Reviews
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‘Rapinoe’ Review: Megan Rapinoe Portrait Is More Than Just Another Celebrity Doc
Toronto Film Festival 2026: Exploring Rapinoe’s mindset as an athlete and person, Rebecca Huntt’s documentary isn’t standard hagiographic fare
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‘The Fix’ Review: Zachary Levi Takes Iran in an Ill-Conceived, Overlong Misfire
Absurd plotting, condescending politics and a deer-in-the-headlights lead performance are not the ingredients for a good thriller
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‘High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam’ Review: Joel Kinnaman Falls Short in Overly Ambitious Political Thriller
Waleed Zuaiter and Dar Salim bring compelling nuance to this flawed TNT historical series
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‘Union Town’ Review: Energetic Labor Documentary Rounds Out 50-Year Trilogy
Venice Film Festival: Barbara Kopple’s third major union film finds her at the height of her cinematic powers
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‘NAZA’ Review: ‘No Other Land’ Directors Return With an Even Bleaker Indictment of the IDF
Venice Film Festival: Twenty-four anonymous technicians and intelligence officers pull back the curtain on how Gaza’s death toll got so high
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‘Crew Girl’ Review: Charming Netflix Series Offers All of the Expected YA Drama
Pretty people doing sporty things makes for an easy end-of-summer escape
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‘Place to Be’ Review: Ellen Burstyn Shines in Tender Road Trip Comedy
Venice Film Festival: Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó crafts a surprising old-age adventure
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‘The Uprising’ Review: Andrew Garfield Medieval Epic Soars, Then Nosedives
The actor leads a rebellion off a cliff in Paul Greengrass’ ultimately disappointing period piece
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‘Company’ Review: Casey Affleck’s Nesting-Doll Narrative Is a Frustrating Slog
Venice Film Festival: The filmmaker and actor’s third film as a director tells three stories inside one big story, but none of them spark
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‘Bunker’ Review: Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz’s Stylish Marital Thriller Is Trapped Between Satire and Suspense
Venice Film Festival: Florian Zeller’s follow-up to “The Son” asks if you can create truly great work on someone else’s terms
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‘Practical Magic 2’ Review: Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman Get a Flawed but Fantastical Reunion
Hollywood’s latest legacy sequel doesn’t fully embrace its ensemble comedy strengths, but benefits from Susanne Bier’s thoughtful direction
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‘The Drop: A Snowfall Saga’ Review: FX Series Is Missing Damson Idris, but Still Finds Its Footing
Newcomer Asante Blackk shines in this follow-up to “Snowfall” that explores survival, rap, family and legacy
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‘Musk’ Review: Alex Gibney’s Punishing Elon Musk Doc Is the Stuff of Nightmares
Venice Film Festival: Gibney’s four-hour movie wants to know how Musk got so much power and why we gave it to him
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‘From Inside Out – The Architecture of Peter Zumthor’ Review: Wim Wenders Pushes 3D Further With Relaxed Documentary
Venice Film Festival: The German filmmaker tackles another artform with his latest doc, which finishes with the famed architect designing the new David Geffen Galleries
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‘Look Back’ Review: Gentle Live Action Remake Loses Magic in Translation
Venice Film Festival: Hirokazu Kore-eda tells a detailed but imbalanced story of two young manga artists














