Reviews
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‘Tom of Finland’ Review: Legendary Gay Erotic Artist Gets Sanitized Biopic
Finland’s Oscar entry scrubs clean the talented illustrator behind those iconic sexy leathermen
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‘Happy Death Day’ Review: ‘Groundhog Day’ Meets ‘Friday the 13th’ in Repetitive Slasher Comedy
There’s a clever premise and charming cast, but this intentionally repetitive thriller doesn’t live up to its potential
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‘Faces Places’ Review: Agnès Varda Takes a Joyful Artist’s Journey Into Rural France
The acclaimed 89-year-old French filmmaker devotes her latest documentary to portraits of ordinary people
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‘The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson’ Review: Trans Icon Celebrated in New Doc
David France (“How to Survive a Plague”) recalls Johnson’s activism and investigates the suspicious circumstances of her death
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‘My Little Pony: The Movie’ Review: Friendship Is Magic, and So Is This Equestrian Adventure
Everything that makes the show so beloved by kids (and their parents) survives the jump to the big screen, bringing unbridled joy to all
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‘Barracuda’ Review: Alison Tolman Unravels in Powerful Sibling Drama
Tolman and Sophie Reid play polar-opposite sisters who meet as adults and throw each other’s lives into turmoil
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‘Brawl in Cell Block 99’ Review: Vince Vaughn’s a Prison Crasher in Brutal Vengeance Flick
“Bone Tomahawk” filmmaker S. Craig Zahler turns in another viscous blend of low-key character study and violent low-art pulp
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‘The Florida Project’ Review: Neorealist Indie Strikingly Captures the Other Orlando
Willem Dafoe and talented newcomers capture Disney-adjacent homelessness in the latest from director Sean Baker (“Tangerine”)
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‘Chavela’ Review: Powerful Doc Captures Singer Chavela Vargas, Mexican and LGBT Icon
From Vargas’ affair with Frida Kahlo to a late-in-life career boost from Pedro Almodóvar, this dazzling film chronicles an extraordinary life
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‘Flatliners’ Review: Unremarkable Remake Flashes Before Your Eyes
Joel Schumacher’s atmospheric cult classic about death-defying medical students, revived as blah horror
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‘Chasing Coral’ Review: Environmental Doc Exposes Oceanic Crisis
Jeff Orlowski (“Chasing Ice”) is more interested in advocacy than impartiality in this powerful look at our vanishing reefs
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‘Star Trek: Discovery’: 5 of Your Biggest Questions Answered
Are the Klingons okay and will it add to the ‘Star Trek’ universe
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‘Woodshock’ Review: Kirsten Dunst and Rodarte Lose Their Way in the Woods
The promising debut feature from fashion designer sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy is beautifully messy and emotionally muddled
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‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ Review: Spy Sequel Provides Bugger All in the Way of Fun
Without the first movie’s snappy charm, Matthew Vaughn’s follow-up to the gentleman-spy saga is just pop idiocy
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‘Loving Vincent’ Review: Van Gogh Biopic Made Entirely of Animated Oil Paintings
The unusual technique, which took years to accomplish, offers arresting visuals but never coheres into a transcendent drama
