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Jun 21, 2022
Cult director Peter Strickland delivers a hallucinogenic mix of culinary performance art, group sex, public colonoscopies and the joy of kinky cooking. Consider yourself warned
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Jun 20, 2022
Based on a George Saunders short story, the sci-fi mystery feels cold, calculated, and just plain boring
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Jun 16, 2022
This showbiz skewers the narcissism of creative types — and, thanks to Penélope Cruz's over-the-top take on a "genius" filmmaker, becomes a work of actual genius
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Jun 15, 2022
The singular film explores harsh realities about the harvesting of black labor and natural resources, while pushing its characters and narrative into new dimensions
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Jun 13, 2022
To Intellectual Property, and Beyond! The Toy Story space cadet gets his own origin story of sorts, complete with multiverses and cute robot cats
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Jun 10, 2022
It's a feel-good sports movie that works way better than it should — and you can credit a Sandman-in-Winter performance for that
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Jun 08, 2022
Oh dear lord, make it stop!
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Jun 03, 2022
Writer-star Joel Kim Booster's update of Jane Austen's love story is a valentine to a vacation spot and the culture it's nurtured
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Jun 02, 2022
One of the greatest living filmmakers drops a smart bomb of a brainy, sci-fi thriller about art, evolution, celebrity and sex as "the new surgery." It's as gory, gristly and good as it sounds
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May 29, 2022
There's no way that the sequel to one of the most toxic blockbusters of the 1980s should be as entertaining as it is — and the reason is the name above the title
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May 20, 2022
Alex Garland's latest high-concept horror flick takes us inside one woman's fears and traumas, only to see her overshadowed by the terrible men that cause them
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May 17, 2022
This tale of familial tragedies and painful pasts on the Great Plains takes a smaller, more intimate approach to the Big Sky Country — which makes all the difference
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May 13, 2022
This new adaptation of the story of a girl with psychokinetic powers — and a penchant for pyrotechnics — isn't the worst take on the horror master's work. But it's close
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May 12, 2022
The actor returns to his most famous role as a flyboy in winter who doesn't quite take our breath away
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May 05, 2022
An extraordinary story of a young woman desperately trying to terminate an unwanted pregnancy in 1960s France has gone from international sensation to a call to arms
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May 04, 2022
'Sheryl' charts the ups and downs of singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow — from her "romance" with Michael Jackson to her triumphant return in 2019
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May 03, 2022
The Master of the Mystic Arts' second solo joint doubles as a genuine, old-school Sam Raimi horror movie — and that's a gift
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Apr 29, 2022
This Iranian film about a family on a mysterious road trip is funny, tragic, moving and a near-perfect debut movie
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Apr 21, 2022
Director Robert Eggers revisits an ancient saga of redemption and revenge in his most visually stunning film yet
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Apr 20, 2022
The Face-Off star pokes fun at his persona in a meta comedy about fame and fandom — and is the only reason this movie is not completely unbearable
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Apr 19, 2022
Céline Sciamma's follow-up to 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' turns a fanciful, fairy-tale notion of family ties into something close to a minor-key masterpiece
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Apr 14, 2022
Jacques Audiard's look at three restless souls in the City of Light doesn't skimp on the hot-and-heavy hook-ups — and is all the better for it
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Apr 13, 2022
Repeated attempts to wring more cash out of Hogwarts Inc. aren't working — though this 'Fantastic Beasts' offers one very interesting subplot
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Apr 11, 2022
This perfectly mediocre spy flick stars Chris Pine and Thandie Newton as secret agents and ex-lovers reunited to solve the mystery of a plane hijacking
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Apr 08, 2022
Sure, we could tell you how completely idiotic this feature-length car chase from the 'Transformers' director is. Or we could give you something to make this experience a lot more bearable
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Apr 06, 2022
A cracked biopic based on a superstar singer raises questions about her love life — but doesn't quite have the guts to answer them
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Apr 01, 2022
The winningly overstuffed marital-arts mash-up casts the iconic star as a stifled woman who reaches her full kick-ass potential in a barrage of parallel lives
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Mar 30, 2022
There will not be blood — or much fun, excitement or coherence — in this 'Spider-Man' supervillain spin-off starring Jared Leto as a scientist-turned-vampire
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Mar 30, 2022
The filmmaker revisits one giant leap for mankind through the a kid's pop-cultured childhood and comes up with something funny, fantastic and moving
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Mar 24, 2022
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum try to resurrect a 1980s strain of romantic comedy derring-do and come up with an empty tomb
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Mar 18, 2022
Director Adrian Lyne's first movie in 20 years drowns in unanswered questions — mainly, what the heck it's about
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Mar 18, 2022
Ti West's tribute to sex and violence at the movies will properly wallop your gag reflex, scare you witless — and, against all odds, breaks your heart
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Mar 17, 2022
This bespoke-pulp tale of a tailor caught in a Chicago mob crossfire is a showcase for British actor Mark Rylance and some gorgeous-looking suits
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Mar 16, 2022
A look at the living legend and "last man standing" is one part biography, one part portrait of a mentorship
