movie reviews
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‘7 Prisoners’ Film Review: Brutal Brazilian Drama Examines Modern-Day Slavery and Exploitation
Rodrigo Santoro plays a cruel boss who’s merely part of a pyramid of economic abuse in this social-realist powerhouse
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‘tick, tick…Boom!’ Film Review: Lin-Manuel Miranda Pays Homage to the Creative Process in Impressive Directorial Debut
AFI 2021: Andrew Garfield’s sincere, try-hard acting style is a perfect fit for the late Jonathan Larson, the author and protagonist of this musical
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‘Passing’ Film Review: Rebecca Hall Explores Race in Stunning Directorial Debut
Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga play characters who can pass for white, and the drama digs into the roots of their masquerade
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‘Spencer’ Film Review: Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana Makes for a Brilliant and Silly Drama
Chilean director Pablo Larrain’s film has the potential to become a gothic, almost camp classic
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‘Eternals’ Film Review: Chloé Zhao’s MCU Movie Is Colossal, Cosmic and Refreshingly Close Up
The director of “Nomadland” can do spectacle, but she never loses sight of the characters standing in front of the explosions
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‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’ Film Review: Benedict Cumberbatch Lights Up Eccentric Biopic
As an artist with a love of cats (but no head for business), Cumberbatch taps into his playful side, which fits the film’s oddball tone
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‘The Harder They Fall’ Film Review: Star-Studded Black Western Isn’t Always Fully Loaded
First-time director Jeymes Samuels offers up style, audacity and lots of marquee names, but not enough characterization
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‘Son of Monarchs’ Film Review: Mexican Scientist, Like the Butterflies He Studies, Straddles the Border
Writer-director Alexis Gambis’ overambitious film makes perceptive points about how people who leave home always carry home with them
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‘Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin’ Film Review: Franchise Reboot Plays Like Subpar, Found-Footage ‘Midsommar’
The last act is scary and effective — good luck staying awake to get there
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‘Minyan’ Film Review: Drama Vividly Portrays Religious Young Man’s Sexual Yearnings
Samuel H. Levine (Broadway’s “The Inheritance”) subtly but powerfully carries Eric Steel’s debut feature
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‘Last Night in Soho’ Film Review: Edgar Wright Salutes London’s Sleazy Glamour and Dangerous Romance
Great performances and brilliant needle-drops bolster Wright’s best film since “Shaun of the Dead”
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‘Joy Ride’ Film Review: Bobcat Goldthwait and Dana Gould Embrace the Journey in Stand-Up-Comedy Doc
The seasoned vets reveal new sides of themselves as well as their longtime personal and professional relationships
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‘The Souvenir Part II’ Film Review: Gentle British Drama Is Haunted by the Past
British director Joanna Hogg has crafted a delicate and exquisite follow-up to her 2019 art-house hit “The Souvenir”
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‘Violet’ Film Review: Olivia Munn Can’t Silence Her Inner Critic in Justine Bateman’s Sensitive Directorial Debut
Justin Theroux provides the self-sabotaging inner voice of Munn’s unhappy studio exec
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‘Attica’ Film Review: Documentary Sets the Record Straight, 50 Years After the Uprising
Stanley Nelson relies on first-hand testimony to capture the truth behind the still-shocking prison massacre