Tag: 2020s
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‘Blue Heron’ is a Mosaic-Like Memory Movie
Sophy Romvari’s feature-length debut continues the affecting, understated personal excavations of her acclaimed short films.
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Reunions
‘Erupcja’ and ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2,’ reviewed.
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The Body Horrors of ‘Mother Mary’ and ‘Agon’
For South Sound: New movies from David Lowery and Giulio Bertelli, reviewed.
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Up to No Good
‘The Christophers,’ ‘The Stranger,’ and ‘Two Women,’ reviewed.
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Something’s Missing from ‘The Drama’
For 425: Kristoffer Borgli’s dark comedy is enjoyably prickly and queasily funny, but it’s surprisingly hesitant about fully engaging with its off-kilter premise.
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Different Angles
‘Steal This Story, Please!’ and ‘Palestine 36,’ reviewed.
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Superheroines
On Julia Loktev’s towering, terrifying ‘My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow.’
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‘Project Hail Mary’ Aims to Please
For South Sound: Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s space-set adventure wants to be an old-fashioned crowd-pleaser — sometimes to its detriment.
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‘Undertone’: Horror for the Filmed-Podcast Era
Plus: ‘Young Mothers’ is a typically unvarnished, compassionate movie from Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. (For 425)
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‘A Poet’ is No Redemption Story
Simón Mesa Soto’s tragicomedy, about a failed poet who finds something to live for in a talented young student, seems poised to be conventionally uplifting before taking some knottier turns.
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Arrangements
‘Pillion’ and ‘Mistress Dispeller,’ reviewed.
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Recent History
‘The Moment’ and ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab,’ reviewed.
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