Monica Castillo
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‘Marcel the Shell With Shoes On’ Film Review: Jenny Slate Is the Voice of a Cinematic Hug
Director Dean Fleischer-Camp uses stop-motion animation with an open heart and a childlike sense of play
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‘Cyrano’ Film Review: Peter Dinklage Shines but the Songs Are Forgettable
Director Joe Wright’s adaptation of the Cyrano de Bergerac story is a bittersweet mixture of enjoyable highs and painful lows
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‘India Sweets and Spices’ Film Review: Sophia Ali and Rish Shah Bring the Heat to Indian-American Rom-Com
In Geeta Malik’s delightful love story, a college girl spends a summer confronting her family’s past and falling for a working-class grocer
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‘King Richard’ Film Review: Will Smith’s Turn as Venus and Serena Williams’ Dad Anchors Unconventional Sports Biopic
Until the sisters tell their own stories, this tale of the ambitious father who nurtured and coached them makes a powerful warm-up
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‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’ Film Review: Benedict Cumberbatch Lights Up Eccentric Biopic
As an artist with a love of cats (but no head for business), Cumberbatch taps into his playful side, which fits the film’s oddball tone
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‘Maya and the Three’ Review: Zoe Saldana Voices a Fierce Latina Heroine in Animated Netflix Series
Animator Jorge R. Gutiérrez’s epic quest is both narratively and visually arresting
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‘Acapulco’ Review: Apple TV+ Comedy Makes a Charming Day-Glo Trip Back to ’80s Mexican Resort
Eugenio Derbez is surprisingly more subdued narrating this bilingual show
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‘In the Heights’ Film Review: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Stage Hit Becomes a Screen Celebration
The film’s mix of musical styles and Latino characters gives voice (and dance) to a community too rarely celebrated in major-studio movies
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‘Promising Young Woman’ Film Review: Carey Mulligan Shines in Bold Thriller for the #MeToo Era
Carey Mulligan is electric as a woman out to scare predatory men in Emerald Fennell’s twisted tale of trauma and revenge
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‘The Burnt Orange Heresy’ Film Review: Mick Jagger Returns to the Screen in Twisty Art-World Thriller
Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki and Donald Sutherland dazzle in a tale of artists, critics and collectors with nefarious intent
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‘The Vast of Night’ Film Review: Sci-Fi Thriller Feels Like the ’50s – And Like Today
Director Andrew Patterson uses the simple ingredients of two characters, extraterrestrial intrigue and a small-town period setting to create a gripping adventure
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‘Spaceship Earth’ Film Review: Biosphere 2 Documentary Tells a Story Too Strange Not to Be True
For all their theatrics, the people involved in this legendarily disastrous experiment were correct in their warnings about climate change
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‘Deerskin’ Film Review: Jean Dujardin Is Dangerously Charming in Weirdo Western
Director Quentin Dupieux whips up a dark love story about a man and a vintage leather jacket with a mind of its own
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10 Best Documentaries of the 2010s, From ‘OJ: Made in America’ to ‘The Invisible War’ (Photos)
Decade in Review: “The Grand Bizarre” and “Cameraperson” rank among the highlights of the decade
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‘Las Pildoras de Mi Novio’ Film Review: Jaime Camil Attempts to Elevate the Mood of Distasteful Comedy
Mental illness and psychopharmacology make for cheap and not-very-funny comedic targets in overdone farce