Reviews
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‘Driveways’ Film Review: Impeccable Performances Enhance Charming Tale of Intergenerational Friendship
The late Brian Dennehy shines in Andrew Ahn’s exquisite follow-up to “Spa Night”
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‘El Chicano’ Film Review: Well-Intentioned Latinx Superhero Movie Gets More Wrong Than Right
Overstuffed with specific references to Chicano culture, the movie nonetheless offers up more fear-mongering cartel tropes
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‘Shadow’ Film Review: Zhang Yimou Thrillingly Contemplates Duality
The yin and the yang dominate both the design and the storytelling of this exhilarating, bloody period saga
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‘Meeting Gorbachev’ Film Review: Werner Herzog Gets Up Close and Personal With Former Soviet Leader
Herzog and André Singer’s film is no definitive historical portrait, but it is an intimate one
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‘Ask Dr Ruth’ Film Review: America’s Favorite Sex Therapist Gets a Cheerful, Enlightening Doc Portrait
Built around the natural star power of the colorfully accented sexpert, Ryan White’s film is a personality-driven charmer
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‘The Intruder’ Film Review: Dennis Quaid Stalks Homeowners in Dopey Thriller
Motivation, character, suspense and excitement are all in short supply here
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‘UglyDolls’ Film Review: You’ve Seen This Toy Story Before
A dazzling cast of voice talent — including Kelly Clarkson, Janelle Monáe and Nick Jonas — get bogged down in an all-too-familiar kid cartoon
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‘A Dog’s Journey’ Film Review: Reincarnating Dog Returns to the Margins of a Young Girl’s Troubles
In this fluffy, sappy sequel, it’s heroine CJ who goes on the journey while the canine antics feel mostly extraneous
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‘Knock Down the House’ Film Review: Rousing Documentary Follows AOC and Three Other Women on the Road to Congress
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the marquee name, but Rachel Lears’ inspiring film covers a whole new generation of determined politicians
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‘The White Crow’ Film Review: Ralph Fiennes Captures a Boorish Rudolf Nureyev
This biopic seeks to paint the legendary Russian dancer as both problematic and a genius, but the former overwhelms the latter
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‘Homecoming’ Film Review: Beyoncé’s Powerful Documentary Captures Her Once-in-a-Lifetime Coachella Triumph
This exhilarating concert film gives you both a front-row seat to a history-making show and a backstage pass to see how it all came together
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‘Be Natural’ Film Review: Documentary Celebrates Influential Female Filmmaker, Erased by History
“The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché” reveals the influential work of a woman who was among the cinema’s very first, and best, directors
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‘Hail Satan?’ Film Review: Sly Documentary Buttresses the Wall Between Church and State
The film follows activists who challenge Christian supremacy by arguing for the devil’s inclusion in schools and the public square
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‘Fast Color’ Film Review: Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s Got the Power in Feminist Superhero Indie
Julia Hart’s second feature is less about cataclysms and more about generations of women defending themselves against a cruel world
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‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ Film Review: Haunting Memory Play Culminates in Bravura 3D Sequence
Chinese director Bi Gan explores nostalgia and obsession in a manner that recalls Tarkovsky, Malick and Wong Kar-wai
