‘Dilili in Paris’ Film Review: Animated French Period Saga Provides a History Lesson for Kids
French animation legend Michel Ocelot mixes stylized characters with realistic backgrounds, to mixed effect
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‘End of the Century’ Film Review: Lush Gay Romance Explores Paths Not Taken
Lucio Castro’s debut feels like a gay spin on Richard Linklater’s “Before” trilogy, all distilled into a single film
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‘Killerman’ Film Review: Liam Hemsworth Gets Amnesia in Forgettable Thriller
Malik Bader wants to pay homage to the gritty classics of the ’70s and ’80s, but he’s kept the toxicity while jettisoning the introspection
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‘Overcomer’ Film Review: Sports-Centric Faith-Based Drama Preaches, Repetitively, to the Choir
The writing, the acting, even the lighting fails to turn the thudding messaging into something resembling cinematic entertainment
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‘Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles’ Film Review: Animated Portrait Captures a Director at Work, and Haunted by Dreams
A young Luis Buñuel examines his ethics and his hunger for paternal love in this incisive and occasionally surreal animated feature
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‘The Ground Beneath My Feet’ Film Review: Valerie Pachner Makes Great Strides as a Working Woman on the Verge
Writer-director Marie Kreutzer blisteringly examines a workplace that demands women push all emotion aside, no matter the cost
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‘The Chambermaid’ Film Review: Mexican Drama Gives Powerful Voice to Invisible Laborers
Actress Gabriela Cartol and first-time director Lila Avilés bring a hotel maid’s dreams and ambitions to vivid life
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‘Straight Up’ Film Review: Gay Boy Meets Straight Girl in Banter-Filled Comedy
Frameline 2019: Writer-director-star James Sweeney explores his star-crossed lovers from every angle of the Kinsey scale
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‘Our Time’ Film Review: Mexican Visionary Carlos Reygadas Explores the Limits of Fidelity
This latest masterpiece from the legendary filmmaker asks the hard questions about love and marriage and our fleeting existence
