In the director Robert Clem’s documentary about gospel quartets and their undeniable influence on rock ’n’ roll, Sister Rosetta Tharpe has competition.
Category: Film
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‘A Mouthful of Air’ Review: Depression Clouds a Domestic Idyll
Amanda Seyfried stars as a young mother suffering from postpartum depression in Amy Koppelman’s weepy adaptation of her novel.
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‘Violet’ Review: In Two Minds
Olivia Munn battles a bullying voice in her head in this unusual psychological drama.
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‘Speer Goes to Hollywood’ Review: Expert Rebranding
A high-ranking Nazi leader attempts to whitewash his legacy in this disturbing, if single-note, documentary by Vanessa Lapa.
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‘The Souvenir Part II’ Review: Life, as She Imagines It
In the sequel to her art-house favorite “The Souvenir,” Joanna Hogg picks up the story of a young woman’s journey to becoming an artist.
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‘Roh’ Review: I See Dead People
This atmospheric and grisly horror movie from Malaysia sees a single mother and her children rattled by the arrival of mysterious strangers.
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‘My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission’ Review: Boy on the Run
The third full-length movie in this franchise offers a formulaic plot and forgettable villain.
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‘Antlers’ Review: Buck Wild
An environmental parable is tucked inside this gloomy film about a creature that terrorizes a small Oregon town.
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‘Cicada’ Review: A New Relationship Buds as Old Wounds Reopen
Matthew Fifer writes and co-stars in this understated drama about a man struggling with his past as he forges a new bond.
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‘Chess of the Wind’ Review: A Remnant of an Iran That Used to Be
Mohammad Reza Aslani’s 1976 film about family mendacity existed for mere days before it was banned and then lost in the ensuing tumult. Now it’s back.
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‘Only the Animals’ Review: A Missing Woman, a Cruel World
When an outsider disappears from a remote region in France, she leaves a mystery and a lot of messy complications in her wake.
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‘Joy Ride’ Review: Still Standing
Bobcat Goldthwait and Dana Gould share the stand-up stage in “Joy Ride,” trading war stories, family nightmares and twisted anecdotes.
