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June 20, 2024210
I Used to Be Funny
On stage, comedians use their words to make their audience laugh, gasp,…
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August 1, 2024376
Trap
Pop music really can change your life. That’s part of the setup…
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June 20, 2024252
Last act haunts ‘Hide and Seek’
A small girl is haunted by fears after her mother’s suicide. Her…
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June 20, 2024204
His chauffeur chases ambulances
I like movies about smart guys who are wise asses, and think…
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June 20, 2024208
Maestra
Cate Blanchett’s searing performance in “Tár” left such an indelible impression that,…
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August 23, 2024514
Incoming
Movies won’t stop pursuing the next great one crazy night adolescent comedy…
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June 20, 2024198
The Grab
Instead of a feature-length movie, “The Grab,” a 106-minute documentary about shady…
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June 20, 2024213
Nightmare
Sleep paralysis demons deserve a better fictional riff than “Nightmare,” a bland…
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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 21, 2024339
The Exorcism
In Joshua John Miller’s “The Exorcism,” Russell Crowe plays Anthony Miller, an actor…
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August 16, 2024653
Rob Peace
“Rob Peace,” based on a true story about the tragically short but inspiring…
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June 20, 2024199
Murder by Numbers
Richard and Justin, the high school killers in “Murder by Numbers,” may…
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June 20, 2024204
Firebrand
Alicia Vikander is the titular “Firebrand,” starring as Katherine Parr, the sixth…
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August 23, 2024534
The Killer (2024)
John Woo’s “The Killer” was a true gamechanger, at least for this…
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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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June 20, 2024211
I Saw the TV Glow
Jane Schoenbrun’s second narrative feature is a gnawing search for belonging in…
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June 20, 2024249
Art College 1994
It’s weirdly funny to see a year mentioned in the title of…
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August 22, 2024559
Mountains
Every afternoon, as Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) pulls into his driveway after work,…
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June 20, 2024281
Outlaw Posse
Watching “Outlaw Posse,” you get the sense that writer-director Mario Van Peebles…
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June 19, 2024205
This Closeness
In a big city, avoiding eye contact is a survival tool. Looking…
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August 16, 2024596
Rule of Two Walls
More than 900 days since Russia first launched its invasion and unprovoked…
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June 19, 2024206
Dogman
It can be fun to watch a gifted character chew scenery, especially…
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June 20, 2024215
Taking Venice
In 1964, Robert Rauschenberg won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice…
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June 20, 2024217
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
A corporate video is not art, as much as its director might…
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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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June 20, 2024214
It’s a Wonderful Knife
If you put Nancy Drew in a teen slasher take of “It’s…
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August 2, 2024466
Coup!
This movie opens with views of a manual typewriter, and indignant words…
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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, 2024202
Raging Grace
Joy (Max Eigenmann) is one of millions of domestic workers worldwide. She’s…
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June 20, 2024220
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 19, 2024217
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, 2024217
Foe
Junior (Paul Mescal) and Hen (Saoirse Ronan) are not a happy couple.…
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June 20, 2024216
Role Play
Emma (Kaley Cuoco) lives a double life. She has a loving husband,…
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August 1, 2024361
War Game
Every day, people from all over the world come to Washington, DC,…
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June 20, 2024246
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, 2024232
Sasquatch Sunset
Four tall, scruffy creatures amble through a storybook forest. They walk, they…
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June 20, 2024201
You Can Call Me Bill
“I’m afraid of being alone,” intones William Shatner in the opening minutes…
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June 20, 2024261
Ultraman: Rising
Children take center stage but aren’t the real stars of “Ultraman: Rising,”…
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July 12, 2024385
Touch
“Touch,” from Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, is vast in scope, stretching over…
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June 20, 2024220
The most dangerous job in the Army
A lot of movies begin with poetic quotations, but “The Hurt Locker”…
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June 20, 2024208
Jim Henson: Idea Man
Like many people of my approximate age, my childhood was heavily touched…
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June 20, 2024211
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
There has been a growing subgenre of non-fiction films that I jokingly…
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August 13, 2024405
Mothers’ Instinct
“Mothers’ Instinct” gets by on its pulpy potential more than anything else.…
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June 20, 2024249
The Beach Boys
There’s something so appropriately disheartening about a movie about The Beach Boys…
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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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August 1, 2024431
Harold and the Purple Crayon
As someone who venerates Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson’s 1955…
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June 20, 2024196
Spaceman
Now, 189 days into his mission, Jakub Prochazka (Adam Sandler), the forlorn…
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August 9, 2024485
Hollywood Black
The tricky part with a docuseries like “Hollywood Black,” particularly if you…
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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, 2024230
Phone Booth
“Phone Booth” is a religious fable, a show biz fable, or both.…
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June 20, 2024230
Dune: Part Two
The word that will likely be used most often to describe Denis…
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June 20, 2024210
The Young Wife
Despite what everyone says, weddings aren’t really about the bride and groom.…
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June 19, 2024218
Good country for dead men
The movie opens with the flat, confiding voice of Tommy Lee Jones.…
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July 26, 2024408
The Last Breath
Sharks, while undeniably lethal, are also, studies have shown, kind of dumb. And…
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June 20, 2024213
The Fall Guy
With the notable exception of “Barbie,” the modern blockbuster can be pretty…
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June 20, 2024208
In Our Day
The films of the prolific South Korean writer-director Hong Sang Soo are…
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June 20, 2024212
Flipside
The personal essay film is a tricky genre, because when you get…
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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, 2024191
Naked Acts
Contains language around sexual abuse Bridgett M. Davis’ 1996 film “Naked Acts,”…
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June 20, 2024216
Zen and the art of rifle maintenance
“The American” allows George Clooney to play a man as starkly defined…
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June 20, 2024213
Civil War
Whatever you expect from an Alex Garland movie, he always gives you something…
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June 20, 2024199
Thanksgiving
After promising us back in 2007 that “white meat … dark meat…
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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, 2024215
Mayhem!
An exclamation point in a title is a promise. The first action…
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June 20, 2024233
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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August 2, 2024325
Sebastian
Max (Ruaridh Mollica) is like many young writers I met in my…
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June 20, 2024217
Destroy All Neighbors
A few names stand out during the opening credits for “Destroy All…
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June 20, 2024213
Kidnapped
Set in 1800s Italy and based on a true story, “Kidnapped” is…
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June 20, 2024206
Blood Work
Clint Eastwood’s “Blood Work” opens with an FBI agent of retirement age…
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August 23, 2024503
Between the Temples
Nathan Silver’s “Between the Temples” opens with a loud, keening blast from…
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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, 2024213
If
If you’re lucky enough to attend an early screening of John Krasinski’s…
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July 12, 2024355
Sisi & I
Let’s get one obvious thing out of the way: Yes, it hasn’t…
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June 20, 2024196
What can you really do about it if the world ends later tonight?
“Knowing” is among the best science-fiction films I’ve seen — frightening, suspenseful,…
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June 21, 2024417
What Remains
For the first 15 minutes of “What Remains,” we follow around a…
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June 20, 2024218
The Family Plan
Mark Wahlberg has displayed enough comic timing and action chops in previous…
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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, 2024200
Space: The Longest Goodbye
The crew of a space craft peering out its window at the…
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June 19, 2024209
Dusk for a Hitman
“Dusk for a Hitman” is a husk of a great film. Director…
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June 20, 2024201
Eric
It takes either a staggering lead performance or a great plot twist…