Elizabeth Weitzman
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‘From Where They Stood’ Film Review: Solemn Doc Spotlights Concentration Camp Photos
Rare snapshots taken by prisoners provide another angle for bearing witness to the Holocaust
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‘Medusa’ Film Review: Brazilian Women Embrace Religious Fervor in Unsettling Feminist Giallo
Anita Rocha da Silveira filters “Suspiria,” “Carrie” and “Heathers” through her own aesthetic to create a witty and chilling take on the patriarchy
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‘Both Sides of the Blade’ Film Review: Claire Denis’ Latest Will Feel Sharper for Longtime Fans
Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon star in a drama that offers far more questions than answers
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‘Civil’ Film Review: Portrait of Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump Leaves Us Wanting More
Tribeca County 2022: Documentary spotlights Crump’s essential work but lacks further context into the larger legal and cultural issues at hand
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‘Unfinished Business’ Film Review: Inspiring Look at the WNBA’s Origins Leaves Us Hungry for More
Tribeca Festival 2022: Alison Klayman’s sports documentary is so packed with fascinating characters and incidents that it could be a series
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‘Abandoned’ Film Review: Listless Haunted-House Thriller Sighs When It Should Shriek
The crown moldings steal the show as Emma Roberts and John Gallagher Jr. buy a gorgeous farmhouse that happens to have been a murder site
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‘Rounding’ Film Review: ‘Saint Frances’ Director Returns With Intense, Unsettling Thriller
Tribeca Film Festival 2022: Alex Thompson’s sophomore feature sees the talented filmmaker grow even more confident as a storyteller
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‘1982’ Film Review: Lebanese War Drama Takes Familiar But Sensitive Route to Lost Innocence
A young boy’s first love unfolds just as the Israel-Lebanon conflict erupts
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‘The Janes’ Film Review: Candid Doc Shares Extraordinary History of Underground Abortion Network
As Roe v. Wade comes under renewed fire, this passionate film looks back at a time when women helped other women access the procedures they needed
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‘The Phantom of the Open’ Film Review: British Crowd-Pleaser Gets in a Few Good Swings
Mark Rylance and Sally Hawkins star in a feel-good comedy that wants to comment on feel-good comedies
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‘We Feed People’ Film Review: Ron Howard Documents José Andrés’ Mission to Nourish Bodies and Souls
Both inspiring and a bit of an informercial, the doc follows the celebrity chef who became a leading global humanitarian
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‘Happening’ Film Review: ’60s-Set Abortion Drama Rings True to Current Zeitgeist
Director Audrey Diwan uses social-realist technique to bring the audience into the heroine’s struggle to navigate a labyrinth without a map
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‘Hello, Bookstore’ Film Review: Cozy Doc Honors an Indie Retailer Standing Fast in Changing Times
The local, overstuffed bookshop might seem like a relic of the past, but not if The Bookstore’s Matt Tannenbaum has anything to say about it
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‘The Duke’ Film Review: Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent Steal the Show as Blue-Collar Art Thieves
The final film from director Roger Michell (“Notting Hill”) blends true crime with understated comedy, to charming effect
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‘Dual’ Film Review: Karen Gillan vs. Karen Gillan Comedy Works in Theory But Falls Short in Execution
Gillan’s sad-sack must battle her own clone to go on living, but the film never lifts itself from the protagonist’s doldrums