Reviews
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‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ Review: Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie Can’t Save This Insufferable Romantic Fantasy
Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie have a little baggage, and not much else, in Kogonada’s earnestly grating new film
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‘Galas’ Off Broadway Review: Sensational Drag Send-Up of Maria Callas Is Ready-Made for Uptown
Anthony Roth Costanzo does the legendary opera diva full justice in Charles Ludlam’s classic roman à clef
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Emmys Review: Speeding Up the Acceptance Speeches Came at a Too-High Cost
The 77th awards tried something different by tying a charitable donation to the speech runtimes, but the result was a telecast for people who dislike awards shows
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‘Degrassi: Whatever It Takes’ Review: An Overdue, If Underdeveloped, Tribute to Canada’s Groundbreaking Teen Franchise
TIFF 2025: Lisa Rideout’s affectionate documentary was made for fans, but still features surprising moments from Drake, Shane Kippel and even Linda Schuyler
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‘Driver’s Ed’ Review: Teenage Road Comedy Doesn’t Really Go Anywhere
TIFF 2025: Sam Nivola, Kumail Nanjiani and Molly Shannon star in Bobby Farrelly’s R-rated but tepid high school comedy
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‘The Long Walk’ Review: Stephen King’s Ultimate Horror Is the United States Itself
Young men march to their deaths in Francis Lawrence’s gut-wrenching — and still mostly relevant — Vietnam War allegory
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‘Adulthood’ Review: Alex Winter’s Darkly Fun Thriller Knows Where the Bodies Are Buried
TIFF 2025: Kaya Scodelario and Josh Gad star, but it’s Anthony Carrigan that steals the show
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‘Easy’s Waltz’ Review: Vince Vaughn Can’t Carry a Tune in Nic Pizzolatto’s Hollow Music Drama
TIFF 2025: Al Pacino and Simon Rex also star in this meandering movie about a supposedly good singer looking to make it big
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‘Glenrothan’ Review: Brian Cox’s Dreadful Directorial Debut Is Not a Serious Movie
TIFF 2025: The “Succession” star both acts in and directs this painful drama about a family trying to reconnect
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‘Spinal Tap II’ Review: The Band Is Older, Kind of Wiser and Still at 11
If the mockurockumentary sequel doesn’t tap into gold, at least it’s (Centrum) silver
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‘The Fence’ Review: Claire Denis’ Latest Film Is a Consuming Drama About Death
TIFF 2025: Isaach De Bankolé gives a typically excellent performance even when the film is not Denis’ best
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‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ Review: A Perfectly Pleasant Show Gets a Perfectly Pleasant Send-Off
Of the three features, the final installment feels most in line with the TV series
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‘A Simple Soldier’ Review: A Fascinating, Fraught Documentary About the Ukraine War
TIFF 2025: Filmmaker Artem Ryzhykov becomes an active participant in this grim portrait of the ongoing war
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‘Swiped’ Review: Lily James Can’t Make This Shallow Dating App Saga Into ‘The Social Network’
TIFF 2025: Though it’s plenty sincere, there’s no greater depth to this film about the creation of Tinder and Bumble
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‘Love+War’ Review: Harsh Realities of War and Family Center an Enlightening Documentary
TIFF 2025: “Free Solo” directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhely and Jimmy Chin’s latest presents the two worlds that make up photojournalist Lynsey Addario’s existence
