The New York Times – Film:
In Hong Sang-soo’s latest study in small moments and chance encounters, a visit to an old friend prompts a writer in crisis to try something new.
Author: Austin Considine
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‘Stars at Noon’ Review: A Not-So-Innocent Abroad
The New York Times – Film:
Claire Denis’s captivating new film, starring Margaret Qualley and based on the novel by Denis Johnson, treads familiar territory in a foreign land.
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‘Casablanca Beats’ Review: Hip-Hop Isn’t Dead
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Nabil Ayouch’s exuberant musical declares that the genre hasn’t faded; it has just been hiding in a Moroccan slum.
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‘House of Darkness’ Review: If You Prick Them, Do Bros Not Bleed?
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The writer-director Neil LaBute takes a crack at the post-#MeToo revenge parable but offers more irony than insight.
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‘We Are Living Things’ Review: The Truth Is Out There
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Two undocumented immigrants from opposite sides of the world connect in Brooklyn — and over their shared trauma relating to apparent alien abductions.
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‘A Balance’ Review: Critical Distance
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Yujiro Harumoto’s slow-build morality tale puts an ambitious documentary maker in an uncomfortable position as her life begins to resemble her films.
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‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’ Review: Paradise Tossed
The New York Times – Film:
In Mounia Akl’s ambitious debut feature, a family’s attempts to escape the filth of Beirut go awry when the garbage follows them to their doorstep.
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‘Olga’ Review: Tough Balancing Act for a Ukrainian Girl in Exile
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Elie Grappe’s quietly poignant film about a young gymnast finds her torn between her passion and the violence gripping her country — in 2013.
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Stream These 11 Titles Before They Leave Netflix This Month
The New York Times – Film:
A lot of great movies and TV shows are expiring for subscribers in the United States in June. Here are the ones worth finding time for.