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Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
(2023)
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Lauren Coates
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This French vampire dramedy may not be groundbreaking, but its strong leads and dry humor make it well worth watching.
Posted Jul 10, 2024
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Last Summer
(2023)
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Kat Sachs
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French provocateur Catherine Breillat explores age gap relationships with complexity and truth in Last Summer.
Posted Jul 10, 2024
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Mother, Couch
(2023)
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Daniella Mazzio
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Mother, Couch captures something real about family and aging, but it remains unsatisfactory.
Posted Jul 09, 2024
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Music
(2023)
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Soham Gadre
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Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex inspired this intentional and affecting drama.
Posted Jul 05, 2024
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A Quiet Place: Day One
(2024)
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Noëlle D. Lilley
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As a franchise prequel, A Quiet Place: Day One doesn’t do enough world-building, but Lupita Nyong’o makes it worth a watch.
Posted Jul 05, 2024
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Fancy Dance
(2023)
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Noah Berlatsky
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Lily Gladstone appeared in two films in 2023. Martin Scorsese’s white-centered Killers of the Flower Moon received all the attention, but Erica Tremblay’s Fancy Dance is so far superior that it feels like an insult to even compare them.
Posted Jun 29, 2024
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A Family Affair
(2024)
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Maxwell Rabb
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Despite the A-list leads, a poor script and lack of originality will keep A Family Affair from being a hit.
Posted Jun 28, 2024
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Daddio
(2023)
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Andrea Thompson
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Cliche, regressive messaging and a deeply self-serious tone prevent Daddio from being even laughably enjoyable.
Posted Jun 25, 2024
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Kinds of Kindness
(2024)
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Maxwell Rabb
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The fables are violently obscure, each stimulating an almost insatiable desire to put together the disparate pieces of these worlds. It is old-school Lanthimos, with stilted scenes and gelastic dialogue, brutally crashing into his heart-dropping punches.
Posted Jun 25, 2024
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Thelma
(2024)
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Kylie Bolter
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This action-comedy leaves room for plenty of nuance about aging and autonomy.
Posted Jun 25, 2024
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I Used to be Funny
(2023)
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Kylie Bolter
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Rachel Sennott takes an impressive dramatic turn in this exploration of mental health and grief.
Posted Jun 25, 2024
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Cora Bora
(2023)
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Kylie Bolter
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The moments in which Cora’s self-assured facade slips bring richness and depth to the film; Stalter seamlessly weaves humor and sincerity, never softening her distinct comedic voice but grounding the character in reality...
Posted Jun 13, 2024
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The Watchers
(2024)
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Colleen Morrissey
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Ishana may well have a shining career in horror ahead of her—if she can escape the narrative sins of her father.
Posted Jun 13, 2024
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Robot Dreams
(2023)
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Noah Berlatsky
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Pablo Berger’s Robot Dreams is imaginative, bittersweet, and unrelentingly, almost unbearably, twee.
Posted Jun 13, 2024
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Young Woman and the Sea
(2024)
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Andrea Thompson
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A capable cast and crew make Young Woman and the Sea an enjoyable, if predictable, story of empowerment.
Posted Jun 07, 2024
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Hit Man
(2023)
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John Wilmes
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Hit Man is a fun romp set on making Glen Powell a star.
Posted Jun 07, 2024
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die
(2024)
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Adam Mullins-Khatib
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die does a little bit of everything while not being particularly great at anything. At its most mediocre moments, it’s a star-driven vehicle with questionable star power but, every so often, it reminds you of the genuinely funny film...
Posted Jun 07, 2024
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Stopmotion
(2023)
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Noah Berlatsky
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Stopmotion is a strange, disturbing, exhilaratingly perverse film, which, like stop-motion itself, brings dead objects to life, and vice versa.
Posted May 30, 2024
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
(2024)
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Kat Sachs
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The newest in the Max Max franchise doesn’t quite fill the shoes of its predecessor, but it’s still a highly compelling odyssey.
Posted May 29, 2024
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The Dead Don't Hurt
(2023)
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Maxwell Rabb
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Captivating framing drives this lyrical, romantic western.
Posted May 29, 2024
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Backspot
(2023)
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Noah Berlatsky
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Backspot looks like movies we’ve seen before, but that’s only part of why it’s groundbreaking.
Posted May 28, 2024
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Back to Black
(2024)
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Emma Oxnevad
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Much like the rabid tabloid coverage Winehouse faced, Back to Black is a lazy attempt to capitalize on both the success and struggles of a great artist.
Posted May 24, 2024
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In the Fade
(2017)
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Noah Berlatsky
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It remains a good movie, with an important message about the costs of intolerance and radicalization. It doesn’t, however, quite live up to the shattering power of its early moments.
Posted May 17, 2024
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IF
(2024)
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Noah Berlatsky
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IF is an imaginary friend that’s best left unseen.
Posted May 17, 2024
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
(2003)
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Kat Sachs
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Master and Commander is both quite good and a fun watch.
