Drama
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The Kiss
In the Danish language film “The Kiss,” based on a novel by Stefan Zweig, Esben Smed plays Anton, a young…
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Love
It does and it doesn’t seem to matter what order you watch the “Sex Dreams Love” trilogy, Norwegian author turned…
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The Damned
Roberto Minervini is a filmmaker whose previous works—including “Stop the Pounding Heart” (2013), “The Other Side” (2015) and “What You…
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The Surrender
There are essentially three paths available to a horror movie like “The Surrender,” about a grieving mother and daughter who…
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Henry Johnson
If you’re someone who follows the personal ups and downs, possible crimes, and political quirks of artists first and foremost,…
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Caught by the Tides
With “Caught By the Tides,” Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke has made an elliptical documentary-fiction hybrid whose wide-ranging drama is big…
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The Shrouds
David Cronenberg has been making movies for fifty years. His themes and images have stayed so consistent that his filmography…
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Forever
Mara Brock Akil’s “Forever” is a triumph. Based on the Judy Blume book of the same name, it tells the…
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O’Dessa
Geremy Jasper’s “O’Dessa” is an earnest misfire, an original rock musical that the “Patti Cake$” director claimed, in his introduction…
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The Surfer
If I were to make a list of my favorite Nicolas Cage films, the top tier would certainly include “Vampire’s…
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