Reviews
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‘Masters of the Universe’ Review: A Confused and Embarrassed Sci-Fi Fantasy Flop
Nicholas Galitzine and Jared Leto star in a live-action toy commercial so sloppy, it could kill 1980s nostalgia for good
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‘The Vampire Lestat’ Review: Sam Reid Takes Over in Brilliantly Chaotic New Chapter
AMC’s excellent “Interview With the Vampire” returns with a boundary-pushing perspective change that justifies its new title
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‘Not Suitable for Work’ Review: Mindy Kaling Plots Another Charming, Messy Rom-Com
The Hulu ensemble comedy introduces an entertaining world of whimsy that gets too silly at times
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‘Star City’ Review: ‘For All Mankind’ Spinoff Is a Mostly Gripping, Darker Space Saga
Starring Rhys Ifans, this Soviet-set series is about space, sex and surveillance, though only occasionally all at the same time
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‘The Breadwinner’ Review: Mr. Mom Called, He Wants His Hackneyed Premise Back
Nate Bargatze is a working dad who learns mom stuff is hard in a laughless comedy we should have all outgrown by now
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‘Backrooms’ Review: Kane Parsons’ Creepypasta Movie Gets Trapped in Its Own Maze
Renate Reinsve and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in an A24 horror film with brilliant production design — and not much else
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‘Pressure’ Review: Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott Are Overcast in This Middling D-Day Drama
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is torn between two meteorologists in a historical anecdote that can’t sustain a whole feature
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‘Too Many Beasts’ Review: Sarah Arnold’s Rustic Crime Thriller Mixes New With the Old
Cannes 2026: The pigs have gone wild in the French filmmaker’s electric debut of farmers vs. hunters vs. cops
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‘Viva Carmen’ Review: An Animated Gem and Startlingly Original Adaptation
Cannes 2026: Sébastien Laudenbach’s youth-oriented spin on Georges Bizet’s opera is a welcome reminder that ambition can be fun
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‘The End of It’ Review: This Messy, Zany Meditation on Aging, Death and Art Heralds the Arrival of a Thoughtful Voice
Cannes 2026: Maria Martínez Bayona directs Rebecca Hall to a cinematic crash out of bleak proportions
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‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Review: Valeska Grisebach’s Unhurried Gangster Drama Defies Convention
Cannes 2026: Yana Radeva is an archeologist-turned-gumshoe in the German filmmaker’s 164-minute feature
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‘The Joyless Economy’ Review: A Revelatory Reflection on Horror, Sex and Cinema Itself
Cannes 2026: You’re unlikely to see an independent film as thoughtfully crafted and revealing as Marjorie Conrad’s latest
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‘Ladies First’ Review: Sacha Baron Cohen Netflix Comedy Is a Mixed Bag
Rosamund Pike fittingly steals his thunder in a film about a misogynist who wakes up in a world where gender roles are flipped
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‘The Birthday Party’ Review: A Familiar Thriller Premise Is Heightened by Great Craft
Cannes 2026: The French “Histoires De La Nuit” is the latest from “Five Devils” director Léa Mysius, here telling a back-to-basics home invasion story
