‘Tuesday’ Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Takes a Rewarding Art House Plunge in a Gutsy Debut Feature
In writer-director Daina O. Pusi?'s allegory, the comedy star plays the mother of a dying girl and Death appears in the form of a compassionate parrot.
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‘Wildcat’ Review: Maya Hawke and Laura Linney Dazzle in Ethan Hawke’s Exquisite Take on Flannery O’Connor
The two leads each play six roles in a film that intertwines the Southern writer’s literary creations with a key part of her biography.
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‘Baltimore’ Review: Imogen Poots’ Resolute Fury Fuels a Portrait of a Real-Life Heiress Turned Revolutionary
The feature by Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor focuses on the aftermath of the largest art heist in history, committed in the name of the Irish Republican Army.
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‘Hesitation Wound’ Review: A Pitch-Perfect Character Study Explores the Vagaries of Justice
A criminal defense attorney juggles urgent matters on the job and within her family in a Turkish drama premiering at the Venice Film Festival.
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‘The Royal Hotel’ Review: Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick in Kitty Green’s Bruising Outback Drama
Two American backpackers sign on as temporary workers at a remote Australian pub in a narrative feature inspired by a documentary.
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‘Fingernails’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed Quietly Ignite a Low-Tech Sci-Fi Exploration of Romantic Love
Jeremy Allen White and Luke Wilson also star in the English-language debut of Christos Nikou, the Athens-born director of ‘Apples.’
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‘Food, Inc. 2’ Review: A Wake-Up Call That Strikes a Thoughtful Balance Between the Heartening and the Dire
Following up on the 2008 documentary, part two tracks promising breakthroughs and deepening problems in American agriculture and the multinational food industry.
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‘The Bikeriders’ Review: Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy Stir the Surface of Jeff Nichols’ Gorgeous, Violent Love Letter to Outsiders
Inspired by a work of New Journalism about a 1960s motorcycle club, the Chicago-set drama — co-starring Austin Butler and Mike Faist — combines material from that book with a fictional narrative.
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‘Rustin’ Review: Colman Domingo Brings an Underappreciated Civil Rights Hero to Passionate Life in George C. Wolfe’s Rousing Feature
In his first big-screen lead role, the actor portrays the chief architect of the historic 1963 March on Washington, a gay man who was well ahead of his time in being out and proud.
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‘Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity’ Review: Amazon’s Docuseries Aims Beyond Formula to Hit the High Notes
The three-part portrait explores the life and music of the revered and influential saxophonist, who died in March.
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‘The Beautiful Summer’ Review: An Uneven but Sensuous and Sensitive Coming-of-Age Drama
Set in 1938 Turin, Laura Luchetti’s adaptation of a novel by Cesare Pavese — premiering at the Locarno Film Festival — centers on a young woman’s sexual awakening.
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‘The Unknown Country’ Review: Lily Gladstone Is the Radiant Center of a Lyrical Hybrid Drama
The ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ star plays a young woman reconnecting with her Oglala Lakota relatives in a feature that weaves documentary elements into its road-trip narrative.
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