Reviews
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‘Palmer’ Film Review: Justin Timberlake Brings Heft to Predictable Tale of a Small-Town Nonconformist
Timberlake plays the father-surrogate of a gender-independent child in rural Louisiana, and he makes the most of the role
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‘Soul’ Film Review: Pixar Gets Existential in Dizzying Animated Film
Pete Docter’s movie is perhaps the most ambitious film ever attempted by Pixar, though its complexity sometimes gets the better of it
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‘Tenet’ Film Review: Christopher Nolan Whips Up a Head-Scratching, Time-Traveling James Bond Homage
There is enjoyably puzzling fun to be had along the way, but “Tenet” may have you pleading for an aspirin and a long lie-down
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‘The Burnt Orange Heresy’ Film Review: Mick Jagger Returns to the Screen in Twisty Art-World Thriller
Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki and Donald Sutherland dazzle in a tale of artists, critics and collectors with nefarious intent
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‘The Painted Bird’ Film Review: Jerzy Kosiński Adaptation Is Gruesome, Poetic Epic of Inhumanity
Anchored by breathtaking visuals and a powerful child performance, Václav Marhoul’s three-hour film is a worthy endurance saga
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‘First Cow’ Film Review: Kelly Reichardt Crafts Another Quiet Masterwork About the Pacific Northwest
Two outsiders seek to improve their lives with some stolen milk in this heartfelt look at frontiers past
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‘Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn’ Film Review: 2019’s Second Cohn Documentary Flails in Too Many Directions
Director Ivy Meeropol, granddaughter of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, tries to cram in an excess of information, allowing her subject to elude her
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‘Sometimes Always Never’ Film Review: Bill Nighy Helps Lift Scatter-Brained Family Drama
The film from director Carl Hunter creates characters charged with latent resentment, unresolved loss and unhealthy defense mechanisms
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‘The Vast of Night’ Film Review: Sci-Fi Thriller Feels Like the ’50s – And Like Today
Director Andrew Patterson uses the simple ingredients of two characters, extraterrestrial intrigue and a small-town period setting to create a gripping adventure
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‘The Wolf House’ Film Review: Chilean Animated Film Depicts a Mind-Blowing Haunted House
Directors Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León mingle classic European fairytales in a potpourri of magical notes laden in eeriness
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‘The Gentlemen’ Film Review: Guy Ritchie Gets His Mojo Back in a Tale That Recalls His Early Breakthroughs
Matthew McConaughey stars as a weed mogul looking to join the aristocracy in this entertaining rehash of Ritchie’s greatest hits
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‘Trolls World Tour’ Film Review: Animated Saga Expands Its Musical Universe in a Safe But Sprightly Sequel
Our high-haired heroes meet their brethren in a variety of musical genres, but there’s no stand-out “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”-sized hit this time
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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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‘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
