Category: Review
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Old Friends, Together Again, in ‘Past Lives’ and ‘The Blackening’
Celine Song’s acclaimed feature debut and an inspired horror comedy, reviewed.
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‘Primal Fear’ is Glossy Garbage
‘Primal Fear’ is cheaply fun, but some of that fun is weighed down by thoughts of the better movie it could have been.
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Things Fall Apart: Two by Uli Edel
Two by Uli Edel.
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Turbulence
Two ‘90s gems — ‘Drylongso’ and ‘The Doom Generation’ — are restored and as invigorating as ever.
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‘Runaway Bride’: A Match Made in Hell
It’s hard to buy that someone who’s nationally humiliated you could be your soulmate, and ‘Runaway Bride’ isn’t charming enough to do any convincing otherwise.
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‘The Cotton Club’ is Slight But Beautiful to Look At
Even the encore cut of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1984 box-office flop feels dramatically hollow.
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‘8 Million Ways to Die’ is an Uneasy, But Engaging, Neo-Noir
The movie always feels uncomfortable. Its attempts to be a labyrinthine mystery, a squalid noir, and a somewhat serious study of alcoholism’s destructiveness all have a similar quality to walking around in clothes that don’t fit.
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Reality Bites in ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ and ‘Reality’
A dazzling animated movie and an acting showcase, reviewed.
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‘8MM’ is Almost Comically Grim
‘8MM’’s portrayal of the underground-porn world conversely has the texture of one imagined by a well-off 60-something who wouldn’t know much about that kind of thing.
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‘Wendy and Lucy’ is a Moving — and Harrowing — Survival Drama
Williams isn’t given a lot to say, but her performance emits her character’s unspoken convictions in a way that tells us everything we need to know about a tenacious young woman struggling to maintain that tenacity.
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‘Cactus Flower’ Makes It Seem Easy to Do Comedy
Everybody is on their A game in this pitch-perfect farce.
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Crashing and Burning in ‘Showing Up’ and ‘Fast X’
New Kelly Reichardt and ‘Fast and Furious’ nonsense.
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