Category: Reviews
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On ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
Notes on Shaka King’s frequently electrifying but oftentimes thinly rendered biographical drama.
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‘Alone in the Dark’ Makes the Home-Invasion Thriller Feel New Again
Writer-director Jack Sholder lends the material a satirical edge.
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The Long Goodbye
On ‘The Kid Detective’ and ‘Let Him Go.’
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‘Color Adjustment’ is an Essential TV Documentary
We consider what has changed since ‘Color Adjustment’ was released.
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Closing In
On ‘Promising Young Woman’ and ‘The Little Things.’
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‘The Legacy’ Feels About a Decade Behind
‘The Legacy’ is like Agatha Christie’s ‘And Then There Were None’ with an occult edge.
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‘Down in the Delta’: A Moving Directing Debut from Maya Angelou
The movie might have come across a lot more mawkish if not in Angelou’s sincere hands.
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‘The Housemaid’: A Precursor to ‘Parasite’
Though it has no more valuable insight than a trifling, plot-driven soap opera.
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Michelle Pfeiffer’s Radiance Takes ‘Married to the Mob’ to the Next Level
‘Married to the Mob’ is too good-natured and well-performed to have many damaging gripes with.
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Soulmates
On ‘Girlfriends’ and ‘Old Boyfriends.’
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Alfre Woodard is Astounding in ‘Clemency’
‘Clemency’ is ultimately meant to be taken in as a pragmatic advocacy drama.
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New Normal
On ‘Pieces of a Woman,’ ‘Sound of Metal,’ and ‘Impetigore.’
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