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August 9, 2024511
Running on Empty
Would you like to know the day you will die? It’s a…
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August 9, 2024635
Not Not Jazz
There’s a scene in “Not Not Jazz,” a film about the fusion…
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June 20, 2024323
Mayhem!
An exclamation point in a title is a promise. The first action…
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June 20, 2024495
The Kitchen
A directorial debut for both co-directors, Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe…
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August 23, 2024668
The Becomers
Immigrant stories put a fresh frame around lives that native-born citizens don’t think…
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July 30, 2024544
Hundreds of Beavers
“Hundreds of Beavers,” a boldly bizarre, nearly silent slapstick comedy about a…
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July 4, 2024487
Kill
A movie theater would probably be the best place to see “Kill,”…
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June 20, 2024304
Blood Work
Clint Eastwood’s “Blood Work” opens with an FBI agent of retirement age…
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July 12, 2024497
Touch
“Touch,” from Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, is vast in scope, stretching over…
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June 20, 2024340
State of Consciousness
It takes up to four men to restrain Emile Hirsch in “State…
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June 28, 2024453
Confessions of a Good Samaritan
Penny Lane has long been one of our most fascinating documentarians in…
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June 20, 2024349
Inside Out 2
Wait. Pixar finally has a quality animated film hitting theaters? Granted, it’s…
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June 20, 2024314
I Saw the TV Glow
Jane Schoenbrun’s second narrative feature is a gnawing search for belonging in…
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June 20, 2024410
Outlaw Posse
Watching “Outlaw Posse,” you get the sense that writer-director Mario Van Peebles…
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August 9, 2024486
Duchess
In the wake of Quentin Tarantino’s ascendance to his pop culture throne in…
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August 1, 2024582
Harold and the Purple Crayon
As someone who venerates Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson’s 1955…
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June 20, 2024321
Queens
The shots are unreal. We fly behind and next to a bee…
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July 26, 2024490
The Fabulous Four
If you’re a distinguished older male actor in Hollywood, you’re typically cast as…
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August 8, 2024500
Borderlands
I have spent hundreds of hours in the worlds of Gearbox Software…
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June 19, 2024317
Tuesday
Julia Louis-Dreyfus gives a performance of breathtaking vulnerability as the mother of…
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June 20, 2024315
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, 2024323
Ride
In 1991, country superstar Garth Brooks crooned, “Well, it’s bulls and blood/It’s…
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June 20, 2024308
Ghostlight
“Ghostlight,” which focuses on a construction worker drawn into a production of…
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June 20, 2024326
Lift
“Lift” is as generic and forgettable as its title, the kind of…
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June 20, 2024365
Art College 1994
It’s weirdly funny to see a year mentioned in the title of…
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June 20, 2024327
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Over sixty years ago, directors Henry Hathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall…
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June 20, 2024389
Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World
Documentaries about cultural hotspots are as common as the film festivals that…
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June 20, 2024327
I Did It My Way
You might enjoy the Hong Kong undercover cop drama “I Did It…
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June 20, 2024345
Young Woman and the Sea
Daisy Ridley battles jellyfish and the patriarchy with equal pluck and aplomb…
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August 2, 2024612
Kneecap
The Belfast schoolchildren stand in their classroom, singing “Óró Sé do bheatha…
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August 23, 2024685
Strange Darling
“Strange Darling,” J.T. Mollner’s self-consciously edgy gotcha of a serial-killer thriller, is…
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June 20, 2024310
Aisha
Letitia Wright gives a quietly powerful performance in “Aisha” as a young…
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June 20, 2024303
You’ll Never Find Me
“I’m afraid you knocked on the wrong door.” When Paul (Brendan Rock)…
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August 23, 2024656
Blink Twice
Early in Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, we are introduced to Slater King…
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August 16, 2024743
Rule of Two Walls
More than 900 days since Russia first launched its invasion and unprovoked…
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June 20, 2024331
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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August 9, 2024590
Sugarcane
The crimes of the Catholic Church are no secret to most citizens…
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June 20, 2024367
The Dancer Upstairs
John Malkovich’s “The Dancer Upstairs” was filmed before 9/11, and is based…
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June 20, 2024334
The Beast
The launching pad for Bertrand Bonello’s new picture “The Beast” (“La Bete”)…
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June 20, 2024418
The Bikeriders
From the very first scene of “The Bikeriders,” director Jeff Nichols is…
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June 28, 2024585
A Family Affair
As mundane as its title, with characters whose color-by-numbers personalities and motivations…
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June 20, 2024318
Civil War
Whatever you expect from an Alex Garland movie, he always gives you something…
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June 20, 2024322
15 Cameras
Nastiness in horror movies is like a seasoning: essential for flavor, though…
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June 28, 2024583
The Devil’s Bath
When does rooting for the damned stop being worthwhile or even productive?…
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June 19, 2024492
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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July 19, 2024632
Scala!!!
