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‘Women Talking’ Review: Sarah Polley’s Searing Drama Contemplates Revenge and Forgiveness
By Tomris Laffly | January 20, 2023 @ 9:48 AMThe sexually-abused members of a religious community get to decide what happens next, and the results are riveting
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‘If These Walls Could Sing’ Review: Abbey Road Studio Gets a Slight, Sunny Tribute
By Steve Pond | December 15, 2022 @ 4:56 PMFirst-time director Mary McCartney takes an affectionate look at the London studio that her dad’s band helped make famous
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‘Empire of Light’ Review: Sam Mendes’ Love Letter to Cinema Lacks Focus
By Tomris Laffly | December 8, 2022 @ 5:15 PMThis reverie on movie palaces often forgets the part about actually loving film, among many other script issues
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‘Retrograde’ Review: Visceral Doc Puts Viewers Squarely Inside the U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan
By Katie Walsh | December 7, 2022 @ 5:00 PMThe 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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‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ Review: Fresh Take on D.H. Lawrence Classic Doesn’t Skimp on Eroticism
By Tomris Laffly | December 2, 2022 @ 12:35 PMEmma Corrin and Jack O’Connell offer scorching sexuality in a film that finds new tones in an oft-adapted story
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‘The Wonder’ Review: Florence Pugh Stuns as a Woman of Science in a Community of Faith
By Tomris Laffly | November 16, 2022 @ 2:00 PMThe director of ”A Fantastic Woman“ and the author of ”Room“ find a vehicle that perfectly blends their sensibilities
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‘Theater of Thought’ Film Review: Werner Herzog Offers a Baffling Guided Tour of the Brain
By Steve Pond | September 4, 2022 @ 9:47 AMTelluride Film Festival 2022: The prolific director makes the exploration as wide-ranging, philosophical and off-the-wall as possible
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‘Merkel’ Film Review: Former German Leader Noticeably Absent From Her Own Documentary
By Martin Tsai | September 3, 2022 @ 9:19 PMTelluride Film Festival 2022: This sketchy portrait of the ex-Chancellor feels bereft of insight or detail on a fascinating political life
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‘Icarus: The Aftermath’ Film Review: Sequel to Oscar-Winning Documentary Finds Emotion in Sporting Scandal
By Steve Pond | September 2, 2022 @ 6:18 PMTelluride Film Festival 2022: Bryan Fogel’s film is more assured and more moving than his 2017 expose of Russia’s doping program
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‘Squaring the Circle’ Film Review: Music Meets Image in Stylish Rock Documentary
By Steve Pond | September 2, 2022 @ 6:00 PMTelluride 2022: Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page, Roger Waters and more pay tribute to legendary design agency Hipgnosis in Anton Corbijn’s film
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‘Citizen Ashe’ Film Review: Arthur Ashe Doc Movingly Chronicles Tennis Champ and Human Rights Activist
By Robert Abele | July 3, 2022 @ 9:06 AMA wealth of archival footage and a powerful thematic thread of political evolution give power to this sports documentary
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‘Marcel the Shell With Shoes On’ Film Review: Jenny Slate Is the Voice of a Cinematic Hug
By Monica Castillo | June 23, 2022 @ 5:40 PMDirector 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
By Monica Castillo | February 25, 2022 @ 6:30 AMDirector Joe Wright’s adaptation of the Cyrano de Bergerac story is a bittersweet mixture of enjoyable highs and painful lows
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‘Becoming Cousteau’ Film Review: Respectful Doc Offers Nostalgic Look at Prescient Eco-Icon
By Elizabeth Weitzman | November 24, 2021 @ 12:12 PMLiz 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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‘King Richard’ Film Review: Will Smith’s Turn as Venus and Serena Williams’ Dad Anchors Unconventional Sports Biopic
By Monica Castillo | November 18, 2021 @ 2:12 PMUntil the sisters tell their own stories, this tale of the ambitious father who nurtured and coached them makes a powerful warm-up