movie reviews
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What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in April: ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home,’ ‘Parallel Mothers,’ ‘The Girl Can’t Help It,’ and More
Alonso Duralde spotlights the month’s best new physical-media releases — because streaming isn’t forever
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‘¡Viva Maestro!’ Film Review: Gustavo Dudamel Documentary Faces the Music of Political Upheaval
A lively if incomplete snapshot of a groundbreaking conductor’s efforts to support the idea of music fostering social change
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‘Ahed’s Knee’ Film Review: Raging Israeli Drama Is Both Physical and Lyrical
Israeli director Nadav Lapid’s film about an auteur angry at his own country is designed to keep viewers on their toes
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‘Apollo 10 1/2’ Film Review: Richard Linklater’s Nostalgic Reverie Is Less ‘First Man,’ More ‘Crooklyn’
The “Boyhood” director looks back at his “Space Age Childhood” when everything seemed new, shiny and possible
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‘Gagarine’ Film Review: Youths in a Paris Housing Project Reach for the Stars
Unflinching, exhilarating portrait of poverty and dashed dreams throws much-needed light on how society treats the working class
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‘The Contractor’ Film Review: Chris Pine Enters the Hired-Gun Gig Economy
Nihilistic take on the struggles of veterans falls short of effective storytelling
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‘Morbius’ Film Review: Jared Leto’s a Vegan Vampire in Underwhelming Marvel Horror
What starts as a fun mad-scientist saga ends up in the usual big battle, and the journey drags along the way
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‘You Are Not My Mother’ Film Review: Striking Irish Horror Film Mines Fear in Family Anxiety
There’s a slow burn that pays off in writer-director Kate Dolan’s feature debut
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‘Ambulance’ Film Review: Michael Bay’s Carmaggedon Chase Epic Hits All the Potholes
A heist goes wrong for Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, but so does Bay’s typically incomprehensible action editing
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‘Mothering Sunday’ Film Review: British Romance Offers Sexy Visuals and Muddled Plotting
Director Eva Husson doesn’t always nail story or character, but her camera loves to linger on Josh O’Connor
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‘Infinite Storm’ Film Review: Naomi Watts Anchors Visceral Mountain-Survival Drama
True story of grief and rescue works better in the thick of its intimate peril than when it tries to explain itself
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‘Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom’ Film Review: Small Oscar Contender Makes Big Impact
Bhutan’s first nominee tells a heart-tugging tale of a big-city teacher sent to the remotest school district on Earth
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‘Întregalde’ Film Review: Bitter Romanian Comedy Strands Do-Gooders in a Moral Wilderness
The latest from Radu Muntean (“Tuesday, After Christmas”) fuses horror tropes to low-key social realism
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‘Umma’ Film Review: Sandra Oh Haunted by Her Mother’s Memory in More Ways Than One
The legacy of abuse and the trauma of repression breaks out of the box in this spooky tale
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‘Jane by Charlotte’ Film Review: Charlotte Gainsbourg Goes Deep With Her Mother Jane Birkin in Riveting Documentary
Mothers, daughters, aging, regrets, and much more are examined in a series of revealing, loving conversations