
movie reviews
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‘Moonage Daydream’ Film Review: Immersive David Bowie Documentary Is a Bold, Seething Mass of Bowie-ness
By Steve Pond | May 23, 2022 @ 5:20 PMCannes 2022: Brett Morgen’s doc delves into the Bowie archives to embrace the artist’s concept of an art that works with ”fragments and chaos“
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‘Crimes of the Future’ Film Review: David Cronenberg Plays the Hits, But Always With Style
By Alonso Duralde | May 23, 2022 @ 2:33 PMCannes 2022: Whether this is the Canadian auteur’s final film, he offers closing arguments on his thematic and visual obsessions
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‘The Bob’s Burgers Movie’ Review: For Non-Fans, This Comedy’s More Tasty Snack Than Meal
By Alonso Duralde | May 23, 2022 @ 9:00 AMIf you’re not already invested in the characters, the big-screen adaptation is a pleasant diversion that falls just short of actual satisfaction
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‘Fire Island’ Film Review: Emma Meets Mr. Darcy, Only They’re All Dudes in Speedos
By Alonso Duralde | May 23, 2022 @ 9:00 AMThe course of true love runs anything but smooth in writer-star Joel Kim Booster’s queer rom-com
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‘R.M.N.’ Film Review: Cristian Mungiu Explores Romania’s Fractured History Through One Conflicted Town
By Ben Croll | May 22, 2022 @ 8:45 AMCannes 2022: The director of ”4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days“ lights a slow fuse but the payoff brings the fireworks
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‘Mondocane’ Film Review: Italian Crime Drama Forgets It’s Also Supposed to Be Science Fiction
By William Bibbiani | May 21, 2022 @ 8:13 AMBad enough that this film doesn’t have much to say about contemporary society — why confuse things by setting it in the future?
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‘Aftersun’ Film Review: Charlotte Wells Debuts With an Achingly Stirring Coming-of-Age Tale
By Carlos Aguilar | May 21, 2022 @ 4:30 AMCannes 2022: The first-time filmmaker poignantly captures the passage of time as it affects both parents and children
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‘Brother and Sister’ Film Review: Marion Cotillard and Melvil Poupaud’s Sibling Rivalry Gets Lost in the Shuffle
By Nicholas Barber | May 20, 2022 @ 6:07 PMCannes 2022: Director and co-writer Arnaud Desplechin crams seemingly every idea he ever had into a drama that crowds out its powerful leads
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‘Il Buco’ Film Review: Breathtaking Docudrama Takes a Stunning Journey into an Italian Cave
By Fran Hoepfner | May 20, 2022 @ 10:00 AMThe latest from Michelangelo Frammartino (”Le Quattro Volte“) deserves to be seen on the biggest screen possible
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‘Men’ Film Review: Jessie Buckley and All the Rory Kinnears Populate Alex Garland’s Eccentric Horror
By Robert Abele | May 20, 2022 @ 9:00 AMEven with Kinnear’s eerie-versatility flex, this arty creeper never melds its themes and its terrors into a satisfying whole
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‘Corsage’ Film Review: Vicky Krieps Suffers Aristocratically in a ‘Spencer’ for the 19th Century
By Nicholas Barber | May 20, 2022 @ 8:18 AMCannes 2022: Marie Kreutzer sympathetically and incisively examines the demands of the Austro-Hungarian spotlight on Empress Elisabeth
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‘One Fine Morning’ Film Review: Mia Hansen-Løve Captures Love, Death, and Renewal in a Young Mother’s Life
By Katie Walsh | May 20, 2022 @ 1:22 AMCannes 2022: Léa Seydoux gives a striking performance, her face registering a panoply of emotions with honesty and subtlety
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‘EO’ Film Review: Cannes’ Oldest Director Gives Us a Silly, Entertaining Trifle About a Donkey
By Ben Croll | May 19, 2022 @ 10:26 PMCannes 2022: Jerzy Skolimowski seems mostly interested in making his camera swoop and soar and perform stupid pet tricks
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‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ Film Review: Plenty of Cozy but Not Much Drama in This For-Fans-Only Sequel
By Nicholas Barber | May 19, 2022 @ 4:00 PMThere’s little in the way of dramatic stakes or memorable writing
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‘The French’ Film Review: Reissued Sports Doc Serves a Spirited Look at Tennis’ Golden Age
By Robert Abele | May 19, 2022 @ 3:30 PMWilliam Klein goes behind the net in 1981 with Borg, McEnroe, Navratilova, Noah and more