Reviews
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‘The Blue Caftan’ Review: A Standard Drama Stretched to Interminable Length
Every close-up of a stitch feels like an eternity
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‘Sharper’ Review: Lots of Glitter, Little Gold in Sebastian Stan, Julianne Moore Drama
A shiny, reflective bauble that’s fun to play with but is ultimately forgettable
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‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ Review: A King of Tampa Finds His London Queen
Steven Soderbergh’s strip show devolves into faux girl power in this toned-down threequel
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‘Godland’ Review: A Strikingly Realized Tale of Humanity and Nature in Unforgiving Iceland
A colonizing Danish priest’s turbulent journey into the terrible beauty of Iceland makes for a masterful, meditative epic
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‘Body Parts’ Review: Crew Members Discuss the Nuts and Bolts of Sex in the Movies
Documentary examines the treatment of women and how intimate moments are captured on film, but it’s mostly a rehash
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‘Let It Be Morning’ Review: Palestinian Drama Takes a Caustic and Familiar Path
The melancholy affair relies less on absurdist laughs and more on frank despair
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‘The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic’ Review: Good Intentions Meet Tired Tropes
Petri Poikolainen’s lead performance can’t fix frustrations with plot
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‘A Lot of Nothing’ Review: Mo McRae’s Directorial Feature Debut Takes on Police Killings
McRae shows promise as a director, if not a writer, with this satirical drama
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‘Full Time’ Review: Laure Calamy Anchors Strong Story of Parental Struggle
Calamy delivers a performance that is utterly present, physically and emotionally
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‘Knock at the Cabin’ Review: It’s Not Worth Answering the Door for M. Night Shyamalan’s Latest
It’s a film with violence but no edge, just a disturbing idea which plays out to a grim and unsatisfying conclusion
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‘Shrinking’ Review: Jason Segel Breaks the Rules in Hilarious, Heartwarming Apple TV+ Comedy
Harrison Ford is in top form opposite Segel in this new series from “Ted Lasso” team Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein
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‘Pathaan’ Review: A Goofy Comeback for Shah Rukh Kahn
Unfortunately, not even Khan’s famous pout nor even his cheese grater-sharp abs can save this turkey.
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‘Filmmakers for the Prosecution’ Review: How the Power of Film Convicted the Nazis
‘Filmmakers’ is the strange, regrettable story of the original Holocaust documentary was shielded from post-war American audiences
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‘The Man in the Basement’ Review: In Tense French Drama, the Hate Is Coming From Inside the House
The ominous title is well-matched by an edgy score, tense editing, and a tough-to-watch buildup of pressure
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‘Life Upside Down’ Review: Cringe-Inducing Pandemic Melodrama Is Undercooked
Bob Odenkirk, Radha Mitchell, Danny Huston and Rosie Fellner lead this tale of middle-aged romance
