‘Notturno’ Is Not Journalism, But Gianfranco Rosi’s Movie Investigates the Heart of the Middle East
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The film restricts itself to a vacuum of post-war experience — providing glimpses of attempts at healing
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In ‘White Tiger,’ Lessons Are Learned (and Relearned) About India’s Class System
Posted in: Movie ReviewsWriter-director Ramin Bahrani's latest film feels like a leap forward — even if his focus on class-striving and survival by a figure on the margins of society remains the same
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‘Our Friend’ Review: Tragedy, Tears and a Testament to One Saintly BFF
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA story of terminal illness, complete with tearjerking and movie stars, still manages to beat the odds and find moments of grace in its overwhelming grief
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‘In & Of Itself’ Review: Derek DelGaudio Uses Your Illusions
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThis document of the meta-magician's groundbreaking show goes beyond mere "Is this your card?" trickery — and turns it something more than just a performance film
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In ‘MLK/FBI,’ Director Sam Pollard Investigates Why Hoover Needed His Civil Rights Villain
Posted in: Movie ReviewsBy the film's end, Martin Luther King Jr. and J. Edgar Hoover — who met face-to-face only once — emerge as an inseparable American pair
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‘Some Kind of Heaven’ Review: The Seniors Aren’t Alright
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA doc on the massive Floridian retirement community known as "The Villages" skips the sociology— and goes straight to the good, the bad and the weird of it all
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‘The Marksman’ Review: Cowboys vs. Cartels, Liam Neeson-Style
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe Irish actor goes full metal Eastwood in this Western-flavored "Action Movie Dad" thriller
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‘One Night in Miami’ Review: Imagining a Meeting of Black American Minds
Posted in: Movie ReviewsRegina King's directorial debut speculates on what happened between four icons during a historical get-together in 1965 — and delivers a great showcase for its actors
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‘Locked Down’ Review: Once Upon a Crime in Quarantine
Posted in: Movie ReviewsDoug Liman's guerilla project uses a real-life pandemic as background for a rom-com heist movie — and a display of movie-star chemistry
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‘Pieces of a Woman’ Review: A Grief History of Time
Posted in: Movie ReviewsVanessa Kirby's go-for-broke performance turns this drama of mourning and healing into something close to transcendent
