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New to Streaming: Challengers, Chime, Sasquatch Sunset, Power & More
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Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. American Fiction (Cord Jefferson) Thelonious “Monk” Ellison is in a rut. He’s still trying...
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Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis – 2024 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3
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Winner of two Palme d’Ors, Francis Ford Coppola‘s makes a huge return to Cannes with a film that will not go unnoticed in Megalopolis. With the price tag of about 120 Sean Baker features, this Julius Caesar salad (forgive the...
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Olivier Assayas Will Direct Paul Dano, Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Zach Galifianakis & More in The Wizard of the Kremlin
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After his epic undertaking of rethinking Irma Vep for a new generation, Olivier Assayas premiered the small-scale Suspended Time at Berlinale earlier this year, but now the French director is back to working on a bigger canvas. He’s unveiled his...
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Les Fantômes (Ghost Trail) | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
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The Executioner’s Song: Millet’s Stabbing Debut Looks at How Control Moves Beyond Borders If a Syrian doesn’t find himself in Syria does he still make a sound? In Jonathan Millet’s feature debut, those who are far, far away from their...
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Babes
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The foundation of most comedy is the gulf between our belief that we can control our bodies, words, and relationships and the reality that, most of the time, they're uncontrollable messes. “Babes” explores that gulf with exuberant joy, endearingly vulnerable...
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Back to Black
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Director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s “Back to Black” invokes a single question, one fans of Amy Winehouse are sure to recognize: What kind of f*ckery is this? The Camden-bred superstar, played by Marisa Abela, was famously “just one of the girls.” Down...
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The Strangers: Chapter 1
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2008’s “The Strangers” didn’t seem like the kind of film that would produce a series when it was released. But it’s about to explode into precisely that with the release of “The Strangers Trilogy,” three films directed by Renny Harlin...
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The Big Cigar
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It's an odd sensation to balance a series that at once works but doesn’t wholly meet your expectations. In the moment, as you’re clearly enjoying yourself, you can’t help but feel a nagging, pestering pull for more. Jim Hecht’s Apple...
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The Blue Angels
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"The Blue Angels," a nonfiction film about the Navy's flight demonstration team, was made for IMAX, in two senses of the phrase.  First, technically: according to Cineworld's website, "'The Blue Angels' was shot with Sony's Venice 2 IMAX-certified digital cameras and features IMAX exclusive...
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You Can’t Run Forever
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J.K. Simmons knows how to do sociopath. There’s something so fascinating about a performer like Simmons who can pivot from a guy who looks like your average suburban neighbor to a total lunatic with a perfectly timed malevolent smile. He’s...
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