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A woman prepares to battle her clone in Riley Stearns’s imprecise satire that invites questions about the self and then leaves them unexplored.
Author: Natalia Winkelman
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‘Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King’ Review: Coins and Misdemeanors
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In this sensationalist Netflix documentary, aggrieved users of a defunct cryptocurrency exchange grow convinced that the company’s head absconded with their money.
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‘Outside Noise’ Review: Walking and Talking in Vienna and Berlin
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Three women laze around German-speaking cities in the languid third feature from the indie director Ted Fendt.
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‘Atlantide’ Review: Restless and Reckless on the Venetian Lagoon
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A speed boater and his girlfriend maneuver around the coasts of Venice and its islands in this moody portrait of contemporary youth culture.
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‘The Adam Project’ Review: Back Talk to the Future
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Ryan Reynolds plays a time traveling wise cracker in Shawn Levy’s science fiction adventure.
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‘Lucy and Desi’ Review: Love in the Time of Television
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This documentary, directed by Amy Poehler and about the dynamic duo behind “I Love Lucy,” favors the good times over the difficult ones.
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‘Servants’ Review: Fighting for Purity of Faith
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Teenage priests in training resist the mingling of church and the Communist state in Ivan Ostrochovsky’s drama.
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‘Aulcie’ Review: Love and Basketball, in Israel
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This melodramatic documentary chronicles how Aulcie Perry, a basketball center from New Jersey, became a celebrity in Israel after he joined the Maccabi Tel Aviv team.