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‘Sharper’ Review: Lots of Glitter, Little Gold in Sebastian Stan, Julianne Moore Drama
A shiny, reflective bauble that’s fun to play with but is ultimately forgettable
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‘Full Time’ Review: Laure Calamy Anchors Strong Story of Parental Struggle
Calamy delivers a performance that is utterly present, physically and emotionally
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‘One Fine Morning’ Review: Mia Hansen-Løve Captures Love, Death, and Renewal in a Young Mother’s Life
Léa Seydoux gives a striking performance, her face registering a panoply of emotions with honesty and subtlety
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‘Cat Person’ Review: Provocative Adaptation of Viral Short Story Makes Bold Choices
Sundance 2023: Writer Michelle Ashford and director Susanna Fogel build out the #MeToo world of the New Yorker short story
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‘The Starling Girl’ Review: Repressed Young Woman Seeks Freedom in Assured Indie Debut
Sundance 2023: Writer-director Laurel Parmet captures both the beauty and bondage of an isolated Christian community
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‘Fairyland’ Review: Moving Memoir of Daughter and Queer Father Hits the Screen With Emotional Heft
Sundance 2023: Scoot McNairy stuns in the lead role of an unconventional dad raising his child in 1970s San Francisco — and facing AIDS in the 80s
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‘Only in Theaters’ Review: Documentary Celebrates the Family Behind LA’s Laemmle Arthouse Chain
Raphael Sbarge’s film plays more effectively as a portrait of exhibitor Greg Laemmle than as a valentine to the moviegoing experience
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‘Matilda the Musical’ Film Review: The Kids Are Revolting, in the Best Way
The team behind the Olivier- and Tony-winning stage musical bring this tuneful tale of rebellious youth to rousing cinematic life
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‘Retrograde’ Review: Visceral Doc Puts Viewers Squarely Inside the U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan
The director of ”Cartel Land“ and ”The First Wave“ offers no easy answers about the end of the war, just the haunting faces of those involved
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‘The Territory’ Review: Amazonian Eco-Warriors Fight Back With Arrows – and Cameras
Alex Pritz’s urgent look at environmental destruction tempers its bleakness with the stirring hope of indigenous activists defending the rain forest
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‘Sam & Kate’ Review: Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek Family Project Disappoints
It’s fun to watch these legends play parents to their real-life offspring, but this rom-com offers little beyond that central gimmick
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‘My Policeman’ Review: Harry Styles’ LGBTQ Love-Triangle Tale Can’t Balance Time Periods
The film jumps back and forth between the 1950s and 1990s, but the two versions of the three characters never cohere
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‘Utama’ Review: Bolivia’s Oscar Entry Examines the End of a Way of Life
Disappearing water supply may force an elderly couple to abandon their home and move to the city in this Sundance award-winner
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‘Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me’ Review: Behind-the-Fame Doc Offers a Certain Level of Insight
AFI Fest 2022: Working with the director of ”Truth or Dare,“ Gomez purports to let it all hang out, although she’s still clearly in charge of what we do and don’t see
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‘Descendant’ Review: Powerful Doc Examines Generations of Oppression and Survival
Margaret Brown connects Africans kidnapped for the slave trade to their descendants, battling environmental racism, in a moving history
