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‘Let It Be Morning’ Review: Palestinian Drama Takes a Caustic and Familiar Path
The melancholy affair relies less on absurdist laughs and more on frank despair
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‘The Man in the Basement’ Review: In Tense French Drama, the Hate Is Coming From Inside the House
The ominous title is well-matched by an edgy score, tense editing, and a tough-to-watch buildup of pressure
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‘Shotgun Wedding’ Review: If Only J. Lo Had Said, ‘I Don’t’
After her first two leading men ran away from the project, Jennifer Lopez would have been wise to leave this script at the altar
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‘Food and Country’ Review: Ruth Reichl Doc About Food Systems Is Earnest, Captivating and Overstuffed
Sundance 2023: There’s an entire TV series’ worth of material to chew on within filmmaker Laura Gabbert’s documentary
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‘The Stroll’ Review: Poignant Tribute Documents Trans Sex Workers in Pre-Gentrified NYC
Sundance 2023: The film celebrates the resilience and strength of survivors of West 14th Street, even as it leaves us wanting to know more
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‘Scrapper’ Review: Dad and Daughter Bond in Lovely British Drama
Sundance 2023: First-time writer-director Charlotte Regan pairs Harris Dickinson and talented newcomer Lola Campbell
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‘Young. Wild. Free.’ Review: Teen Drama Veers Off-Track When Nightmare and Dream Girl Collide
Sundance 2023: For all the film’s shortcomings, it does provide a showcase for the talented Algee Smith
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‘A Still Small Voice’ Review: Thoughtful Doc Examines the Exhaustion of Hospital Chaplaincy
Sundance 2023: A chaplain-in-training faces a baptism of fire in the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic
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‘The Disappearance of Shere Hite’ Review: Doc Traces the Work and Woes of a Sexual Revolutionary
Sundance 2023: This compelling examination of Hite’s life is less a mystery and more a look at how feminists get manhandled by the media patriarchy
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The 10 Best Movies You May Have Missed of 2022
Keep an eye out for these titles that may have slipped under your radar
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‘Joyride’ Review: Not Even Olivia Colman Can Keep This Road Trip on Track
Generous viewers will be required to check their skepticism at the door for this cutesy drama about parenting and lost souls who find each other
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‘Nelly & Nadine’ Review: Extraordinary War Doc Also Tells a Love Story and a Family Saga
A lesbian affair unfolds during and beyond the horrors of the Holocaust in Magnus Gertten’s captivating film
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‘To the End’ Review: Eco-Documentary Finds Inspiration in Young Activists
Rachel Lears’ follow-up to ”Knock Down the House“ is less focused, if no less passionate
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‘Broadway Rising’ Review: Affectionate Doc Pays Tribute to Theaters Pushing Through COVID
From the stars to the ushers, we experience a community facing the pandemic and searching for a way forward
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‘Darby and the Dead’ Review: Soulless Teen Dramedy Arrives DOA
The film’s messages about popularity and social media read as wishy-wishy when they’re not downright retrograde