Jane Giles and Ali Catterall’s documentary “Scala!!!” is about a legendary, notorious,…
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June 20, 2024341
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, 2024297
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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June 20, 2024315
The Truth vs. Alex Jones
One of the most disturbing moments in a documentary filled with disturbing…
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August 16, 2024735
Close to You
There are two main types of stories about smalltown people finding themselves:…
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June 20, 2024310
Disappear Completely
The truly impressive slice of nightmare fuel, “Disappear Completely,” premiering on Netflix today…
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July 5, 2024507
Escape
The high-concept South Korean army thriller “Escape” clocks in at a swift…
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June 20, 2024299
K-19: The Widowmaker
Movies involving submarines have the logic of chess: The longer the game…
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June 20, 2024357
Wicked Little Letters
“Wicked Little Letters,” a new film directed by Thea Sharrock with a…
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June 28, 2024552
The Human Surge 3
We film lovers perpetually bang the drum about how cinema enables us…
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June 20, 2024327
Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire
Among this past year’s unexpected synchronicities, there’s now a shared space in…
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July 12, 2024468
Sisi & I
Let’s get one obvious thing out of the way: Yes, it hasn’t…
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June 20, 2024334
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
A local icon in San Francisco who made a national impact on…
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June 20, 2024322
Fighter
Politics simultaneously are and aren’t the thing in “Fighter,” a Bollywood military…
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June 20, 2024306
Naked Acts
Contains language around sexual abuse Bridgett M. Davis’ 1996 film “Naked Acts,”…
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June 19, 2024323
Babes
The foundation of most comedy is the gulf between our belief that…
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June 20, 2024380
Brats
I have seen so many hagiographic clip reels masquerading as documentaries that…
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June 20, 2024331
Remembering Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder couldn’t have chosen a better stage name. “Gene” is so…
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June 19, 2024320
Monkey Man
Dev Patel pours his entire self into “Monkey Man.” Some comes over…
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June 20, 2024322
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, 2024360
Red Right Hand
“If you’re gonna survive in these hills, you’ll have to get used…
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June 20, 2024318
On the Adamant
At first glance, the barge docked on the Seine in Paris near…
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June 28, 2024520
Last Summer
With her creamy wardrobe of tasteful neutrals and dreamy mansion in the Paris suburbs, Léa Drucker’s…
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August 15, 2024500
Jaclpot!
“Jackpot!” is a trashy and repetitive action comedy about greed and bloodlust set in…
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June 20, 2024331
I’m a Virgo
It’s been five years since director Boots Riley’s riot of a debut,…
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July 12, 2024615
Dandelion
Writer-director Nicole Riegel’s “Dandelion” takes place over a mere number of days,…
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June 20, 2024313
High & Low – John Galliano
“High and Low – John Galliano” by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald took me…
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July 19, 2024514
Customs Frontline
Last year, Hong Kong filmmaker Herman Yau directed at least two of…
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June 20, 2024311
I Used to Be Funny
On stage, comedians use their words to make their audience laugh, gasp,…
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July 2, 2024523
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Not that long ago, a legacy sequel like “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel…
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June 28, 2024681
Kalki 2898 – AD
There’s nothing original or particularly surprising about “Kalki 2898 AD,” a polished…
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June 20, 2024356
Ryuichi Sakamoto Opus
“When you record a moment, you’re recording the death of a moment.”…
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June 19, 2024330
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, 2024335
La Chimera
“La Chimera” plays like a magical realism version of the classic one-last-heist movie. The core of…
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June 20, 2024340
Femme
Written and directed by Ng Choon Ping and Sam H. Freeman, “Femme”…