‘By the Grace of God’ Film Review: François Ozon’s Look at Catholic Child Abuse Puts Victims First
The French auteur offers an unsparing examination of a scandal but remains even-handed and compassionate
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‘The Elephant Queen’ Film Review: Apple TV+ Nature Documentary Hits the Right Tone for Young Viewers
Chiwetel Ejiofor narrates a tale that doesn’t shy away from, but still delicately handles, the tough realities of nature
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‘The Cave’ Film Review: Women Are Lifesaving Heroes in Syrian War Hospital Documentary
Feras Fayyad (“Last Men in Aleppo”) creates a stirring portrait of female doctors in an underground hospital
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‘Greener Grass’ Film Review: Stepford Wives Step Out of Line in Suburban Satire
UCB vets Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe write, direct and star in an outrageous, candy-colored hellscape
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‘The Laundromat’ Film Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Panama Papers Tale Is a Messy Exposé
Not even Meryl Streep, Antonio Banderas and a miscast Gary Oldman can elevate this would-be “Big Short”
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‘#Female Pleasure’ Film Review: Globe-Spanning Documentary Celebrates Women Reclaiming Sexuality
Five brave activists from around the world share their stories and their ongoing fight to smash patriarchal attitudes
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‘Tell Me Who I Am’ Film Review: Amnesiac Revisits Trauma With His Twin in Powerful Documentary
The lies and truths of one family’s past are uncovered in a devastating work of non-fiction
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‘The Lighthouse’ Film Review: Robert Pattinson Rocks With a Portrait of Madness
Before he has a chance to don Batman’s cowl, Pattison teams with Willem Dafoe to rip into this black-and-white fever dream with demented glee
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‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ Film Review: Emma Stone and Co. Battle the Undead in Lively Sequel
Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson and Abigail Breslin return a decade later for more blood, guts and laughs
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‘Making Montgomery Clift’ Film Review: Doc Liberates Screen Icon From His Gloomy Reputation
Clift’s nephew uses archival footage and other memorabilia to celebrate the star’s joie de vivre
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‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ Film Review: Angelina Jolie Returns, But the Stakes Are Diminished
This time, it’s not personal, and so a wonderfully vivid character finds her sharp edges dulled
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‘Skid Row Marathon’ Film Review: Documentary Puts Homeless Runners in Soft Focus
In examining a judge who assembles a group of runners from Los Angeles’ Skid Row, the film sprints from tough questions
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‘On Broadway’ Film Review: Documentary Offers Neon Lights But Not Much Else
Hamptons International Film Festival 2019: This star-filled celebration plays more like an informercial than a movie
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‘El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie’ Review: Aaron Paul’s ‘Yeah Bitch’ Is Back in Entertaining Sequel
Like a hole plugged in a show’s expanded universe, this coiled thriller satisfyingly reveals what happened to the award-winning drama’s beloved partner in crime
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‘Jexi’ Film Review: Comedy Crashes in Witless Tale of Runaway Operating System
This Adam Devine time-waster is “Her” for Dummies
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‘Emanuel’ Film Review: Charleston Church Massacre Doc Stresses Forgiveness, Healing
Survivors and loved ones share painful memories, and many of them advocate for the killer’s repentance
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‘High Strung Free Dance’ Film Review: Toe-Tapping Dance Saga Shimmies Between Sublime and Ridiculous
If you’re on board with the ridiculous plot and over-the-top choreography, this one’s a cult classic in the making
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‘The Addams Family’ Film Review: Creepy, Kooky Characters Live Again in Fun Animated Feature
Oscar Isaac and Charlize Theron lead the brood in a cartoon comedy that encourages kids to fly their own freak flags
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‘Parasite’ Film Review: Bong Joon-ho Tackles Disparity With Delicious Dark Comedy
Cannes 2019: This darkly funny thriller with a searing social conscience is a remarkable success, but will the jury see past its genre?
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‘Gemini Man’ Film Review: Will Smith Gets to Play Two Dullards in Ridiculous Cloning Thriller
Ang Lee blends an erratic script, listless performances and high frame-rate cinematography, and the results are terrible
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‘The Cotton Club Encore’ Film Review: Francis Ford Coppola’s Butchered Masterpiece Gets Its Redemption
New York Film Festival 2019: With the restoration of Gregory Hines’ complete performance, this legendary flop now stands among a master director’s greatest films
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‘Mary’ Film Review: Gary Oldman’s Haunted-Boat Tale Is Neither Sea- Nor Scare-Worthy
Emily Mortimer struggles to keep the film afloat, despite a script that underserves the characters and the chills
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‘Mister America’ Film Review: An Idiot Runs for Office, But That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
Tim Heidecker plays an unqualified criminal on the campaign trail, but this wobbly satire tells us nothing we don’t already know
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‘Dilili in Paris’ Film Review: Animated French Period Saga Provides a History Lesson for Kids
French animation legend Michel Ocelot mixes stylized characters with realistic backgrounds, to mixed effect
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‘Wrinkles the Clown’ Film Review: There’s a Great Doc To Be Made About Creepy Clowns — This Isn’t It
Director Michael Beach Nichols plays fast and loose with this urban legend but never plays fair with the audience
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‘Semper Fi’ Film Review: Fascinating Characters Get Sacrificed to Flat Melodrama in Marines Saga
Jai Courtney and Nat Wolff give their all as troubled brothers, but the movie ignores them for less interesting pursuits
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‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Film Review: Eddie Murphy Is a Soulfully Vulgar Blast as Comedy Legend Rudy Ray Moore
Perhaps the best-ever comedy about the making of a cult hit, it’s mainly a spectacular vehicle for Murphy’s buoyant comic gifts
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‘Lucy in the Sky’ Film Review: Natalie Portman’s Astronaut Cut Loose by Script’s Lack of Mission, Control
Director Noah Hawley and his all-male screenwriting team can’t seem to tether a complicated female character
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‘Pain and Glory’ Film Review: Antonio Banderas Plays Pedro Almodóvar – Sort Of
Cannes 2019: Almodóvar’s gentle memory piece replaces the youthful provocation of his early films with mature reflection
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‘Low Tide’ Film Review: Coming-of-Age Tale About Buried Treasure Digs Up Promising Talent
A first-time director and a young cast team up for a teen adventure that recalls the best of the 1980s
