Poetic Drama ‘Residue’ Makes Gentrification Personal
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Writer-director Merawi Gerima explores feelings of alienation in this memory-inflected film set in Washington, D.C.
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‘The Nest’ Review: Screams From a Marriage
Posted in: Movie ReviewsAn American family moves to 1980s London and experience domestic anarchy in the U.K. in 'Marcy Martha May Marlene' writer-director Sean Durkin's blistering domestic nightmare
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‘The Devil All the Time’: A Southern Gothic-Lite, All Tied Up in Knots
Posted in: Movie ReviewsTorrid tale of serial murderers, backwoods madness and ol' time religious immorality in the American heartland can't make sense of its own twisted storytelling
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‘Blackbird’ Review: Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Susan Sarandon
Posted in: Movie ReviewsOscar-winning star plays a matriarch who gathers her family together for a long goodbye in this mixed memorial melodrama
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‘Antebellum’ Is a Revenge Fantasy Gone Sideways
Posted in: Movie ReviewsJanelle Monáe stars in a brash debut from filmmakers Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz that tackles America's original sin
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‘Buoyancy’: Survivalist Thriller Pits a Boy Against Modern-Day Slavery and the Sea
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA 14-year-old Cambodian tries to stay alive and afloat in terse, intense tale of contemporary bondage
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‘Cuties’ Review: A Coming-of-Age Movie Caught in the Culture Wars
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThanks to a major marketing mistake, this award-winning French movie has been accused of sexualizing girls. It's actually a sensitive portrait of growing pains that deserves to be seen
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‘Mulan’ Remake Is Shrewd But Not Sharp
Posted in: Movie ReviewsDisney's live-action take on the iconic story doesn't dig deep enough to do its heroine justice
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‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ Review: Charlie Kaufman’s Trouble in Mind
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe writer-director returns with an adaptation of Iain Reid's novel that doubles as an emotional sucker punch — and reminds you how much his voice has been missed
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‘Tenet’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Knockout Arrives Right on Time
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe filmmaker's big-gamble brainteaser finally arrives in U.S. theaters (and only theaters) — and it's a dizzying, delirious ride
