Tag: Review
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‘Night Moves’: It’s Hard to Be a Hero
The most interesting thing about ‘Night Moves’ is not the details of its snarled-up narrative but the psychological and emotional complications that inform it.
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‘Get Shorty’: A Loan Shark’s Hollywood Dreams
‘Get Shorty’ is such a breezy movie that even the violence has a levity.
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Simon Rex is Perfectly Cast in ‘Red Rocket’
Plus: Joel Coen’s visually inspired but inessential ‘Macbeth’ adaptation.
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The Sweet-and-Sour Nostalgia of ‘Licorice Pizza’
Alana Haim hits you like a moonbeam.
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‘The Matrix Resurrections’ is Full of New Life
On Lana Wachowski’s new sequel.
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‘Nightmare Alley’ is Beautifully Hollow
Plus: ‘Drive My Car.’
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A Miscast Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem Are the Least of ‘Being the Ricardos’’ Problems
Plus: ‘West Side Story.’
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‘The Hours’ Washes Over You
Despite the specificities of its characters’ pain, ‘The Hours’ finds universalities with such resounding precision that you finish it still underneath its clouds.
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‘Mondays in the Sun’ Feels Stuck in a Lull, But That’s Part of the Point
The movie was among Spain’s most decorated films of 2002.
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‘Fletch’ is a Breezy Detective Romp
‘Fletch’ goes by with the odd sense that there is almost nothing to really be worried about, because this preternaturally assured journalist is going to figure it all out.
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‘The Power of the Dog’ is Another Triumph for Jane Campion
The film carries on the director’s long-standing inclination toward the literary.
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‘The 24-Hour Woman’ Can Be Scattered, But It Can Be Incisive, Too
‘The 24-Hour Woman’’s feelings of disarray reach their peak near its end, when we get a finale so extravagantly illogical that I thought for sure I’d only endure a few more minutes of it before an “it was all just a dream” reveal.
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