The New York Times – Film:
This month’s picks make up a quintet of paranoia that speaks to the ethos of unease and dread endemic to the modern moment
Author: Brandon Yu
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‘Erupcja’ Review: Dancing Through the Ash
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Charli XCX stars in this drama about a young woman who can’t quite tell the difference between freedom and fleeing.
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‘Outcome’ Review: Keanu Reeves as a Washed-Up Star Making Amends
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Keanu Reeves plays an actor covering up a sordid past in this misguided film directed by Jonah Hill.
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‘BTS: The Return’ Review: Back in the Recording Booth
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This documentary follows the K-pop supergroup BTS reuniting after a four-year hiatus as they find their album’s new vision.
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Payback is bloody, according to this month’s selections, which include Park Chan-wook’s Vengeance Trilogy.
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‘Slanted’ Review: Narratively Botched
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This body horror thriller, about a Chinese American girl who undergoes a surgery to appear white, relies on dated tropes to construct a pale genre pastiche.
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‘K-Pops!’ Review: Reconnecting Through Music
The New York Times – Music:
Anderson .Paak directs and stars alongside his real-life son in this film, which offers sometimes charming, if somewhat sterile pleasures.
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The New York Times – Film:
This month’s lineup includes Spike Lee’s “Crooklyn” and other Black films that are just as rich, sharp and teeming with life.
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‘The Dreadful’ Review: A Knight in Frightening Armor
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Sophie Turner and Kit Harrington reunite after “Game of Thrones” in this deeply silly horror fable that is haunted by an ominous knight.