The New York Times – Film:
The actor stars as a magnetic, striving table-tennis champ in Josh Safdie’s new movie, one of the most exciting movies of the year.
Author: Manohla Dargis
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‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Review: By Land, by Water, by Air!
The New York Times – Film:
For the franchise’s third movie, James Cameron throws in new creatures, new landscapes, melodramatic plot lines and big battle sequences. It’s a lot.
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‘Cover-Up’ Review: Seymour Hersh, Scoops and Power
The New York Times – Film:
In their documentary, Laura Poitras (“Citzenfour”) and Mark Obenhaus trace the career highs and lows of the famed investigative journalist.
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Rob Reiner Gave Us Great Reasons to Go to the Movies
The New York Times – Film:
“This Is Spinal Tap,” “When Harry Met Sally …,” “Misery”: Reiner delivered an incredible number of accessible, original and adult movies that we still cherish.
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‘Dust Bunny’ Review: A World of Wonders, Familiar and Foreign
The New York Times – Film:
The movie, starring Sophie Sloan and Mads Mikkelsen, is a blast of visual delights.
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‘Resurrection’ Review: Bi Gan’s Voyage Into Cinema
The New York Times – Film:
The Chinese director Bi Gan, who has become a lauded fixture on the festival circuit, conjures a boundary-pushing tale that evokes moviemaking itself.
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‘La Grazia’ Review: Paolo Sorrentino’s Portrait of Waning Power
The New York Times – Film:
The director reunites with Toni Servillo, casting the astonishingly expressive actor as a fictional Italian president facing the end of his term.
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‘Little Trouble Girls’ Review: Teenage Infatuation
The New York Times – Film:
Despite awareness of taboos, two girls in a Catholic school choir are drawn to each other in this feature debut by the Slovenian director Urska Djukic.
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‘BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions’ Review: An Artist’s Mind-Expanding Collage
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In this dazzling essay movie, the director Kahlil Joseph draws on an array of sources — news clips, old movies, family albums, an encyclopedia of ”Africana” — to create a thrilling whole.