movie reviews
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‘Vesper’ Film Review: Quietly Dazzling Sci-Fi Drama Creates a New Kind of Genre
Karlovy Vary Film Festival: This European-made, English-language production mixes modern young-adult fiction with the rhythms of the European arthouse
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‘Fire of Love’ Film Review: Married Scientists Devote Their Lives to Each Other, and to Volcanoes
The nature-documentary footage of lava is awe-inspiring, as is the love story of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft
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‘Citizen Ashe’ Film Review: Arthur Ashe Doc Movingly Chronicles Tennis Champ and Human Rights Activist
A wealth of archival footage and a powerful thematic thread of political evolution give power to this sports documentary
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‘Hallelujah’ Film Review: Doc Explores Leonard Cohen’s Legacy Through That One Song
Cohen’s most-performed song is the jumping-off spot for Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine’s film openhearted about the late singer
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‘The Forgiven’ Film Review: Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain Find Humanity in Some Nasty People
There’s a lot of despicable stuff going on in this efficiently nasty drama from John Michael McDonagh, the Irish writer-director of “The Guard” and “Cavalry”
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‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Film Review: Yellow Subservients Return, More Irritating Than Ever
These jaundiced annoyances are clearly a big money-maker, but this latest go-round serves only to spotlight the lack of creativity in studio animation
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‘Sniper: The White Raven’ Film Review: Ukrainian Character Study Devolves Into Generic Revenge Thriller
Director Marian Bushan introduces us to a complicated figure but can’t handle the shift into standard (but well-shot) action movie tropes
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‘Beba’ Film Review: Insightful Self-Portrait Broadens the Documentary Landscape
First-time director Rebeca Huntt turns the camera on herself in a way that Black and Brown women are rarely allowed to in U.S. cinema
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All 33 Elvis Movies, Ranked from Worst to Good (Photos)
With Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” hitting theaters, it’s time to look at The King’s checkered history as a movie star
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‘Wildhood’ Film Review: Indigenous LGBTQ Coming-of-Age Tale Follows Its Own Path
A Mi’kmaq teenager reclaims his culture and embraces his sexuality in this moving and surprising road-trip story
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‘A Man of Integrity’ Film Review: Iranian Corruption Drama Bristles With Dissidence
Mohammad Rasoulof is no stranger to Iran’s injustices, and his searing 2017 film finally getting a US release only intensified his persecution back home
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‘Flux Gourmet’ Film Review: Peter Strickland’s Culinary Art-Happening Hungers for Sonic Truth
The director of “The Duke of Burgundy” and “In Fabric” wrings catharsis from Fluxus and reflux
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‘The Black Phone’ Film Review: Stephen King–Flavored Retro Horror Delivers Solid Chills
Scott Derrickson’s adaptation of a Joe Hill story leaves a lot on the table, character-wise, but it’s an effectively nostalgic scary tale
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‘Watcher’ Film Review: Maika Monroe Stares Down a Potential Killer in an Intense But Low-Key Thriller
Director Chloe Okuno is less interested in cheap thrills than in exploring the ways that women are ignored when they talk about men being dangerous
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‘Mr. Malcolm’s List’ Film Review: Supporting Players Steal the Show in Lush Period Romance
Zawe Ashton’s revenge-seeking schemer winds up being far more interesting than the ostensible romantic leads
