While this may not rank with Son of Saul or Raging Bull in the top rung, The Survivor is not a film to take for granted.
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Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness
Veteran director and cult icon Sam Raimi brings us a vision of Dr. Strange that thankfully shakes off some of the weight of the ever-expanding Marvel universe.
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Navalny feels like a Soviet-era infomercial
I left feeling hollow and angry. Like I’d been manipulated using methods pioneered and perfected under the long-gone Soviet regime of my childhood.
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A testosterone-fueled hero’s journey
The Northman is not a bad film. . . . But I can’t help but be disappointed that Eggers took this politically and socially fraught figure, the Viking, and played it so straight.
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‘Chicago is a funny-ass town’
The Reader caught up with Kerman to talk about what connects South Side and Bust Down, being reasonable in an insane world, and working with Freddie Gibbs.
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
If you love Nicolas Cage, you’ll love this film—and who doesn’t love Nicolas Cage?!
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Dealing with Dad
At its foundation, Dealing with Dad is a sentimental and gentle saga about overcoming the past.
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The Bad Guys
The movie is clever, playing with heist movie tropes while also presenting a dynamic, interesting, and funny tableau of animation.
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
While perhaps the best Fantastic Beasts film, The Secrets of Dumbledore remains a dour movie with lots to say but not enough imagination or understanding to say it well.
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Sound is the star of Memoria
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s latest is more elusive and even more enveloping than his other beguiling films.
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Father Stu
If we need a movie starring Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson about problematic men finding a redemption arc, this is certainly that movie.
