Reviews
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‘Broadway Rising’ Review: Affectionate Doc Pays Tribute to Theaters Pushing Through COVID
From the stars to the ushers, we experience a community facing the pandemic and searching for a way forward
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‘Good Night Oppy’ Review: Doc on Mars Rovers Gets Lost in Emotional Terrain
Director Ryan White tries to emphasize the feelings of NASA scientists over their actual accomplishments
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‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg Has a Midlife Crisis in Surprising FX Series
The new drama/comedy from writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner is more rewarding than it initially appears to be
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‘Armageddon Time’ Review: James Gray Looks at His Childhood Without Nostalgia
Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong are among the stars in a semi-autobiographical story that is both unsentimental and touching
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‘One Piece Film Red’ Review: Fifteenth Entry in Anime Series is More Sampler Platter Than Full Meal
There’s at least an effort to introduce this world and its many characters to newbies, and the J-Pop score adds some dazzle
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‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ Film Review: Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson Are Back for More Twisted, Feckin’ Fun
Director Martin McDonagh has reunited the stars of “In Bruges” for a quieter film that’s still a disturbed delight
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‘Ticket to Paradise’ Review: Julia Roberts and George Clooney Grin and Bear By-the-Numbers Rom-Com
Between the lack of passion (among various couples) and the creepy exoticization of Pacific Islanders, this feels like a glossy missed opportunity
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‘The Munsters’ Review: Rob Zombie Loves These Misfit Monsters but Fails to Make Them Funny
The writer-director seems to like the idea of kicking it with these iconic characters, but he never commits to crafting an actual story for them
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‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Review: Florence Pugh Shines as Olivia Wilde Provokes
Pugh and Harry Styles star in Wilde’s satiric and somewhat frantic psychological thriller
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‘Riotsville, USA’ Review: 1960s Archival Footage Brings the Receipts to Civil Rights Documentary
Did you know the U.S. military built fake towns to teach police how to improve their methods of suppressing activist dissent?
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‘Moonage Daydream’ Film Review: Immersive David Bowie Documentary Is a Bold, Seething Mass of Bowie-ness
Brett Morgen’s doc delves into the Bowie archives to embrace the artist’s concept of an art that works with “fragments and chaos”
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‘Pearl’ Film Review: Stunning Prequel Makes ‘X’ Even Better Than It Already Was
Mia Goth (who co-wrote with director Ti West) gives a sad, scary performance that deepens the character and her saga
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What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in September: ‘Elvis,’ ‘Aline,’ Vintage George Romero, ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force’ and More
Alonso Duralde spotlights the month’s new physical-media releases — because you can’t count on HBO Max to hang onto anything
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‘Carmen’ Film Review: Border-Set Reimagining of Classic Tale Is a Pas de Dull
Toronto Film Festival 2022: Choreographer Benjamin Millepied’s choppy directorial debut even bobbles the dancing, although Rossy de Palma’s club queen steals the show
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‘Allelujah’ Film Review: Richard Eyre Handles Alan Bennett’s Witty, Sensitive Hospital Play With Care
Toronto Film Festival 2022: Judi Dench and Derek Jacobi are among the stars of this comedy that balances wisecracks about aging and blistering commentary on health-care cuts
