‘Widows’ Film Review: Viola Davis, Steve McQueen Team Up for a Curious Heist Movie
Davis leads a gang forced to pull off a complex theft, but her director is more interested in obsessions than robberies
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‘Green Book’ Film Review: Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali Take a Perilous Road Trip Through the Deep South
“Dumb and Dumber” director Peter Farrelly gets serious with this fact-based look at a Bronx bouncer discovering the dangers of the Civil Rights-era South
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‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Film Review: Disappointing Sequel Offers a Few Good Clicks
A handful of great sequences lifts this by-the-numbers animated film only so much
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‘At Eternity’s Gate’ Film Review: Willem Dafoe Brushes With Brilliance in Van Gogh Biopic
Dafoe gives a towering performance in Julian Schnabel’s sensitive but unconventional film
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‘Instant Family’ Film Review: Rose Byrne and Mark Wahlberg Weather the Rocky Adoption Process
Amid the silly jokes and slapstick, this film affectionately explores the pains and triumphs of foster parenting
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‘Bird Box’ Film Review: Sandra Bullock Battles Her Fears in Thoughtful Thriller
AFI 2018: Meditations on motherhood and on mankind’s future make Susanne Bier’s latest not your average post-apocalyptic tale
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‘Amazing Grace’ Film Review: Aretha Franklin Lives in This Resplendent Gospel Concert Film
DOC NYC 2018: Shot in 1972 by Sydney Pollack but shelved for technical reasons, this long-lost doc captures the Queen of Soul at the height of her powers
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‘Thom Pain (Based on Nothing)’ Theater Review: Michael C Hall Turns Nothingness Into High Art
Will Eno’s one-man play gets a thrilling Off Broadway revival
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‘The New One’ Broadway Review: Mike Birbiglia Now Sleepwalks With a Stroller
The gifted monologue brings his self-deprecating wit to the Great White Way
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‘Searching for Ingmar Bergman’ Film Review: Margarethe von Trotta Explores Her Love of Swedish Auteur’s Work
Gently probing what fascinates her about movies she calls her “constant companions,” von Trotta has made a love letter to loving cinema
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‘Overlord’ Film Review: Great Video Game Movie That’s Not Based on a Video Game
The World War II zombie thriller is half “Wolfenstein,” half “Two-Fisted Tales,” all satisfying
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‘On the Basis of Sex’ Film Review: RBG Biopic Celebrates the Political and the Personal
AFI 2018: Felicity Jones captures Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s steely gaze in a film that appreciates her family as well as her brilliant legal career
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‘King Kong’ Broadway Review: Giant Puppet Upstages the Mere Humans
Broadway’s biggest animatronic leading man somehow survives an inept book by John Thorne, who gave us “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
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‘Outlaw King’ Film Review: Chris Pine Scottish War Epic Is Meh-dieval
Re-edited after its Toronto fest debut, this grimy, serviceable time-waster for Netflix subscribers saves its real energy for bloody battle sequences
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‘Eve’s Song’ Theater Review: Are You Woke Enough for Patricia Ione Lloyd’s Dark Comedy?
This ambitious, genre-bending dark comedy gets a boost from some first-rate performances
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‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’ Film Review: Claire Foy’s Lisbeth Salander Adventure Trades Angst for Espionage
Based on a novel that’s not in the original trilogy, this crackerjack adventure values spy-stuff over character
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‘The Long Dumb Road’ Film Review: Buddy Comedy Travels Familiar Path, But the Company’s Great
Jason Mantzoukas and Tony Revolori make charming travel companions in an indie that lacks interesting women
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‘Here and Now’ Film Review: Sarah Jessica Parker Loses the Pitch in Lackluster Drama
Parker plays a terminally-ill chanteuse, but “Cléo from 5 to 7,” this ain’t
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‘Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch’ Film Review: Benedict Cumberbatch Helps Make Third Time Charming
Nothing will replace the 1966 original, but this shiny remake is full of warmth and wit
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‘In a Relationship’ Film Review: Emma Roberts and Michael Angarano Try to Liven Up Underwritten Characters
Tribeca 2018: Familiar romantic indie will resonate most with those who relate
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‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Film Review: Coen Brothers Western Anthology Makes for an Uneven Binge
This omnibus film is an entertaining fribble that peaks early
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‘The Front Runner’ Film Review: Hugh Jackman Is Gary Hart in Jason Reitman’s Enjoyable, Slight Political Saga
Hart’s implosion over infidelity allegations in 1988, setting up the tabloidization of politics, makes for a snappy if thin dramatization
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‘American Son’ Theater Review: Kerry Washington Brings #BlackLivesMatter Debate to Broadway
Christopher Demos-Brown’s drama confronts a ripped-from-the-headlines story about race and policing
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‘Better Angels’ Film Review: Propagandistic Doc Avoids Tough Questions About US-China Relations
Oscar-winner Malcolm Clarke focuses on individual success stories but includes no context that might be unflattering to either superpower
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‘Maria by Callas’ Film Review: Opera Legend Maria Callas’ Life, Told in Her Own Words
Tom Volf’s documentary delivers what Callas fans want most: passionate arias and personal access
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‘Nobody’s Fool’ Film Review: Tyler Perry Makes Tiffany Haddish Do All the Work
Sloppy and slipshod even by Perry standards, this R-rated comedy perks up only when Haddish is on screen
