Reviews
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‘Diane’ Film Review: Mary Kay Place Is Spellbinding as a Woman Whose Life Has Slipped Away
Critic and curator Kent Jones makes a powerful directorial debut that doesn’t rely on quoting other filmmakers
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‘Slut In a Good Way’ Film Review: Teen Girls Come of Age in Sexually Frank Comedy
A young woman defends her right to play the field as much as her male counterparts in Sophie Lorain’s slight but amiable comedy
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‘Screwball’ Film Review: Billy Corben’s Baseball Doping Doc Is Disreputable Fun
This raucously fun account uses child actors to re-enact a scandal that exposed a HRH-dosing clinician with baseball-star clients
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‘Working Woman’ Film Review: Israeli Sexual-Harassment Drama Delivers Powerful Sting of Truth
Michal Aviad’s intense film explores #MeToo power dynamics between a working wife and a powerful real-estate mogul
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‘Dragged Across Concrete’ Film Review: Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson Are Dirty Cops in a Potentially Trolling Thriller
The director of “Brawl in Cell Block 99” returns with another lengthy action epic that is maddeningly coy about its intentions
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‘Out of Blue’ Film Review: Patricia Clarkson Tracks a Killer in Unwieldy Philosophical Whodunit
This adaptation of a Martin Amis novel wants to be both coolly contemplative and a detective thriller, and the balance rarely holds
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‘Hotel Mumbai’ Film Review: Nervy Account of Terrorist Attack Keeps Exploitation in Check
A hostage situation at India’s famed Taj Mahal Palace is depicted with humanity and horror
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‘Captive State’ Film Review: Space Invaders Occupy Earth Without the Benefit of a Decent Script
This muddled disappointment from Rupert Wyatt wastes a cast that includes John Goodman, Ashton Sanders and Vera Farmiga
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‘The Mustang’ Film Review: Matthias Schoenaerts Tames a Horse and Saves Himself in Prison Drama
Schoenaerts mesmerizes as a hardened prisoner learning empathy in this affecting drama
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‘Yardie’ Film Review: Idris Elba Falls Short With Atmospheric Directorial Debut
Many strong elements just don’t come together in this adaptation of the best-seller about Jamaica’s criminal underground
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‘The Hummingbird Project’ Film Review: Jesse Eisenberg Launches an Overly Ambitious Scheme
Alexander Skarsgård and Salma Hayek co-star in a watchable caper comedy that fumbles when it becomes too serious
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‘Ash Is Purest White’ Film Review: Jia Zhangke Unveils Another Thoughtful Epic About China’s Transformation
As a crime romance dissolves over time, Jia and star Zhao Tao create another mesmerizing portrait of ever-changing China
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‘The Aftermath’ Film Review: Keira Knightley Stars in a Post-War Romance Lacking in Passion
There’s a worthwhile hotbed of enmity, grief and lust to explore in this Germany-set love triangle, but the execution is tastefully flat
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‘Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase’ Film Review: Teen Detective Returns in Mostly Empowering 21st Century Version
Sophia Lillis (“It”) grabs the flashlight as the latest screen iteration of the young female sleuth
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‘Wonder Park’ Film Review: Original Animated Film Thrillingly Celebrates Youthful Imagination
This colorful cartoon might not be an instant classic, but it’s a noble effort — and we could use more of those
