Reviews
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‘Parthenope’ Review: Paolo Sorrentino Whips Up More Great Beauty in Melancholic Tale
Cannes 2024: Gary Oldman has a small but essential role in another languorous romance from the Italian director
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‘Marcello Mio’ Review: Christophe Honoré’s Charming Comedy Boasts a Terrific Chiara Mastroianni
Cannes 2024: With a delightful cast playing versions of themselves, this film is a funny look at acting, performance, and familial legacy
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‘Anora’ Review: Sean Baker Whips Up a Wild Stripper Romance Thriller Comedy, or Something Like That
Cannes 2024: The film swings wildly back and forth while also hanging onto its heart, and it’s just too much fun to worry about how much Baker is cramming in
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‘The Shrouds’ Review: David Cronenberg’s Exploration of Grief Is as Sad as It Is Creepy
Cannes 2024: Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger star in a movie inspired by the 2017 death of the director’s wife
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‘The Kingdom’ Review: A Confident Debut Worthy of History’s Great Mob Films
Cannes 2024: Filmmaker Julien Colonna and breakout newcomer Ghjuvanna Benedetti have a bright future in Hollywood
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‘The Apprentice’ Review: Donald Trump Movie Starring Sebastian Stan Plays Like a Tragic Frankenstein Tale
Cannes 2024: With Stan as a young Trump and Jeremy Strong as lawyer Roy Cohn, the film is amusing at times and disturbing at others
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‘Garfield: The Movie’ Review: An Animated Adventure With More Heart (and Lasagna) Than Laughs
Chris Pratt and Samuel L. Jackson star in the first halfway decent movie based on the classic comic strip
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‘Lula’ Review: Oliver Stone’s Portrait of Brazil’s President Captures a Remarkable Story
Cannes 2024: The legendary director’s latest provides what should only be the start of reflections on Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
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‘Horizon: An American Saga’ Review: Kevin Costner Unveils a Sprawling, Old-Fashioned Western
Cannes 2024: The first of a projected four movies is a corny, rousing epic for people who say they don’t make ’em like that anymore
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‘Jim Henson Idea Man’ Review: Ron Howard Takes a Loving, Honest Look at Muppets Creator
Cannes 2024: Skillful, honest and sympathetic, this is the kind of film you’d want about Jim Henson
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‘Emilia Perez’ Review: Jacques Audiard’s Gonzo Telenovela About a Trans Kingpin Is a Home Run
Cannes 2024: The French director’s latest is a big swing that hits the ball out of the park
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‘Caught by the Tides’ Review: Jia Zhangke Stands Up for China but Watches Things Fall Apart
Cannes 2024: The film is an elegy of sorts, at times angry and abrasive but more often gentle and reflective
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‘Universal Language’ Review: Matthew Rankin’s Wonderfully Absurdist Vision Is Mirthful and Melancholic
Cannes 2024: This audacious comedy is as delightfully funny as it is subtly reflective
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‘Three Kilometres to the End of the World’ Review: Emanuel Parvu Examines Reactionary Conservatism From the Inside
Cannes 2024: The actor-turned-director peers into an insular Romanian community in the aftermath of a hate crime
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‘Oh, Canada’ Review: Paul Schrader Gets the Better of Himself in Richard Gere Reunion
Cannes 2024: The “First Reformed” filmmaker’s latest is a head-scratcher – and not in a good way