Posted May 16, 2024
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The Ship of Lost Men
(1929)
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Kat Sachs
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It's a terrifying premise and an even more terrifying sequence. I'll give the elder Tourneur credit even if I didn't care so much for the film overall—this part especially was brilliantly directed and achieved its intended effect...
Posted May 16, 2024
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
(2024)
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Myle Yan Tay
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Wes Ball’s entry to this franchise feels measured, complex, and ripe for sequels.
Posted May 13, 2024
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Mother of the Bride
(2024)
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Marah Eakin
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Netflix’s newest rom-com is middling and mindless.
Posted May 13, 2024
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The Idea of You
(2024)
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Maxwell Rabb
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The Idea of You is off-key. Each touching or funny moment is dulled down by a story that feels unrehearsed. Performances fall flat, and it feels like the last days of any boy band with infighting.
Posted May 07, 2024
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I Saw the TV Glow
(2024)
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Micco Caporale
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This horror-drama smartly explores the pain and complexity of trans youth.
Posted May 03, 2024
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Flipside
(2023)
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Leor Galil
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Flipside is a warm and discursive documentary.
Posted May 03, 2024
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The Fall Guy
(2024)
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Josh Flanders
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Screenwriter Drew Pearce has penned a hilarious and smart script that is self-aware and referential of the films and TV shows it parodies and celebrates.
Posted May 03, 2024
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Chicken for Linda!
(2023)
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Nina Li Coomes
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Astounding, vivid, and lively.
Posted May 03, 2024
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Unfrosted
(2024)
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Donald Liebenson
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This film is so eager to please that it ends with a song and dance number AND bloopers; mileage will vary on whether that frosts your flakes.
Posted May 03, 2024
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Wildcat
(2023)
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Dmitry Samarov
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Despite a strong cast, this Flannery O’Connor biopic doesn’t capture the prose of its subject.
Posted May 03, 2024
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Abigail
(2024)
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Catey Sullivan
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This horror-thriller is chaotic and a bit too long, but in the same vein as 2022’s M3gan, it’s ultimately entertaining.
Posted Apr 27, 2024
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Omen
(2023)
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S. Nicole Lane
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Mixing folklore and tradition, the film carries us through the damage of being misunderstood with breathtaking scenes that leave us afraid and mesmerized.
Posted Apr 27, 2024
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Rebel Moon: Part Two - The Scargiver
(2024)
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Kyle Logan
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This space opera sequel doesn’t quite capture the worldbuilding magic of its predecessor.
Posted Apr 27, 2024
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Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma
(2024)
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Noah Berlatsky
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If you’re looking for breathtaking effects and stagecraft, you’ll probably want to pass. If you want to see Ralph Fiennes give a definitive portrait of the tyrant as coward, you’ve come to the right moor.
Posted Apr 25, 2024
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Hanky Panky
(2023)
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Becca James
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Hanky Panky is a delightfully unserious horror movie crammed with comedy.
Posted Apr 20, 2024
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Exhibition on Screen: John Singer Sargent - Fashion & Swagger
(2024)
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Dmitry Samarov
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As such, it’s a serviceable introduction that might inspire a visit to a couture dress shop over one to a museum.
Posted Apr 20, 2024
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The First Omen
(2024)
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Noah Berlatsky
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This is a heartfelt, angry film whose exploitation genre beats can’t conceal a core of real hurt, betrayal, accusation, and maybe even—in the suggestion of sisterhood and resistance—hope.
Posted Apr 17, 2024
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Civil War
(2024)
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Hayden Mears
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It’s a searingly focused “what if” that eschews partisan soapboxes as it takes a hard-eyed look at everything war warps and takes.
Posted Apr 12, 2024
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Hard Miles
(2023)
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S. Nicole Lane
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For some, watching begrudging teens ride bikes might not sound exciting, but this film delivers a lot more than tires on asphalt.
Posted Apr 12, 2024
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The Old Oak
(2023)
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Myle Yan Tay
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The parallels Loach makes are obvious, but that doesn’t make the film any less emotionally potent.
Posted Apr 12, 2024
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The Beast
(2023)
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Kat Sachs
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It’s a textually dense, formally ambitious, and supremely engaging, genre-melding treatise on fear and love.
Posted Apr 11, 2024
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La Chimera
(2023)
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Maxwell Rabb
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Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera is dreamy and fantastical.
Posted Apr 03, 2024
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Easter Bloody Easter
(2024)
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Catey Sullivan
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It's no masterpiece, but this Easter horror film is a surprisingly fun and campy bloodbath.
Posted Mar 30, 2024
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Ennio
(2021)
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Maxwell Rabb
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Diving into the history of these scores touches the heart of anyone who has been moved by his songs. In the end, it’s reassuring to learn how much heart emanated from the composer.
Posted Mar 30, 2024
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
(2024)
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Jack Riedy
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This newest franchise entry is built on nostalgia and a stacked cast, but not enough to make it worth watching.
Posted Mar 30, 2024
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