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.
Author: Natalia Winkelman
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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
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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.
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‘Total Trust’ Review: Under Surveillance
The New York Times – Film:
Jialing Zhang’s documentary follows a journalist and two families fighting for rights while dealing with invasive surveillance tactics from Chinese authorities.
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‘Who We Become’ Review: Interrogating Identity and Injustice
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Three young Filipino women self-document difficult conversations with their families and friends during the first year of the pandemic.
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‘Monster’ Review: Uncovering a Mother-Son Japanese Mystery
The New York Times – Film:
This drama from Hirokazu Kore-eda traces a series of events from the perspectives of a single mother, her preteen son and his fifth-grade teacher.