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A Banquet

A Banquet

A rumble of thunder, the whir of a blender, a sputtering cough, the patter of ra...

Strawberry Mansion

Strawberry Mansion

"I think I'm losing my mind." "It's about time." This is a crucial exchange in "...

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

On October 29, 2018, Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea shortly after...

The Cursed

The Cursed

"The Cursed" is a horror film set in the 18th century, about a pathologist inves...

The Sky Is Everywhere

The Sky Is Everywhere

The biggest tragedy of “The Sky is Everywhere,” a YA dramedy about a young clari...

Inventing Anna

Inventing Anna

You and me and almost everyone we know inhaled the New York Magazine article abo...

Playground

Playground

Through the teary eyes of a child, fighting against her first day of school, wri...

Blacklight

Blacklight

Another season, another “Liam Neeson Has Skills” movie. Some of the variants of ...

Bigbug

Bigbug

At first "Bigbug" seems like an odd title for a science fiction comedy with no b...

I Want You Back

I Want You Back

Jenny Slate and Charlie Day deserve better than “I Want You Back,” a leaden rom-...

Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile

The champagne is sparkling, the wood decks are gleaming, and the white linens ar...

Catch the Fair One

Catch the Fair One

"You think I remember their names?" When this line comes, the audience has been ...

Marry Me

Marry Me

What’s the difference between the new Jennifer Lopez rom-com “Marry Me” and a he...

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

Gentle and lilting, “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” moves at a hiker’s pace.  T...

The Wolf and the Lion

The Wolf and the Lion

“The Wolf and the Lion” is a lot like the internet: about half aww-inspiring sce...

The Long Night

The Long Night

“The Long Night” wants to create a sense of encroaching fear and unease in viewe...

The Worst Person in the World

The Worst Person in the World

There’s a restlessness that arises within when, by society’s punitive standards,...

Alone with You

Alone with You

As cinematic sub-genres go, “the pandemic metaphor” is a legitimate category the...

Last Looks

Last Looks

"Last Looks" starts with a montage: a man lives in a trailer in the wild, washin...

Lingui, The Sacred Bonds

Lingui, The Sacred Bonds

There are a few recent movies that I wish I could’ve seen projected in a movie t...