Ben Croll
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‘The Mastermind’ Review: Josh O’Connor Charms in Kelly Reichardt’s Shaggy ’70s Caper
Cannes 2025: Alana Haim co-stars in this mixed-bag story of a ne’er-do-well plotting a heist
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With ‘Six Billion Dollar Man’ Doc, Eugene Jarecki Wants Julian Assange to Be Seen ‘As a Full Person’
Cannes 2025: “I’m not here to do counter-propaganda, I’m here to speak truth to power,” the filmmaker says of his film about the Wikileaks founder
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‘The History of Sound’ Review: Paul Mescal Romances Josh O’Connor, Sings in Muted Drama
Cannes 2025: Olivier Hermanus’ restrained period film struggles to come alive
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‘A Private Life’ Review: Jodie Foster Goes French in Wry Murder Mystery Thriller
Cannes 2025: The actress plays a psychiatrist who tries to solve the death of her patient in Rebecca Zlotowski’s latest
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‘Eleanor the Great’ Review: June Squibb Shines in Scarlett Johansson’s Slight but Effective Directorial Debut
Cannes 2025: The 94-year-old plays a widow struggling with the loss of her best friend
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‘Nouvelle Vague’ Review: Richard Linklater’s ‘Breathless’ Making-Of Biopic Is a Delightful Hang
Cannes 2025: The filmmaker’s labor of love also showcases a little-heralded aspect of Linklater’s career: technical craft
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‘Eddington’ Review: Ari Aster Reunites With Joaquin Phoenix – and Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal – in Risqué Political Fantasia
Cannes 2025: What begins as a surprisingly genteel send-up of pandemic-era fever-dreams finds more satisfying footing by letting loose to fully embody that mania
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‘Case 137’ Review: A Perfectly Fine Yet Inessential Examination of Police Brutality
Cannes 2025: Dominik Moll’s French drama “Dossier 137” wouldn’t feel out of place as a Very Austere Episode of “Loi & Ordre”
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Cannes 2025 Critic’s Take: Who Will Ride a Wave to Mainstream Success?
TheWrap magazine: New films from Spike Lee, Joachim Trier and Julia Ducournau could follow recent Cannes crossover hits like “Anora” and “Anatomy of a Fall”
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‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ Review: Jacob Elordi Gives a Soulful, Years-Spanning Performance
Berlinale: Justin Kurzel adapts Richard Flanagan’s prizewinning novel in this five-part, genre-mashing limited series
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‘Blue Moon’ Review: Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater Luxuriate in Old Showbiz Drama
Berlinale: The purposefully stagey film chronicles the life of American lyricist Lorenz Hart
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‘Dreams’ Review: Jessica Chastain Partners Again With Michel Franco to Diminishing Results
Berlinale: The Oscar winner and co-star Isaac Hernández show little vanity (and much of everything else) in a pair of bold performances
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‘Mickey 17’ Review: Robert Pattinson Is Comedy Gold in Bong Joon-ho’s Madcap Sci-Fi Satire
Berlinale: The “Parasite” filmmaker is back with a gnarly feast that verges on gluttony
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‘Horizon 2’ Review: Kevin Costner’s Slow and Flat Sequel Unlikely to Win New Fans
Venice Film Festival: The second part of the filmmaker’s planned four-part American Saga is more soap opera than spectacle
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‘April’ Review: Abortion Drama Is a Singular Horror Show
Venice Film Festival: Director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s distinct film follows an OB-GYN who performs illegal abortions in Georgia