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June 20, 2024172
A demon in the house
“Paranormal Activity” is an ingenious little horror film, so well made it’s…
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June 20, 2024233
Stopmotion
The conceit of a tortured and socially maladjusted artist whose obsessive pursuit…
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June 19, 2024167
Blood for Dust
Set in 1992 in the northernmost United States, where criminals run drugs…
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June 20, 2024175
Flipside
The personal essay film is a tricky genre, because when you get…
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June 20, 2024268
The Tiger’s Apprentice
At first glance, the existence of “The Tiger’s Apprentice” would seem to…
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June 20, 2024712
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
“The question is, do you have what it takes to make it…
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August 9, 2024418
The Last Front
“The Last Front” is a first-rate calling-card movie—a medium-budget project that feels much…
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June 20, 2024198
The Recruit
‘The Recruit” reveals that the training process of the Central Intelligence Agency…
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June 20, 2024172
Night Swim
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the…
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June 20, 2024219
Identity
It is a dark and stormy night. A violent thunderstorm howls down…
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June 20, 2024174
Cora Bora
“What is wrong with you?” multiple characters ask titular heroine Cora (Meg…
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June 20, 2024164
Eric
It takes either a staggering lead performance or a great plot twist…
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August 23, 2024525
Hell Hole
The Adams Family—a group of filmmakers led by father John Adams, mother…
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June 20, 2024307
Poor Things
Yorgos Lanthimos seems delighted in depicting extreme behavior within pristine settings, whether…
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June 20, 2024169
The Grab
Instead of a feature-length movie, “The Grab,” a 106-minute documentary about shady…
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August 8, 2024328
Borderlands
I have spent hundreds of hours in the worlds of Gearbox Software…
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June 20, 2024175
Atlas
When it comes to the handful of names who are defiantly keeping…
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July 8, 2024320
The Secret Art of Human Flight
Ben (Grant Rosenmeyer) is not okay. His wife and artistic collaborator Sarah…
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June 20, 2024181
I’m a Virgo
It’s been five years since director Boots Riley’s riot of a debut,…
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August 16, 2024621
The Union
Director Julian Farino’s “The Union” follows Mike (Mark Wahlberg), a construction worker…
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June 19, 2024173
Amelia’s Children
I’m not really sure how genre fans will respond to “Amelia’s Children,”…
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June 19, 2024326
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, 2024207
The Animal Kingdom
Another day, another traffic jam. A father, François (Romain Duris), chides his…
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June 20, 2024173
Wildcat
Ethan Hawke attempts to breathe new life into the biopic structure with mixed results in “Wildcat.” What…
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June 20, 2024162
Raging Grace
Joy (Max Eigenmann) is one of millions of domestic workers worldwide. She’s…
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June 28, 2024347
Music
Music, we are told, makes the people come together. Music, it so…
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June 20, 2024280
The Bikeriders
From the very first scene of “The Bikeriders,” director Jeff Nichols is…
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August 9, 2024411
Dance First
The final words of his 1953 novel “The Unnamable” — “I can’t…
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August 2, 2024464
Peak Season
Co-directors Steven Kanter and Henry Loevner reunite (after their COVID-set breakup comedy…
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June 20, 2024182
The most dangerous job in the Army
A lot of movies begin with poetic quotations, but “The Hurt Locker”…
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June 21, 2024296
Hummingbirds
It feels limiting or a disservice to call “Hummingbirds” simply a documentary.…
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August 2, 2024447
Rebel Moon – Director’s Cuts
Your investment in Zack Snyder’s creative vision will likely determine how badly…
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June 20, 2024182
Monolith
Lily Sullivan, who broke through with an impressively physical performance in last year’s…
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June 20, 2024190
Dune: Part Two
The word that will likely be used most often to describe Denis…
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June 20, 2024179
Bella
“I’m not a singer; I’m a dancer!” Bella Lewitzky defiantly refused to…
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August 15, 2024324
Jaclpot!
