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‘Reflection in a Dead Diamond’ Review: An Exquisite and Flashy Cinematic Jewel Box With Nothing Much Inside
The latest genre movie homage from French directors Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani follows a retired secret agent reminiscing about his action-packed past.
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‘Köln 75’ Review: John Magaro Hits the Right Notes in a Frustrating Music Drama That Marginalizes the Headliner
Mala Emde plays Vera Brandes, the 18-year-old music promoter without whom Keith Jarrett's celebrated piano recording, ‘The Köln Concert,’ might not have happened.
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‘Dreams’ Review: Jessica Chastain Is Chilling in Michel Franco’s Scalding Study of Love and Privilege
Mexican ballet dancer Isaac Hernández co-stars as an undocumented immigrant who pins his bid for permanency in the U.S. on his relationship with a wealthy San Francisco philanthropist.
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‘The Botanist’ Review: A Graceful Chinese Coming-of-Ager With Dreamy Images More Captivating Than the Story
First-time director Jing Yi sets his feature in the northern province of Xinjiang, in a remote community just across the border from Kazakhstan.
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‘Mickey 17’ Review: An Amusing Robert Pattinson Gamely Tackles a Double Role in Bong Joon Ho’s Scattershot Sci-Fi Follow-Up to ‘Parasite’
The actor plays a repeatedly reconstituted “expendable” in this dark comedy set in a nascent ice planet colony, also starring Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Colette and Mark Ruffalo.
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‘Ari’ Review: An Intensely Performed if Loose-Limbed Portrait of an Emotionally Unstable French Man Trying to Fix His Life
Director Léonor Serraille ('Mother and Son') worked with both seasoned and amateur actors in a partially improvised drama that explores the lives of wayward 20somethings.
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‘Hot Milk’ Review: Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw and Vicky Krieps in a Watery Psychological Drama Lacking in Texture
Screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz makes her directing debut adapting Deborah Levy’s novel about the prison of a strained mother-daughter relationship.
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‘Living the Land’ Review: A Richly Detailed, Novelistic Chronicle of Life in Early-’90s Rural China
Writer-director Huo Meng’s Berlin competition entry follows an extended family of farmers scraping by as their country gradually evolves into an industrial powerhouse.
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‘A Letter to David’ Review: An Israeli Filmmaker Considers the Fate of an Actor Turned Hostage in a Harrowing Film Essay
Nancy Spielberg (Steven Spielberg's sister) produced writer-director Tom Shoval's portrait of David Cunio, who starred in his 2013 film 'Youth' and was taken hostage on October 7th, 2023.
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‘Oscar-Nominated Shorts 2025: Live Action’ Review: A Mix of Issue-Driven Dramas That Mostly Favor Subject Matter Over Storytelling
The five films hail from Croatia, South Africa, India, the Netherlands and the U.S., tackling a multitude of hot-button topics currently plaguing the globe.
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‘The Light’ Review: Tom Tykwer’s Self-Indulgent Musings on 21st Century Human Existence Open Berlin on a Trying Note
Lars Eidinger and Nicolette Krebitz star as a German couple in crisis whose dysfunctional family is changed by the arrival of a Syrian housekeeper.
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‘The Gorge’ Review: Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller in an Apple TV+ Sci-Fi Romance That’s Too Sweet for Its Own Good
The actors play snipers tasked with guarding a mysterious ravine in this feature also starring Sigourney Weaver and directed by Scott Derrickson.
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‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Review: Anthony Mackie Takes the Lead, but Uninspired Marvel Entry Lets Him Down
The fourth standalone 'Captain America' film, directed by Julius Onah and also starring Harrison Ford, is the first to feature Mackie in the title role.
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‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ Review: Renée Zellweger Shines in Poignant Moments of Closing Chapter Flush With Fan-Service
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall join returning cast including Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Emma Thompson in the fourth entry of the rom-com series based on Helen Fielding’s popular novels.
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‘Move Ya Body: The Birth of House’ Review: In Compelling Music Doc, Elegance Bratton Explores a Genre’s Black Queer Roots
In his latest feature, which premiered at Sundance, the 'Inspection' director asks who gets credited for their contributions to American culture.
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‘Love Hurts’ Review: Ke Huy Quan in a Valentine’s-Themed Action Thriller Not Worth Swooning Over
Ariana DeBose and Marshawn Lynch also star in the film about a seemingly ordinary real estate agent outrunning a violent past, produced by David Leitch ('John Wick').
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