The New York Times – Film:
In this tense thriller on Hulu, Maika Monroe plays Clare, a Kansas transplant in Los Angeles who parallels Dorothy in Oz.
Author: Natalia Winkelman
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‘Girls State’ Review: One Nation, Under Girls
The New York Times – Film:
Balancing confidence with broad smiles, the high school students in this documentary understand that camaraderie goes hand in hand with political ambition.
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‘Asphalt City’ Review: Arbiters of Life and Death
The New York Times – Film:
Sean Penn plays a flinty paramedic showing a rookie the ropes in this maddening drama about emergency medical workers in New York.
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‘Stormy’ Review: Trials and Travails
The New York Times – Film:
A new documentary on Stormy Daniels traces how fame, frenzy and legal battles involving a former president upended her life.
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‘Cabrini’ Review: Embarking on a Pious Mission
The New York Times – Film:
From the team behind “Sound of Freedom,” this biopic of an Italian nun in 19th-century New York City is stuffed with sanctimonious speeches.
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‘Shayda’ Review: Finding Refuge in Community
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.
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‘Veselka’ Review: Serving Up Support for Ukraine
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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
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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).