“Jackpot!” is a trashy and repetitive action comedy about greed and bloodlust set in…
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June 19, 2024172
This Closeness
In a big city, avoiding eye contact is a survival tool. Looking…
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July 12, 2024262
Family Portrait
What is it about the sound of wind? It can be undeniably…
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June 20, 2024871
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 19, 2024169
Mother of the Bride
Over the last few years, there has been a trend of opulent…
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July 12, 2024439
Dandelion
Writer-director Nicole Riegel’s “Dandelion” takes place over a mere number of days,…
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June 20, 2024184
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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August 23, 2024477
Incoming
Movies won’t stop pursuing the next great one crazy night adolescent comedy…
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June 19, 2024175
Food, Inc. 2
“My relationship with food is complicated …very complicated. Because I have Type…
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July 22, 2024381
The Way We Speak
Set at a conference for “thought leaders,” “The Way We Speak” is…
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June 20, 2024169
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
I’m not coming out and accusing the writers of “Bad Boys: Ride…
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June 19, 2024179
Kung Fu Panda 4
Did the world really need another “Kung Fu Panda” movie? The trilogy…
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June 21, 2024353
Fancy Dance
The story of settler colonialism in North America is one of disappeared…
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August 8, 2024294
Good One
The most important things in life happen between the words. Subterranean noise…
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June 28, 2024475
Kalki 2898 – AD
There’s nothing original or particularly surprising about “Kalki 2898 AD,” a polished…
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June 20, 2024180
Solo
Under the glare of fuschia neon lights Simon (Théodore Pellerin) is twirling.…
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June 20, 2024187
Sunrise
“You know what he feeds on? Fear.” Generic dialogue and lack of…
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June 20, 2024173
It’s a Wonderful Knife
If you put Nancy Drew in a teen slasher take of “It’s…
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June 20, 2024178
You Can’t Stay Here
Todd Verow’s thriller “You Can’t Stay Here” takes viewers into the heart…
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June 20, 2024173
One Hour Photo
“One Hour Photo” tells the story of Seymour “Sy” Parrish, who works…
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August 21, 2024520
Close Your Eyes
The opening twenty minutes of “Close Your Eyes,” the third fiction feature…
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July 19, 2024371
Lady in the Lake
Within the first two minutes of Apple TV+’s “Lady in the Lake,”…
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June 20, 2024259
Share?
Did you know that social media fosters toxic relationships among its users,…
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June 20, 2024182
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The notion that love could blossom in the most horrifying of places say,…
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June 20, 2024169
Pioneer
Remember this name: Aksel Hennie. If “Pioneer,” a mixed bag of a…
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June 20, 2024358
The Strangers: Chapter 1
2008’s “The Strangers” didn’t seem like the kind of film that would…
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June 20, 2024175
The Last Stop in Yuma County
“Last Stop in Yuma County” is the kind of movie where you…
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June 20, 2024177
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, 2024217
History of Evil
Ponderous and dull, “History of Evil” is the kind of script that…
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June 20, 2024180
Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire
Among this past year’s unexpected synchronicities, there’s now a shared space in…
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June 19, 2024174
Dusk for a Hitman
“Dusk for a Hitman” is a husk of a great film. Director…
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July 12, 2024404
Sing Sing
If you read the synopsis of “Sing Sing,” you might mistake it…
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June 20, 2024357
Molli and Max in the Future
Throughout history, across centuries and cultures, human beings have been preoccupied with…
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August 23, 2024517
Strange Darling
“Strange Darling,” J.T. Mollner’s self-consciously edgy gotcha of a serial-killer thriller, is…
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June 20, 2024172
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, 2024179
Mayhem!
An exclamation point in a title is a promise. The first action…
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July 11, 2024334
Fly Me to the Moon
“Fly Me to the Moon” lurches wildly from zippy, retro rom-com to cynical political…
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July 10, 2024370
Longlegs
Everything about Osgood Perkins’ “Longlegs” is designed to rattle you, unsettle you,…
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June 19, 2024179
Road House
“Road House” likes to explicitly reference that it thinks it’s a Western.…
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July 26, 2024371
The Last Breath
Sharks, while undeniably lethal, are also, studies have shown, kind of dumb. And…
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June 20, 2024182
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead
Director Wade Allain-Marcus’s “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” is a remake…
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June 20, 2024201
Kim’s Video
“Kim’s Video” reaches so hard for quirky profundity that it falls on…
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June 20, 2024171
Humane
The Cronenberg cinematic family tree adds another branch this week with the…
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August 1, 2024339
Trap
Pop music really can change your life. That’s part of the setup…
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June 20, 2024175
Bodkin
Netflix’s new comedic thriller “Bodkin” opens with the show’s protagonist, Gilbert Power…