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‘Homebound’ Review: One of the Year’s Best Indian Films Is a Martin Scorsese-Produced Drama of Friendship Amid Systemic Injustice
Ishaan Khatter and Vishal Jethwa play two childhood best friends navigating the COVID-19 pandemic in India's submission for the Best International Feature Oscar.
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‘Play Dirty’ Review: Mark Wahlberg Lacks the Spark to Sell a Sardonic Master Criminal in Shane Black’s Ho-Hum Heist Caper
LaKeith Stanfield, Rosa Salazar, Keegan-Michael Key and Tony Shalhoub also star in Amazon Prime’s action-thriller based on Donald E. Westlake’s ‘Parker’ novels.
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‘Weightless’ Review: A Teen at Weight-Loss Camp Learns Hard Lessons in a Smart, Striking Danish Debut
Emilie Thalund's feature directorial bow starring Marie Helweg Augustsen was a prizewinner at this year's San Sebastian Film Festival.
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‘Anemone’ Review: Daniel Day-Lewis Makes a Commanding Return to the Screen in a Drama That Seldom Approaches His Earth-Shaking Force
Sean Bean and Samantha Morton also star in this portrait of familial bonds shattered by violence, directed by Ronan Day-Lewis and premiering at the New York Film Festival.
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‘Ungrateful Beings’ Review: A Sly, Skillfully Sustained Czech Drama About a Family Fractured by Anorexia
Irish actor Barry Ward plays a dad at his wit's end with his 17-year-old daughter, who is struggling with an eating disorder, in this San Sebastian-bowing film.
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‘Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie’ Review: Strictly for the Kids
The popular Netflix show hits the big screen in a film featuring Laila Lockhart Kraner in the titular role and Kristen Wiig and Gloria Estefan in key supporting parts.
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‘Six Days in Spring’ Review: An Illicit Vacation Transforms a Family’s Bond in a Wistful French Drama of Class and Privilege
Premiering at the San Sebastian Film Festival, the film by Joachim Lafosse stars Eye Haïdara as a struggling mother who sneaks her boys into her former in-laws' luxury estate.
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Critic’s Notebook: Film’s Failure to Capture Online Life Has Never Been More Glaring
Current events continue to remind us that millions of young people are living much of their lives online. More movies should reflect that reality.
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‘Him’ Review: Marlon Wayans and Tyriq Withers Impress in a Jordan Peele-Produced Sports Horror That Fumbles Its Potential
A promising young football player endures a hellish week of training under the guidance of his idol, a charismatic star quarterback nearing retirement.
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‘One Battle After Another’ Review: Leonardo DiCaprio Leads Paul Thomas Anderson’s Bracingly Timely Wonder
Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall and Benicio Del Toro also star in the film about an ex-revolutionary group, aimed squarely and righteously at the nightmare politics of today.
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‘In Whose Name?’ Review: The Chronicle of Kanye West’s Chaos That You Never Asked For
Filmmaker Nico Ballesteros followed the hip-hop superstar for six years, through marital troubles with Kim Kardashian, anti-Semitic outbursts and a budding relationship with Donald Trump.
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‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ Review: Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie Go on a Generic Road Trip of the Soul in Kogonada’s Cloying Misfire
The 'Columbus' and 'After Yang' helmer directs a Black List screenplay in this film also featuring Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Kevin Kline.
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‘Glenrothan’ Review: Brian Cox’s Scotland-Set Directorial Debut Combats Sibling-Drama Clichés With Good Acting
Alan Cumming, Alexandra Shipp and Shirley Henderson co-star in the drama about estranged brothers reuniting, which premiered in Toronto.
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‘Normal’ Review: Bob Odenkirk Fires on All Cylinders in Ben Wheatley’s Jaw-Droppingly Excessive Blast of a Crime Caper
The TIFF-premiering neo-Western about an interim sheriff who senses something amiss about a small Minnesota town also stars Henry Winkler and Lena Headey.
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‘Driver’s Ed’ Review: Sam Nivola Stars in Bobby Farrelly’s Genial but Uninspired Road Trip Comedy
Molly Shannon and Kumail Nanjiani also appear in the film about a high school student who hijacks his driving instructor's car in a bid to win back his college girlfriend.
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‘Motor City’ Review: Alan Ritchson and Shailene Woodley Wade Through Cliché in Overstretched Stylistic Exercise
Ben Foster and Pablo Schreiber also star in Potsy Ponciroli’s violent crime thriller set in 1977 Detroit, which played at both the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals.
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