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Mar 10, 2022
The animation company's latest — and its first movie to be solely directed by a woman — turns a bright red metaphor for the elation and confusion of coming-of-age into something delightful
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Mar 10, 2022
There's a whole lotta old-school Spielberg — and a metric ton of sap — in this throwback sci-fi kids' flick
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Mar 04, 2022
The sophomore feature from the writer-director-essayist Kogonada imagines a sci-fi future with impeccable decor and family androids who dream of human connections
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Feb 28, 2022
Part superhero blockbuster, part 1970s-antihero homage, and part 'Seven' remake, the latest take on the Caped Crusader returns him to pulp-fiction roots —with a few psychological twists
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Feb 21, 2022
Nashville legend Tom Douglas takes a leisurely stroll through the city that built him — and the songs that made him — in this valentine to the creative urge
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Feb 19, 2022
This exploitation of a classic title is part of a much bigger problem regarding classic horror movies — and it's time to say "Stop"
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Feb 17, 2022
Tom Holland makes for fine 21st century swashbuckler, but everything else about this prequel to the beloved PlayStation series is strictly second-rate
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Feb 10, 2022
Kenneth Branagh's latest attempt to establish an Agatha Christie Extended Universe hits a snag, thanks to a not-so-little leading-man problem
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Feb 03, 2022
We're still not 100-percent convinced that Roland Emmerich's pro-conspiracy theorist, anti-moon throwback is a real film — but it's certainly be the first big WTF turkey of 2022
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Feb 02, 2022
Never mind the title — this can't last forever, so savor the chance to laugh at these DIY daredevil knuckleheads one more time before they hobble off into the sunset
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Jan 15, 2022
Joel Coen's adaptation of Shakespeare — starring the Oscar winner as the doomed title character — is a starkly modern take that knows absolute power corrupts, absolutely
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Jan 13, 2022
This raw indie, in which Vanessa Kirby suddenly forgets who she is, drops viewers into an equally disassociative state. That's a compliment
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Jan 12, 2022
But if you're looking for horror that doesn't want to eat its cake and stab it too, then you're shit outta luck, my friend
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Jan 06, 2022
There are a lot of good intentions in this tweak to the old-fashioned, international spy-vs-spy movie template — and not much else
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Dec 30, 2021
The character actor gets a rare chance to take center stage as a horse racer on his last legs, riding this modest character study for all its worth
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Dec 29, 2021
Reprising his role from the off-Broadway musical take on Edmond Rostand's play, the 'Game of Thrones' star turns up the tragedy (and the heat) to make this classic character his own
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Dec 26, 2021
Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut makes a subversive thriller out of a quiet, complex character study
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Dec 24, 2021
Adam McKay's satire imagines an A-list cast fretting over a giant comet threatening our planet — and can't crawl out of the tarpit of it's own bone-deep despair
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Dec 21, 2021
The long-awaited sequel wears its fan service on its sleeve, but the meta-references, winks, and nods are layered with a much deeper meaning
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Dec 21, 2021
The long-awaited sequel is a moving nostalgia trip that reminds us of the franchise's stunning prescience — and brings its big ideas into sharp focus
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Dec 17, 2021
The new HBO film is a deeply intimate look at Soundcloud rap's greatest hope and champion, but it doesn't answer bigger questions
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Dec 16, 2021
Guillermo del Toro's follow-up to 'The Shape of Water' resurrects an old noir about con artists and carny life, and gives Bradley Cooper a career-best role
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Dec 14, 2021
The latest Spidey epic imports some familiar looking bad guys — and somehow retcons an entire comic-book multiverse under one mouse-eared roof
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Dec 10, 2021
The writer-director uses the TV sitcom's royal couple to score ideological points, and occasionally lets his actors remind you that they were human beings
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Dec 09, 2021
The director's remake is both a hat-tip to the original (and old-school Hollywood) and a slightly revised version that gives this street-gang 'Romeo & Juliet' a sense of urgency
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Dec 06, 2021
Sean Baker's follow-up to 'The Florida Project' follows a narcissistic, delusional adult-movie actor on the skids — and resurrects Simon Rex from the millennial-sex-symbol dead
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Nov 26, 2021
Stephen Karam's adaptation of his Tony-winning play turns this drama into its own specific horror movie — and reminds you that family means always having to say you're sorry
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Nov 24, 2021
Ridley Scott's true-crime tale of murder among the rich, famous and fashionable has a supernova at the center of it, and proves the singer is a great actor, period
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Nov 24, 2021
A spiritual prequel to 'Punch Drunk Love,' the filmmaker's look back at a bygone era couldn't be more personal — or have better performers at its center
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Nov 22, 2021
The actor plays a bachelor uncle stuck with his precocious nephew in Mike Mills' latest drama, a film that brings indie tropes into moving harmony
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Nov 19, 2021
And the way it lets these men exorcise their demons through moviemaking is a serious gift — to them and us
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Nov 19, 2021
Playing the Williams sisters' dad as a brash, stubborn control freak, Smith shows how, and why, two culture-shifting athletes came from humble roots
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Nov 17, 2021
