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Home » Comedy drama

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Red Rocket is simple stuff about a simple man

by Kat Sachs December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

What it dispenses in salaciousness fails to account for the lack of any meaningful undercurrent that might make the vulgarity interesting. 

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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

by Ben Sachs November 15, 2018August 23, 2021

R • 2 hours 12 min • 2018

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Green Book

by Ben Sachs November 15, 2018August 23, 2021

PG-13 • 2 hours 10 min • 2018

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Can You Ever Forgive Me?

by Chicago Reader October 25, 2018August 23, 2021

R • 1 hour 46 min • 2018

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Mid90s

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R • 1 hour 24 min • 2018

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The Old Man & the Gun

by Andrea Gronvall October 4, 2018August 23, 2021

PG-13 • 1 hour 33 min • 2018

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BlacKkKlansman

by Chicago Reader August 9, 2018August 23, 2021

R • 2 hours 14 min • 2018

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Blindspotting

by J.R. Jones July 19, 2018August 23, 2021

R • 1 hour 35 min • 2018

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Boundaries

by Andrea Gronvall June 28, 2018August 23, 2021

R • 1 hour 44 min • 2018

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The Year of Spectacular Men

by Leah Pickett June 14, 2018August 23, 2021

NR • 1 hour 42 min • 2018

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Hearts Beat Loud

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PG-13 • 1 hour 37 min • 2018

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Measure of a Man

by Chicago Reader May 10, 2018August 23, 2021

PG-13 • 1 hour 40 min • 2018

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Support the Girls

by J.R. Jones May 1, 2018August 23, 2021

NR • 1 hour 33 min • 2018

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Kodachrome

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NR • 1 hour 40 min • 2018

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Back to Burgundy

by Ben Sachs April 12, 2018August 23, 2021

NR • 1 hour 53 min • 2017

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