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‘Dos Estaciones’ Review: Gorgeously Moody Drama Captures the Struggles of a Tequila Rancher
Juan Pablo González’s atmospheric narrative mixes story, performance and real life to portray a Mexico changed by the modern economy
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‘The Bengali’ Review: New Orleans Author Searches for Her Indian Grandfather’s Past in Travelogue Doc
This meandering trip leaves one wanting to much more, both intellectually and artistically
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‘Carmen’ Film Review: Border-Set Reimagining of Classic Tale Is a Pas de Dull
Toronto Film Festival 2022: Choreographer Benjamin Millepied’s choppy directorial debut even bobbles the dancing, although Rossy de Palma’s club queen steals the show
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‘Allelujah’ Film Review: Richard Eyre Handles Alan Bennett’s Witty, Sensitive Hospital Play With Care
Toronto Film Festival 2022: Judi Dench and Derek Jacobi are among the stars of this comedy that balances wisecracks about aging and blistering commentary on health-care cuts
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‘Hold Me Tight’ Film Review: Vicky Krieps Is Gripping as a Mother Who Abandons Her Family
Writer-director Mathieu Amalric finds mystery and humanity in an unreliable narrator whose motives aren’t immediately obvious to the viewer
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‘Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America’ Film Review: Enjoyable Doc Celebrates Spaghetti-Western Auteur
Venice Film Festival 2022: Eastwood, Scorsese, Spielberg and Tarantino help pay homage to the cinema giant behind classics of the genre
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‘A Compassionate Spy’ Film Review: Steve James Doc Examines a WWII Scientist’s Moral Espionage
Venice Film Festival 2022: The ”Hoop Dreams“ director sheds a light on Ted Hall, who shared atomic secrets with the USSR, but places his acts in the context of the USA’s post-war nuclear ambitions
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‘White Noise’ Film Review: Adam Driver Fears Death in Noah Baumbach’s Don DeLillo Adaptation
Venice Film Festival 2022: The “Marriage Story” filmmaker’s reverent, stylish tribute to a great comic novel about American panic isn’t always the post-pandemic release you need, but it entertains
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‘Out of the Blue’ Film Review: Soft-Boiled Noir Delivers Femme-Fatale Flatness
Not even a well-cast Diane Kruger can save Neil LaBute’s bland wade into James M. Cain waters
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‘Rogue Agent’ Film Review: Bizarre Real-Life Con Drama Delivers Superficial Thrills
Gemma Arterton dynamically tracks down James Norton’s fraudster, but the thriller template doesn’t do justice to this strange-but-true story
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‘Fall’ Film Review: Heights-Driven Thriller Successfully Maintains Its Grip
This suspended-suspenser plays to audience acrophobia
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‘Easter Sunday’ Film Review: Jo Koy’s Fractured Family Comedy Is All Cracks
Koy’s onstage charm doesn’t quite make the leap to the big screen, in a movie that forfeits cultural specificity for a wacky crime subplot
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‘Not Okay’ Film Review: Quinn Shephard’s Tangy Influencer Satire Misses the Mark
The talented writer-director’s sophomore effort awkwardly critiques internet fame as a coping mechanism
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‘Citizen Ashe’ Film Review: Arthur Ashe Doc Movingly Chronicles Tennis Champ and Human Rights Activist
A wealth of archival footage and a powerful thematic thread of political evolution give power to this sports documentary
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‘A Man of Integrity’ Film Review: Iranian Corruption Drama Bristles With Dissidence
Mohammad Rasoulof is no stranger to Iran’s injustices, and his searing 2017 film finally getting a US release only intensified his persecution back home
