark meat…
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June 28, 2024536
Kalki 2898 – AD
There’s nothing original or particularly surprising about “Kalki 2898 AD,” a polished…
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August 23, 2024536
The Killer (2024)
John Woo’s “The Killer” was a true gamechanger, at least for this…
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June 20, 2024220
The Truth vs. Alex Jones
One of the most disturbing moments in a documentary filled with disturbing…
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August 9, 2024458
Cuckoo
“Cuckoo” gets more confusing the more it explains itself. The further writer-director…
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August 6, 2024435
Detained
Once you get over the fact that there won’t be much resembling…
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June 20, 2024260
Lisa Frankenstein
When was the last time we got a teen-centric movie that felt…
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June 20, 2024226
Sight
In Andrew Hyatt’s “Sight,” what you see is what you get. The…
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June 20, 2024340
Concrete Utopia
In big cities the world over, housing is a high-priced commodity. Construction…
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June 20, 2024216
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
A local icon in San Francisco who made a national impact on…
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June 20, 2024217
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, 2024209
Gasoline Rainbow
Brothers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross straddle the lines of documentary…
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June 20, 2024252
Inside Out 2
Wait. Pixar finally has a quality animated film hitting theaters? Granted, it’s…
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June 20, 2024217
Robot Dreams
Pablo Berger’s “Robot Dreams” is a lovely fable about partnership and imagination,…
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July 15, 2024395
The Convert
In his latest movie “The Convert,” director and co-writer Lee Tamahori returns…
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August 23, 2024525
Blink Twice
Early in Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, we are introduced to Slater King…
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June 20, 2024210
On the Adamant
At first glance, the barge docked on the Seine in Paris near…
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June 20, 2024236
The Recruit
‘The Recruit” reveals that the training process of the Central Intelligence Agency…
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June 19, 2024203
Mother of the Bride
Over the last few years, there has been a trend of opulent…
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June 20, 2024244
Fingernails
Love is pain in several ways in “Fingernails.” In the near future…
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July 12, 2024502
Dandelion
Writer-director Nicole Riegel’s “Dandelion” takes place over a mere number of days,…
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July 16, 2024449
Twisters
Aren’t movies of this summer spinning delightfully vintage vibes? Just collectively consider…
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June 28, 2024332
Confessions of a Good Samaritan
Penny Lane has long been one of our most fascinating documentarians in…
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June 20, 2024333
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
The “Paw Patrol” television series is designed with a single-minded focus to…
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June 20, 2024205
The Blue Angels
“The Blue Angels,” a nonfiction film about the Navy’s flight demonstration team, was…
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July 5, 2024418
MaXXXine
Mia Goth and Ti West took the world of arthouse horror by…
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June 20, 2024225
Girls State
One girl was asked about a significant Supreme Court case and picked…
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June 20, 2024272
Chicken for Linda!
I missed Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s animated French escapade “Chicken for…
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June 21, 2024333
Hummingbirds
It feels limiting or a disservice to call “Hummingbirds” simply a documentary.…
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July 22, 2024461
Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam
Before we get too deep into the story of Lou Pearlman, a…
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June 19, 2024214
Kung Fu Panda 4
Did the world really need another “Kung Fu Panda” movie? The trilogy…
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June 20, 2024204
Bad Behaviour
“Never give in to hope.” Lucy (Jennifer Connelly) writes these words on…
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August 8, 2024324
Good One
The most important things in life happen between the words. Subterranean noise…
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June 20, 2024213
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, 2024221
Handling the Undead
Zombies don’t have to be fast. It’s a fun novelty sometimes, sure.…