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‘Becoming Cousteau’ Film Review: Respectful Doc Offers Nostalgic Look at Prescient Eco-Icon
Liz Garbus’ film burnishes the Jacques Cousteau legend, but it also reminds us how important his oceanic work remains to this day
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‘Mayor Pete’ Film Review: Decent Documentary, or Cleverly Crafted Campaign Ad?
A few sharp edges make their way into a portrait that’s often lacking in deeper insight about Pete Buttigieg’s life and career
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‘Love Is Love Is Love’ Film Review: Eleanor Coppola’s Misguided Romantic Triptych Puts Limits on Love
The title suggests a broad look at romance, but these three vignettes are squarely white, wealthy, heterosexual — and shallow
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‘The Beta Test’ Film Review: Indie Satire Takes Sharp Aim at Hollywood
PJ McCabe and Jim Cummings create a tense, paranoid, and darkly funny vision of the post-Weinstein film industry
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‘Joy Ride’ Film Review: Bobcat Goldthwait and Dana Gould Embrace the Journey in Stand-Up-Comedy Doc
The seasoned vets reveal new sides of themselves as well as their longtime personal and professional relationships
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‘Violet’ Film Review: Olivia Munn Can’t Silence Her Inner Critic in Justine Bateman’s Sensitive Directorial Debut
Justin Theroux provides the self-sabotaging inner voice of Munn’s unhappy studio exec
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‘South of Heaven’ Film Review: Jason Sudeikis Gets Lassoed into Cheap Genre Thrills
The actor gets to show off his dramatic chops, but that’s not enough to justify this grimly derivative thriller’s existence
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‘The Starling’ Film Review: Melissa McCarthy and Chris O’Dowd Have Wings Clipped by Conventional Drama
Kevin Kline co-stars in this predictable and familiar tale once featured on the Black List
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‘Karen’ Film Review: Ridiculous Thriller Tackles Racism With the Depth of a Meme
The oddly cast Taryn Manning can’t find a character within the stereotype
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‘On Broadway’ Film Review: Documentary Offers Neon Lights But Not Much Else
This star-filled celebration plays more like an informercial than a movie
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‘Candyman’ Film Review: Nia DaCosta Deconstructs and Re-Creates a Horror Classic
DaCosta and co-writers Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld update and rethink the material in provocative ways
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‘Respect’ Film Review: Jennifer Hudson Brings Soul to Aretha Franklin Biopic
It’s more effective as a jukebox musical than a character piece, but the central performance and those amazing songs pull it all together
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‘Whirlybird’ Film Review: Family Breakup Makes Most Impact in Journalism Doc
The evolution of L.A.-based news pales in comparison to the personal story in Matt Yoka’s documentary
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‘Nine Days’ Film Review: Spiritual Sundance Drama Deflates on Arrival
At sea level, the film’s fuzzy philosophy succumbs to a complete lack of internal logic
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‘No Ordinary Man’ Film Review: Meta-Doc Deconstructs Story of Transmasculine Jazz Musician Billy Tipton
Through interviews and recreations, the filmmakers capture Tipton’s life and explore how and by whom the history of trans people gets told
