Ben Croll
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‘Horizon 2’ Review: Kevin Costner’s Slow and Flat Sequel Unlikely to Win New Fans
Venice Film Festival: The second part of the filmmaker’s planned four-part American Saga is more soap opera than spectacle
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‘April’ Review: Abortion Drama Is a Singular Horror Show
Venice Film Festival: Director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s distinct film follows an OB-GYN who performs illegal abortions in Georgia
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‘Queer’ Review: Daniel Craig Boozes and Cruises in Luca Guadagnino’s Transportive Lust Story
Venice Film Festival: The James Bond actor perfects the art of longing in the “Call Me by Your Name” filmmaker’s William S. Burroughs adaptation
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‘The Room Next Door’ Review: Pedro Almodóvar Doesn’t Quite Find the Life in Contemplating Death
Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore join the Spanish filmmaker for a series of monologues on mortality
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‘The Brutalist’ Review: Brady Corbet’s Epic Charts Sweeping Immigrant Story
Venice Film Festival: Adrien Brody anchors this three-and-a-half-hour treatise on American ambition
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‘The Order’ Review: A Paunchy Jude Law Dominates Neo-Nazi Drama
Venice Film Festival: Director Justin Kurzel’s most accomplished work to date offsets broody fatalism against natural splendor
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‘Babygirl’ Review: Nicole Kidman Goes Dom-Com for Safe, Commercial Kink
Venice Film Festival: The A24 film is a descendant of “Fifty Shades” without much bite
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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Review: Sequel Is a Tim Burton Buffet, For Better and Worse
Venice Film Festival: Jenna Ortega and Winona Ryder star in the long-awaited follow-up
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How the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Created a Haven for Cinema in a World of Trouble
In the midst of international tumult, the Czech festival showcased notable films like the Norwegian drama “Loveable”
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival Winners List: ‘A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things’ Takes Top Prize
“Loveable” and “Three Days of Fish” also won at the Czech Republic fest
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Daniel Bruhl Charts His Journey From Marvel to a Satire About Franchises
Karlovy Vary Film Festival: The German-born actor will play a fictional version of director Sam Mendes in HBO’s satiric series “The Franchise”
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‘Limonov: The Ballad’ Review: Ben Whishaw Shines in a Jukebox Musical of Urban Squalor
Cannes 2024: Kirill Serebrennikov’s film is about a Russian poet and rabble rouser, but it spends much of its time in New York City at its grimiest low
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‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Review: Profoundly Brave Film Captures the Struggle of Iran’s People
Cannes 2024: Blazing with sober force and white-hot rage, it leaves little room for subtlety in unsubtle times
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‘All We Imagine as Light’ Review: An Intimate Peek Into the Grind of Big-City Mumbai Life
Cannes 2024: The film marks the first from an Indian filmmaker to compete for the Palme d’Or in three decades
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‘Emilia Perez’ Review: Jacques Audiard’s Gonzo Telenovela About a Trans Kingpin Is a Home Run
Cannes 2024: The French director’s latest is a big swing that hits the ball out of the park