Drama
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Familiar Touch
Late in the day, after a long, relaxing swim, Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant) steps into a warm, clarifying shower. And as…
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Will
Regardless of what the reactionary forces tirelessly at work in our culture manage to pull off, the 21st century has…
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Sex
“Sex,” part of a trilogy by Norwegian author turned writer/director Dag Johan Haugerud, sometimes feels like a dramatized sermon. Divided…
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Tatami
“Tatami” feels both new and old. It’s a sports drama shot in black and white that tells more or less…
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The Sealed Soil
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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The Life of Chuck
It’s hard to know where to begin with “The Life of Chuck.” Anything you could say about it would rob…
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Pretty Thing
A waiter and a well-dressed party guest lock eyes. In an alley, she casually tells him her room number. After…
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40 Acres
“40 Acres,” like most sci-fi media of the 2020s, is an imagining of our world, our society, after the ramifications…
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Ghost Trail
“Ghost Trail” is an intimate study of trauma that plays with the gripping suspense of a globetrotting spy thriller. It’s…
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Tornado
You’d be forgiven if you glanced at the monotonous western “Tornado” and decided that it’s a handsome genre exercise. The…
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