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‘Emanuel’ Film Review: Charleston Church Massacre Doc Stresses Forgiveness, Healing
Survivors and loved ones share painful memories, and many of them advocate for the killer’s repentance
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‘The Day Shall Come’ Film Review: ‘Four Lions’ Director Returns With Another Blistering Political Satire
The comedy mocks the FBI and possible terror suspects equally, not that those two groups have a similar real-life balance of power
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‘Monos’ Film Review: Evocative, Oblique Film Follows Kid Commandoes and Their Prisoners
One part “Lord of the Flies” and one part Mica Levi’s dissonant score results in a fascinating but sometimes vague coming of age
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‘Ms. Purple’ Film Review: Justin Chon’s Haunting Family Saga Explores Coping With Loss
The impending death of their father forces two siblings to assess their own lives in this beautiful drama from the “Gook” director
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Venice 2019 Line-Up Reminds Us Gender Equality Has a Long Way to Go (Commentary)
Women go underrepresented in competition at a festival that found room for Roman Polanski and Nate Parker
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‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’ Film Review: Child’s Eye View of Narco Wars Produces Chilling Childhood Tale
Writer-director Issa López’s story of a young girl seeking hope in horror calls to mind “Pan’s Labyrinth” and “The Devil’s Backbone”
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‘Good Boys’ Film Review: Naughty Boys Need Love Too in Coming-of-Age Comedy
The novelty of kids cursing wears thin, but the feelings of outsider-dom remain relatable and hilarious
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‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ Film Review: Teen Horror Anthology Spins Some Spooky Yarns
You don’t have to be a fan of the popular (and often banned) books to have fun with writer-producer Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation
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‘The Nightingale’ Film Review: ‘Babadook’ Director Packs a Wallop in Bleak Revenge Tale
Jennifer Kent’s intense rape drama doesn’t contain the usual cathartic violence or exploitative titillation
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‘Maiden’ Film Review: Extraordinary Women Buck the Odds, Sail Around the World in New Documentary
Director Alex Holmes vividly captures an all-female crew defying the elements — and sailing-world sexism — to achieve victory
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‘Papi Chulo’ Film Review: Matt Bomer Stars in Misguided Cross-Cultural Bromance
Bomer and co-star Ernesto Patiño do fine work, but this is another white-perspective comedy about an interracial friendship
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‘The Sun Is Also a Star’ Film Review: Star-Crossed Teen Romance Offers Plenty to Like, But Never Earns Love
There’s delight in this interracial love story, but the YA adaptation suffers from director Ry Russo-Young’s odd choices
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‘Poms’ Film Review: Diane Keaton and Jacki Weaver Bring Good Cheer to Senior Sports Comedy
A talented ensemble leaps over the occasional lapses of the writing and directing in this retirement-community underdog charmer
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‘El Chicano’ Film Review: Well-Intentioned Latinx Superhero Movie Gets More Wrong Than Right
Overstuffed with specific references to Chicano culture, the movie nonetheless offers up more fear-mongering cartel tropes
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‘Fast Color’ Film Review: Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s Got the Power in Feminist Superhero Indie
Julia Hart’s second feature is less about cataclysms and more about generations of women defending themselves against a cruel world
