Reviews
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‘7 Days’ Film Review: Are You Ready for a COVID-19 Rom-Com?
Tribeca 2021: Karan Soni and Geraldine Viswanathan are perfect as a less-than-perfect couple
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‘In the Heights’ Film Review: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Stage Hit Becomes a Screen Celebration
The film’s mix of musical styles and Latino characters gives voice (and dance) to a community too rarely celebrated in major-studio movies
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‘Undine’ Film Review: Christian Petzold’s Romantic Drama Plumbs the Depths of European Myth
German actors Paula Beer and Franz Rogowski breathe life into doomed lovers at the intersection of fantasy and history
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‘Spirit Untamed’ Film Review: Animated Girl-and-Her-Horse Tale Gallops to Nowhere
This DreamWorks tale mishandles both the coming-of-age story and the specifics of Latino culture
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‘The Conjuring 3’ Film Review: Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson Return as Demon-Hunting Lovebirds
“The Devil Made Me Do It” maintains the series’ thrills and chills, even without James Wan directing
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‘Changing the Game’ Film Review: Trans Sports Doc Has the Power to Change Minds
Documentary about three high-school transgender athletes doesn’t merely preach to the choir about a controversial issue
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‘Swimming Out’ Film Review: Jia Zhang-Ke Keeps His Eye on a Changing China
In “Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue,” the auteur examines the nation’s evolving cultural perspectives through a quartet of authors
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‘Dream Horse’ Film Review: Toni Collette Inspirational Biopic Is Steady As She Goes
Adaptation of Sundance doc “Dark Horse” doesn’t change the game, but it’s a feel-good watch
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‘Two of Us’ Film Review: Older-Lesbian Love Story Doesn’t Hold Together
A widow can’t tell her children about her longtime relationship with another woman — for reasons the movie never make clear
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‘The Woman in the Window’ Film Review: Amy Adams Commits to Wannabe-Hitchcock Thriller
Director Joe Wright knows the words to “Rear Window” and “Vertigo,” but not the music
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‘Spiral’ Film Review: Chris Rock’s ‘Saw’ Revival Already Feels Dated
Tackling topical issues is nothing new for this gory franchise, and this film’s perspective on “good” cops plays very 2019
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‘Profile’ Film Review: Journalist Catfishes ISIS Fighter in Tense Online Thriller
Timur Bekmambetov’s portrait of a screen-to-screen relationship is timely, although it mostly scratches the surface
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‘Land’ Film Review: Robin Wright Relies on Nature for Her Subdued Directorial Debut
Sundance 2021: The landscape overpowers the screenplay in this tale of a woman learning to live in the wilderness
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‘La Llorona’ Film Review: Jayro Bustamante Examines Real-Life Historical Horror in Impressive Third Feature
The title may conjure up the supernatural, but this shrewd film contemplates the actual genocide perpetrated against Guatemala’s indigenous population
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‘The World to Come’ Film Review: 2 Lonely Women Find Romance in Bleak Frontier Drama
The bleakness of frontier life underscores the emotional anguish of a pair of unhappily married couples














