‘I’m Your Man’ Film Review: Dan Stevens’ Love Robot Helps Tweak Rom-Com Conventions
Director and co-writer Maria Schrader takes an unsparing look at algorithm-driven relationships — and we’re all in one
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‘Surge’ Film Review: Ben Whishaw’s Powerhouse Performance Bolsters Otherwise Flimsy Drama
This tale of one man’s mental breakdown in an uncaring city never gets too far below the surface
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‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ Film Review: Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand Play Shakespeare in the Dark
New York Film Festival 2021: Joel Coen’s brutally stark, nightmarish vision of ”the Scottish play“ features both dazzling performances and contemporary resonance
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‘The Auschwitz Report’ Film Review: Dark Drama Finds a New Side of the Holocaust to Explore
Peter Bebjak’s film starts in the camps, but also finds horror in Western bureaucracy that couldn’t accept what it heard
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‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Film Review: Broadway Musical Adaptation Sneaks Up on You
If you have a heart and any kind of tolerance for musicals, at some point you will probably surrender to Stephen Chbosky’s adaptation
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‘The Guilty’ Film Review: Jake Gyllenhaal’s One-Man Show Is a Hell of a Ride
Director Antoine Fuqua’s revved-up adaptation of the 2018 Danish film stays in one place but moves like a tough, efficient action flick
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‘The Starling’ Film Review: Melissa McCarthy and Chris O’Dowd Have Wings Clipped by Conventional Drama
Kevin Kline co-stars in this predictable and familiar tale once featured on the Black List
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‘Wife of a Spy’ Film Review: Gripping Japanese Thriller Explores Married Couple Embroiled in Espionage
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s first period film is a tense, well-acted and clever spy drama with contemporary resonance regarding Japan’s imperial past
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‘The Many Saints of Newark’ Film Review: ‘Sopranos’ Prequel Gilds the Lily
Awkward big-screen treatment proves the classic HBO series needs no embellishment
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‘Little Girl’ Film Review: Sensitive Doc Examines the Life of a 7-Year-Old Trans Girl
Sébastien Lifshitz delicately handles his young subject and her mother as they struggle with teachers and doctors who don’t understand
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‘Listening to Kenny G’ Film Review: Entertaining Documentary Won’t Make You Stop Hating the Guy
TIFF 2021: Penny Lane’s film lets Kenny G make a case for himself, but it also gives lots of screen time to people who can’t stand his music
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‘My Name Is Pauli Murray’ Film Review: Meet a Historical Trailblazer You May Have Never Heard Of
”RBG“ directors explore life of the pioneering civil rights attorney who rebelled against mid-century limitations placed on race and gender
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‘Silent Night’ Film Review: Brits Gather for One Last Christmas Before the Apocalypse
TIFF 2021: A sharp ensemble keeps calm and carries on, but the narrative gets a bit muddled
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‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ Film Review: Teen-Drag Stage Musical Maintains Dazzle as a Movie
A star is born with Max Harwood’s absolutely fabulous yet thoroughly heartfelt turn as the unapologetic Jamie
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‘Prisoners of the Ghostland’ Film Review: Nicolas Cage Grimaces and Bears It Through Baffling Genre Mishmash
Working in English for the first time, Japanese auteur Sion Sono’s greatness gets lost in the translation
