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‘Lamb’ Film Review: Chilling Icelandic Folk Horror Is a Hybrid in More Ways Than One
First-time helmer Valdimar Jóhannsson guides Noomi Rapace through a child-rearing scenario of wonder and weirdness
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‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ Film Review: Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand Play Shakespeare in the Dark
New York Film Festival 2021: Joel Coen’s brutally stark, nightmarish vision of “the Scottish play” features both dazzling performances and contemporary resonance
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‘Wife of a Spy’ Film Review: Gripping Japanese Thriller Explores Married Couple Embroiled in Espionage
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s first period film is a tense, well-acted and clever spy drama with contemporary resonance regarding Japan’s imperial past
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‘Cry Macho’ Film Review: Clint Eastwood’s Latest Neo-Western Offers Less Grit, More Sentiment
The 91-year-old star-director eases his way into the uneven but heartfelt Mexico-set story of a grizzled ex-rodeo star and a troubled boy
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‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ Film Review: Jessica Chastain Applies Heart and Soul to Televangelist Biopic
Toronto 2021: Sympathetic (and not unfunny) look at Bakker scandals is also a rollicking tale of religious hypocrisy
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‘Who You Think I Am’ Film Review: Juliette Binoche Signs On and Seduces in Sexy Thriller
A catfishing scenario provides a mostly enticing display of the French star’s sharp allure
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‘No Man of God’ Film Review: Ted Bundy Death-Row Drama Has Quiet Power
Luke Kirby memorably channels the notorious killer opposite Elijah Wood’s FBI agent
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‘Together’ Film Review: James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan Butt Heads in Lockdown Love Story
Stellar performances can’t rescue Stephen Daldry’s shallow, talky look at relationships in the pandemic
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‘Mama Weed’ Film Review: Isabelle Huppert’s a Dealer in Addictive French Crime Comedy
The French legend’s star power threads together tones of wit, danger and political substance
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‘Swimming Out’ Film Review: Jia Zhang-Ke Keeps His Eye on a Changing China
In “Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue,” the auteur examines the nation’s evolving cultural perspectives through a quartet of authors
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‘Jumbo’ Film Review: Offbeat Love Story Joins Woman and Park Attraction For an Unusual Ride
Whether you’ve heard about object sexuality or not, this gung-ho Belgian debut feature is less than the sum of its parts
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‘The Painted Bird’ Film Review: Jerzy Kosiński Adaptation Is Gruesome, Poetic Epic of Inhumanity
Anchored by breathtaking visuals and a powerful child performance, Václav Marhoul’s three-hour film is a worthy endurance saga
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‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ Film Review: Eliza Hittman’s Powerful Teen Abortion Drama Explores Access and Friendship
A young girl’s trip to New York with her best friend to terminate a pregnancy is told with sensitivity and urgency
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‘Crip Camp’ Film Review: Stirring Documentary Recalls Training Ground for Disability Rights Activists
A little-known story of political awakening is the subject of this eye-opening, powerful non-fiction film
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‘Bloodshot’ Film Review: Vin Diesel’s Revamped Warrior Is a Franchise Fumble
Outside of one decent story twist, this is a run-of-the-mill stab at a new comics universe
