The New York Times – Film:
The bigger-budget follow-up to last year’s abysmal cult horror hit about haunted animatronic puppets is, at best, marginally scarier.
Author: Beatrice Loayza
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‘The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo’ Review: Freelancing Woes
The New York Times – Film:
Was a freelance photographer intentionally left out of the famous Vietnam War photo of “Napalm Girl”?
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‘Arco’ Review: A Technicolor Apocalypse
The New York Times – Film:
A boy empowered by a time-traveling cape crash-lands in 2075 in this inventive animated film that wrestles with the effects of climate change and technology.
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‘Belén’ Review: An Eye-Opening but Rote Courtroom Thriller
The New York Times – Film:
The actor-director Dolores Fonzi chronicles the battle to legalize abortion in Argentina through the real-life story of a woman’s wrongful imprisonment.
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‘Fire of Wind’ Review: May Day
The New York Times – Film:
In this elegant, elliptical folk tale set in rural Portugal, a group of grape pickers are trapped in treetops after a bull is let loose and gores a few of their companions.
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‘Dream Eater’ Review: Nightmares on the Move
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A man who suffers from violent sleepwalking spells and his girlfriend retreat to a remote cabin in this stiff found-footage horror movie.
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‘Urchin’ Review: The Vicious Cycle and Recycle of Addiction and Hope
The New York Times – Film:
Frank Dillane, starring as a recovering addict in London, elevates this character study, Harris Dickinson’s feature directing debut.
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‘HIM’ Review: Dying to Go Pro
The New York Times – Film:
In this thriller, a young quarterback is invited to train with a veteran player (Marlon Wayans) in his Texas compound. What could go wrong?
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‘Dreams’ Review: Fact or Autofiction?
The New York Times – Film:
The film is the final installment in Dag Johan Haugerud’s trilogy about the sexual and romantic mores of Oslo’s inhabitants.