But just because you're not scared to watch a franchise wallow in knee-jerk nostalgia doesn't mean it's not a pandering mess
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Nov 12, 2021
The writer-director's return to his end-of-innocence moment — when sectarian violence rocked Northern Ireland — is, to put it bluntly, his best movie in years
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Nov 11, 2021
What do you get when you team up Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot in a god-awful, generic-AF jewel thief movie? We'll give you a hint
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Nov 10, 2021
A new Hulu documentary uses official documents, harrowing footage, and firsthand testimonials to correct the record on a 2017 mission gone wrong in Niger
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Nov 09, 2021
Jeymes Samuel's feature debut is a history lesson wrapped in fast, flashy, and fantastical storytelling
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Nov 03, 2021
The star's dystopian tale of a man and his robot starts off as 'Cast Away: End of the World Edition' — and then devolves into one hot mess
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Oct 29, 2021
The 'Baby Driver' filmmaker goes the psychological thriller route, with a horror film that both romanticizes and criticizes a groovy, grotesque past
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Oct 26, 2021
In the latest MCU movie, sexy superheroes care more about their own melodramas than the humans they're supposed to be saving
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Oct 25, 2021
The director throws every trick in his book at this lovingly tribute to 'The New Yorker' magazine — and creatives everywhere
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Oct 20, 2021
Denis Villeneuve's ambitious adaptation turns Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic into a big, bold blockbuster
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Oct 15, 2021
Todd Haynes look back at the Sixties downtown-boho rock icons gives the group the exhilarating, experimental portrait it richly deserves
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Oct 14, 2021
The sequel to David Gordon Green's brilliant 2018 franchise-reboot is a murder scene in all of the wrong ways
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Oct 13, 2021
Costarring Adam Driver and Jodie Comer, Ridley Scott's A-list epic tries to balance violence, comedy, campiness and heavy-handed message-mongering. It does not succeed.
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Oct 13, 2021
Co-starring Adam Driver and Jodie Comer, Ridley Scott's A-list epic tries to balance violence, comedy, campiness and heavy-handed message-mongering. It does not succeed
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Oct 09, 2021
A bold, disturbing story about farmers raising an unusual animal as their own makes for an incredible debut — and a cult movie in the making
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Oct 08, 2021
Julia Ducournau's Palme d'Or winner twists horror, erotica, and psychological thrills into something completely new, confounding, and captivating
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Oct 01, 2021
For his final turn as 007, the actor who gave Bond an edge and a pulse reminds you why his tenure as the action hero has been iconic
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Sep 30, 2021
As the titular villainous counterpart to Tom Hardy's Venom, the actor ups the ante of silly humor and trashy fun in this dueling-alien-symbiotes sequel
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Sep 28, 2021
David Chase and friends go back to the beginning, and deliver a combination of origin story, historical epic and a good, old-fashioned gangster movie
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Sep 28, 2021
Tightly-wound star vehicle gives the actor plenty of room to show off, as an officer bound to desk duty at a call center
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Sep 23, 2021
Oscar Isaac's mysterious poker player is the latest in a series of solitary, demon-plagued men the writer-director has brought to the screen
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Sep 23, 2021
The adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical and its star have been raked over the coals since the first trailer appeared — yet the end result is painfully true to the spirit of the play
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Sep 17, 2021
The star-director plays with familiar tropes as a cowboy in his twilight, but delivers a surprising emotional payoff
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Sep 17, 2021
She's the only reason to see this biopic of the disgraced televangelist and LGBTQ icon — but it's a blessed enough reason to see it
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Sep 03, 2021
The latest Marvel movie tells a cross-generational, culture-forward superhero tale with style, grace, and plenty of ass-kicking action
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Aug 26, 2021
Director Nia DaCosta's version — starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Teyonah Parris — is too aware of too aware of the legacy (and ironies) of its predecessor's premise
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Aug 23, 2021
It also gives Rebecca Hall a great role, makes the most of its 'Architectural Digest'-worthy setting and takes some intriguing left turns
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Aug 19, 2021
Hugh Jackman is a man who lets people relive their memories — and gets caught up in chasing his own past — in this forgettable mix of detective pulp, dystopic science fiction and dead ends
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Aug 16, 2021
A thriller from director Ferdinando Cito Filomarino that risks the ridiculous while it veers into unexpected terrain
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Aug 14, 2021
The third entry in director Peter Nicks's "Oakland trilogy" focuses on the traumas and triumphs of Oakland High School's class of 2020
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Aug 13, 2021
A biopic of the Queen was never going to satisfy everyone — but Jennifer Hudson captures the power of Franklin's songs
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Aug 13, 2021
This year's festival prizewinner finally comes to the general public, courtesy of Apple — and it's the type of feel-good movie that leaves you both uplifted and exhausted
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Aug 13, 2021
The 'Deadpool' star is the only reason to see this story of video games, nice guys finishing first and the evils of corporate I.P. obsessions — but you knew that already
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Aug 09, 2021
An experiment in how we watch — and the difference in what people see even when we're watching the same thing — gives us one of the intriguing, vital movies of 2021
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