‘Stray Dolls’ Film Review: The American Dream Takes a Beating in Female-Driven Film Noir
Indian-born director Sonejuhi Sinha creates a vivid sense of place even as her story doesn’t really have anywhere to go
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10 Best Documentaries of the 2010s, From ‘OJ: Made in America’ to ‘The Invisible War’ (Photos)
Decade in Review: “The Grand Bizarre” and “Cameraperson” rank among the highlights of the decade
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‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ Film Review: Eliza Hittman’s Powerful Teen Abortion Drama Explores Access and Friendship
A young girl’s trip to New York with her best friend to terminate a pregnancy is told with sensitivity and urgency
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‘Coffee & Kareem’ Film Review: Ed Helms Stars in Messy Action Comedy With Occasional Laughs
The Netflix tale of odd-couple crimefighters quickly escalates into chaos in a crazy balancing act that flails as often as it connects
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‘Slay the Dragon’ Film Review: Timely Doc Takes Hard Look at Political Corruption
This blistering examination of Republican redistricting and voter suppression is essential election-year viewing
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‘Almost Love’ Film Review: Gay Couple Works Out Issues in Overpopulated, Underwritten Comedy
Too many characters with not enough depth populate this NYC comedy, but Patricia Clarkson’s all-too-brief cameo steals the show
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‘Dolphin Reef’ Review: Underwater Neighbors Steal the Show in Disney Documentary
While Natalie Portman narrates the story of a young dolphin, the Disneynature film is at its most fascinating when it introduces us to creatures like the humphead parrotfish and peacock mantis shrimp
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‘Elephant’ Film Review: Meghan Markle Can’t Upstage the Cute Pachyderms in Disneynature Doc
Markle doesn’t have the authority you’d expect from a documentary narrator, but she fits with a film that greets a shot of elephants hitting the water hole with, “It’s time for a pool party!”
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‘Vivarium’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg Satire Bites Off More Than It Can Chew
Eisenberg and Imogen Poots star in director Lorcan Finnegan’s film set in a purgatorial pre-fab suburb, but it never follows through on its interesting ideas
