The New York Times – Film:
This stirring film from Noora Niasari follows an Iranian woman and her daughter living in a women’s shelter in Australia.
Author: Natalia Winkelman
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‘Veselka’ Review: Serving Up Support for Ukraine
The New York Times – Film:
Subtitled “The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World,” this documentary offers a warm tribute to an East Village landmark.
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‘Upgraded’ Review: Faking It That She’s Made It
The New York Times – Film:
Camila Mendes plays a broke assistant posing as an art world bigwig in this slyly charming romantic comedy.
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‘Drift’ Review: Cynthia Erivo Keeps a Breakdown at Bay
The New York Times – Film:
Anthony Chen’s quiet character study follows a traumatized Liberian woman (Cynthia Erivo) on a Greek island who befriends an American tour guide (Alia Shawkat).
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‘Fitting In’ Review: Her Body, Herself
The New York Times – Film:
Maddie Ziegler plays a teen who is diagnosed with a rare reproductive condition in this movie that tends toward the obvious.
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‘The Peasants’ Review: A Village Rendered in Oils
The New York Times – Film:
The filmmakers DK and Hugh Welchman apply a painstaking oil painting technique to render this sweeping drama set in a 19th century Polish village.
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‘Role Play’ Review: Mommy by Day, Killer by Night
The New York Times – Film:
Kaley Cuoco plays a woman balancing a life of domesticity with her career as an assassin in this spineless comedy thriller.
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‘Rose’ Review: My Sister’s Keeper
The New York Times – Film:
Niels Arden Oplev’s drama about two sisters, one of whom is a woman with schizophrenia, on a bus tour of France brims with genuine feeling.