Reviews
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‘Butterfly Jam’ Review: Barry Keoghan and Riley Keough Serve Up Uneven Culinary Family Drama
Cannes 2026: Kantemir Balagov opens the Directors’ Fortnight with a film that is technically more impressive than the ingredients of its narrative plot
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‘In Waves’ Review: Animated Surfing + Teen Tragedy Makes for a Stylish Tearjerker
Cannes 2026: Phuong Mai Nguyen adapts graphic novelist AJ Dungo’s tribute to a girlfriend who was diagnosed with cancer
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‘The Punisher: One Last Kill’ Review: Jon Bernthal’s Violent Return Plays More Like Origin Story Recap
The special doesn’t advance Frank Castle’s story or acknowledge the events of “Daredevil: Born Again”
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‘The Electric Kiss’ Review: Cannes Film Festival Opens With an Uneasy Rom-Com About Grief
Cannes 2026: A carnival sideshow performer runs a scam that leads to love in Pierre Salvadori’s meandering film
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‘Off Campus’ Review: Prime Video’s Endearing BookTok Adaptation Will Make You Fall in Love
Louisa Levy’s take on Elle Kennedy’s bestselling book series is the streamer’s worthy successor for “The Summer I Turned Pretty”
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‘Is God Is’ Review: A Bold, Exhilarating Saga About God, Murder, Abuse and Everything Else
Aleshea Harris makes an astounding directorial debut, adapting her own award-winning play about sisters on a mission from God — to murder their father
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‘Labyrinth’ Review: Legendary ‘Macross’ Creator Spends Too Much Time on Social Media
A teenager’s identity gets stolen, literally, by her social media doppelgänger in Shōji Kawamori’s ambitious but meandering sci-fi feature
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‘The Receptionist’ Off Broadway Review: She Answers the Phone, Makes Coffee. Does That Make Her a Fascist?
Adam Bock’s dark comedy teases without delivering a much-needed second act
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‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ Review: Netflix Adaptation Is Too Heartwarming to Dismiss
Olivia Newman’s movie is saccharine and narratively tidy, but still works as a charming tale of connection and renewal
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‘Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)’ Review: James Cameron Helps Make Concert Experience Personal
The singer-songwriter earns her co-directing title not just by picking up the camera, but by conceiving music so intimate that it demands her input on how best to capture it live
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‘Mortal Kombat II’ Review: Karl Urban Livens Up This Enjoyably Violent Sequel
The actor brings a much-needed “Galaxy Quest” energy to the “Mortal Kombat” franchise, elevating this gory matinee fight flick
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‘Hamlet’ Off Broadway Review: What if Truman Capote Had Ever Played the Bard’s Moody Dane?
Hiran Abeysekera, last seen Stateside in “The Life of Pi” on Broadway, is more ironic than he is tragic
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‘Lord of the Flies’ Review: Netflix Adaptation Has Nothing New to Say
But the four-episode retelling of William Golding’s novel can brag about its excellent music from Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Hans Zimmer and Kara Talve
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‘Swapped’ Review: This Netflix Animated Fantasy Is for the Birds, but Also Everyone Else
Michael B. Jordan and Juno Temple star in a body-swapping fairy tale that shouldn’t be judged by its cover — or its Netflix thumbnail
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‘One Spoon of Chocolate’ Review: RZA’s Powerful Action Drama Kicks Ass With Purpose
Shameik Moore fights white supremacist organ harvesters in a film that’s too serious to be fun, but too strong to ignore
