‘Mid90s’ Film Review: Jonah Hill Scores Solid Directorial Debut With Coming-of-Age Indie
Young skateboarders pursue their dreams in a film that hauntingly evokes a very specific era
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‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ Film Review: Melissa McCarthy Forges Strong Performance
As a legendary literary faker, McCarthy brings the bubbling rage of her best comic creations to a dramatic role
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‘Wildlife’ Film Review: Carey Mulligan Excels in Paul Dano’s Family Drama
Dano’s directorial debut adapts Richard Ford with beautiful, compassionate, visual intelligence, with a career-best Mulligan as a dissatisfied housewife
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‘Mother of the Maid’ Theater Review: Behind Every Successful Child There’s a Glenn Close
In her absorbing new drama, Jane Anderson (“The Wife”) again puts a behind-the-scenes woman where she belongs: center stage
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‘What They Had’ Film Review: Strong Cast Shines in Tough, Loving Alzheimer’s Tale
First-time writer-director Elizabeth Chomko avoids mawkishness in a story of how one family copes with a mother’s dementia
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‘Halloween’ Film Review: Jamie Lee Curtis Confronts Michael Myers in Stylish Sequel
Director David Gordon Green doesn’t give the franchise a glorious rebirth, but at least it’s a functional facsimile
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‘Apologia’ Theater Review: Stockard Channing and Hugh Dancy Recall What Went Wrong
In his new play, Alexi Kaye Campbell (“Woman in Gold”) explains why women still can’t have it all — if you ask their children
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‘Sakina’s Restaurant’ Theater Review: Aasif Mandvi Explores the Many Faces of Indian Americans
“The Daily Show” alum delivers a tour-de-force performance in a variety of roles
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‘Bigger’ Film Review: Bodybuilding Biopic Won’t Pump You Up
The rags-to-riches story of fitness magazine/weightlifting visionary Joe Weider gets rushed, superficial bio treatment
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‘Stella’s Last Weekend’ Film Review: Brothers Nat and Alex Wolff Play Siblings in Love with the Same Girl
Actress-filmmaker Polly Draper skillfully directs her actor sons in a low-key comedy about heartbreak and loss
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‘First Man’ Film Review: Ryan Gosling and Damien Chazelle Slip the Surly Bonds of Earth
Venice 2018: This haunting, thrilling space saga reminds us that the path to the moon was littered with chaos and catastrophe
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‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ Film Review: Chris Hemsworth and Jon Hamm on a Dazzling ’70s Night
This twisty tale from writer-director Drew Goddard (“The Cabin in the Woods”) calls to mind the best, and the worst, of his contributions to “Lost”
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‘Beautiful Boy’ Film Review: Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell Shine in Harrowing Look at Addiction
Latest from director Felix van Groeningen adapts the twin memoirs by veteran journalist David Sheff and his son Nic
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‘The Kindergarten Teacher’ Film Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Blurs Boundaries as an Art-Obsessed Educator
The actress gives a powerful performance in this subtle examination of a woman seeking creative fulfillment
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‘The Oath’ Film Review: Ike Barinholtz’s Directorial Debut Spins a Timely, Messy Political Parable
The first half of the writer-director-star’s comedy nails the zeitgeist before the narrative loses its way
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‘Goosebumps 2’ Film Review: Kiddie Horror Franchise Skids Into Sophomore Slump
This “Haunted Halloween” is something of a letdown after its sleeper-hit predecessor, but Wendi McLendon-Covey steals the show
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’22 July’ Film Review: Paul Greengrass Calms Down but Still Packs a Powerful Punch
The British director of the “Bourne” movies has made an immersive, visceral film about terrorism, but one whose most charged battleground is a courtroom
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‘The Happy Prince’ Film Review: Rupert Everett Gets Under Oscar Wilde’s Skin
The actor isn’t always the most assured writer-director, but he does understand the essence of his troubled, talented hero
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‘Oklahoma!’ Theater Review: Rodgers & Hammerstein Stripped Down
Director Daniel Fish’s revelatory and stripped-down production breathes new life into a classic
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‘The Hate U Give’ Film Review: Teen Drama Unflinchingly Examines Racism
Amandla Stenberg leads a talented ensemble in a powerful tale of the aftermath of a police shooting
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‘Studio 54’ Film Review: Disco Doc Skims the Surface Like Club Owners Skimming Profits
With the outspoken Steve Rubell gone, we’re left with the guarded Ian Schrager to tell the tale of the legendarily debauched nightspot
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‘Trouble’ Film Review: Anjelica Huston and Bill Pullman Wage a Family Feud
The performances outweigh the plotting in this gentle tale of siblings clashing over inherited land
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‘Private Life’ Film Review: Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti Shine as Would-Be Parents
The long-awaited latest from Tamara Jenkins (“The Savages”) finds universal truths in complicated personal issues
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‘A Star Is Born’ Film Review: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga Reinvigorate a Classic
Venice 2018: First-time director and first-time leading lady breathe new life into a Hollywood mainstay
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‘RBG’ Film Review: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life Makes for a Snappy But Surface-Level Documentary
This film on the legendarily “notorious” jurist is proficient but also prosaic
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‘Venom’ Film Review: Tom Hardy Gets Buried in CG Goo, as Does the Plot
Spider-Man’s legendary arch-nemesis returns to the screen in a listless dud
