Tag: 2020s
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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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Short Takes: SIFF Edition
On ‘Year of the Fox,’ ‘My Animal,’ and ‘Love to Love You, Donna Summer.’
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‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret’ is a Winning Coming-of-Age Movie
Plus: ‘Clock’ is intriguing, but ultimately ineffective, pregnancy horror.
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Nicolas Cage Vamps It Up in ‘Renfield’
‘Renfield’ is unsurprisingly best when Cage is on screen.
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‘Air’ is Charming Nike Propaganda
Plus: ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ is a tense eco-thriller.
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Short Takes: ‘Rye Lane,’ ‘Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,’ and ‘Dungeons & Dragons’
A rom-com, a documentary, and a fantasy comedy.
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The Unsentimental Journeys of ‘Return to Seoul’ and ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’
Two new movies steeped in chaos, country-hopping, and characters with a knack for leaving disaster in their wakes.
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Jane Fonda Gives One of Her Best Performances in ‘Moving On’
‘Moving On’ doesn’t really know what to do with itself, but it does prove how difficult it is to put Fonda and Tomlin together in a movie and come up with a bad time.
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‘One Fine Morning’ is a Poignant Drama About a Life at a Crossroads
‘One Fine Morning’ looks for the profound in the ordinary; Hansen-Løve and Seydoux make the search feel more than worthwhile.
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The White Lines and White Lies of ‘Cocaine Bear’ and ‘Huesera: The Bone Woman’
Elizabeth Banks’ silly new creature feature and an auspicious horror debut, reviewed.
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In ‘Sharper’ and ‘The Outwaters,’ Things Are Not Quite What They Seem
A con-game thriller and a found-footage horror movie, reviewed.
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‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ and ‘Your Place or Mine’ Struggle to Find a Rhythm
A sequel and a rom-com.
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