‘Small Axe: Education’ Film Review: Children Are the Future, and Both Have To Be Fought For
Steve McQueen powerfully illustrates how systemic racism works its way down into the school system
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‘Another Round’ Film Review: Mads Mikkelsen Ties One On for Thomas Vinterberg
This incisive and insightful drama about drinking to excess is more about mid-life crises than a sermon about demon rum
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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Film Review: Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis Lead an Explosive Cast in Stagey Adaptation
August Wilson’s play makes a politely-PBS shift to the big screen, but dynamic performances make it explosive
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‘Monster Hunter’ Review: Don’t Go Hunting for a Good Movie in This Videogame Silliness
Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa and Ron Perlman star in Paul W.S. Anderson’s hyperkinetic sci-fi melodrama drowning in CGI
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‘Greenland’ Film Review: Gerard Butler Can’t Save the World, for Once
In this apocalyptic disaster tale, Butler tries to get his family to safety as the comets fall
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‘Wolfwalkers’ Film Review: Old-School Animation Invigorates Irish Eco-Fable
The team behind “Song of the Sea” and “The Secret of Kells” deliver another tale that’s charming, exciting, and thought-provoking
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‘The Prom’ Film Review: Ryan Murphy Revisits a Midwest High School for a Musical Lesson in Tolerance
Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman and Andrew Rannells star in Netflix’s Broadway adaptation
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‘I’m Your Woman’ Film Review: Rachel Brosnahan Finds Herself on the Run in ’70s-Set Thriller
Director Julia Hart (“Fast Color”) hits that 1970s “New Hollywood” sweet spot that eludes so many contemporary filmmakers
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‘Small Axe: Alex Wheatle’ Film Review: Steve McQueen Captures the Process of an Artist Discovering Himself
This powerful biopic reminds us that none of us can create a future without first understanding our collective past
