Ben Croll
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‘Orphan’ Review: László Nemes’ Period Epic Is Slow as Molasses
Venice Film Festival: The 1957-set film from the “Son of Saul” filmmaker takes place in the wake of Budapest’s uprising against the Communist regime
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‘Silent Friend’ Review: A Cyclical Portrait of Plants and Human Connection Blooms Into a Blissful Trip
Venice Film Festival: By the time Ildikó Enyedi’s film hits its full stride, the lantern-like film leaves a feeling of pure grace
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‘The Stranger’ Review: François Ozon Deepens the Psychology of Camus’ Antihero
Venice Film Festival: This adaptation of the landmark novel expands on its source material while still ringing true
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‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Review: Devastating Drama Recreates the Final Hours of a Child’s Life in Gaza
Venice Film Festival: The press screening for Kaouther Ben Hania’s film was met with thunderous applause and full-body sobs
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‘Late Fame’ Review: Willem Dafoe Shines as a New York Poet Grappling With Delayed Renown
Venice Film Festival: Kent Jones’ Soho farce is based on Arthur Schnitzler’s posthumous novella of the same name
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‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: Amanda Seyfried Is a Charismatic Prophet in Shaker Musical
Venice Film Festival: Mona Fastvold’s zealous historical music chronicles the rise of a religious leader in 18th century Manchester
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‘Cover-Up’ Review: Seymour Hersh Documentary Makes the Journalist Both the Subject and the Source
Venice Film Festival: From My Lai and Abu Ghraib to Watergate and Nixon, filmmakers Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus praise and challenge the surly investigator
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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”