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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
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‘C’mon C’mon’ Film Review: Joaquin Phoenix Explores His Paternal Side in Humane Mike Mills Dramedy
By Carlos Aguilar | November 18, 2021 @ 1:53 PMPhoenix, Gaby Hoffman, and young Woody Norman build familial bonds as the film explores the hopes of the young for life on this planet
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‘Julia’ Film Review: Documentary on Beloved Culinary Revolutionary Goes Down Easy
By Alonso Duralde | November 12, 2021 @ 10:19 AMThe makers of ”RBG“ return with another ”Here’s a legend you love, and here’s why you love her“ doc
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‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’ Film Review: Benedict Cumberbatch Lights Up Eccentric Biopic
By Monica Castillo | November 4, 2021 @ 1:15 PMAs 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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‘The Rescue’ Film Review: Thai Soccer Team Cave Rescue Doc Spins a Yarn So Wild It Has to Be True
By William Bibbiani | October 7, 2021 @ 2:30 PMThe ”Free Solo“ directors slickly tell the unlikely story of the cave-diving hobbyists who saved the day
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‘Fauci’ Film Review: Documentary on COVID Fighter Emerges as a Portrait of Public Service
By Ronda Racha Penrice | October 7, 2021 @ 1:30 PMWhatever your political leanings, the film offers a look at a scientist who has made sacrifices fighting for the public good
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‘Bernstein’s Wall’ Film Review: Leonard Bernstein Doc Manages to Be Both Revelatory and Enigmatic
By Todd Gilchrist | September 2, 2021 @ 4:40 PMTelluride 2021: Douglas Tirola tells us plenty we didn’t know but still leaves some questions naggingly unanswered
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‘The Aeronauts’ Film Review: Felicity Jones Soars in Inspirational Tale for Young Women
By Sasha Stone | September 1, 2019 @ 5:57 PMTelluride Film Festival 2019: Starring alongside Eddie Redmayne, Jones plays a woman who is up for anything and ready to, as she says, ”find her seat at the table“
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‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Film Review: Edward Norton Mines the Rich Tradition of Film Noir
By Sasha Stone | September 1, 2019 @ 5:44 PMTelluride Film Festival: Director and star Norton adapts Jonathan Lethem’s novel in a film with echoes of ”Chinatown,“ ”The Big Sleep“ and many others
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‘The Two Popes’ Film Review: Fernando Meirelles Drama Takes a Delightful Look at the Coolest Pope Ever
By Sasha Stone | August 31, 2019 @ 11:39 PMTelluride Film Festival 2019: Jonathan Pryce and Anthony Hopkins help transform the story of Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI into something heartwarming and inspirational
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‘Waves’ Film Review: Trey Edward Shults’ Moving Drama Lets Love Rule
By Sasha Stone | August 31, 2019 @ 5:49 PMTelluride Film Festival 2019: The film starring Sterling K. Brown and Kelvin Harrison Jr. is about a choice we all make: Do we hold onto hatred or do we let go of past anger?