Late in the day, after a long, relaxing swim, Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant) steps into a warm, clarifying shower. And as…
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Regardless of what the reactionary forces tirelessly at work in our culture manage to pull off, the 21st century has…
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Read More »“Sex,” part of a trilogy by Norwegian author turned writer/director Dag Johan Haugerud, sometimes feels like a dramatized sermon. Divided…
Read More »“Tatami” feels both new and old. It’s a sports drama shot in black and white that tells more or less…
Read More »Marva Nabili’s 1977 feature “The Sealed Soil” is the earliest intact surviving feature film directed by an Iranian woman. It…
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Read More »“Ghost Trail” is an intimate study of trauma that plays with the gripping suspense of a globetrotting spy thriller. It’s…
Read More »The Karate Kid movies have been a part of cinema for so long that the fact that it all began…
Read More »Near the end of the acclaimed series “Succession,” media titan Logan Roy addresses his assembled children: “I love you, but…
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