Tag: 2010s
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‘Girlhood’: A Bracing Coming-of-Age Drama from Céline Sciamma
Sciamma avoids the genre’s fondness for sentimentality.
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Odds & Ends: March 2024
Notes from the last month.
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‘The Way He Looks’ is a Deeply Felt Teen Romance
Daniel Ribeiro’s rom-com is anchored by a moving lead performance from Ghilherme Lobo.
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Disasters
On ‘John Carter,’ ‘Battleship,’ and ‘Savages,’ the movies that made Taylor Kitsch’s infamous 2012.
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’21 Bridges’ is a Solid, If Unremarkable, Cop Thriller
The movie is additionally bolstered by strong performances from Chadwick Boseman, Stephan James, and Taylor Kitsch.
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The Still-Raw Pain of ‘McQueen’
Released less than a decade after the tragic death of its subject, the Scottish fashion designer Alexander McQueen, ‘McQueen’ is a documentary whose overhanging sadness has the consistency of paint that hasn’t yet dried.
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More Movies to Fall in Love with This February
Last February, I recommended some underappreciated movies worth checking out to ring in the year’s most romantic month for 425. Here are a few more.
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‘Nappily Ever After’ is a Rocky, But Intermittently Touching, Empowerment Tale
Sanaa Lathan elevates material susceptible to limiting tropes and thorny conclusions.