Fawzia Mirza’s amiable feature debut traces the lives of a mother and her daughter in two coming-of-age tales.
Category: Movies
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‘Familiar Touch’ Review: Living With Dementia
In this empathetic debut feature, Kathleen Chalfant plays Ruth, a woman who moves into an assisted living facility and adapts to her new life.
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‘Everything’s Going to be Great’ Review: Show People
A theater family sorts out its offstage drama in a coming-of-age movie starring Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney.
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‘Bride Hard’ Review: Taking on Baddies at Her Best Friend’s Wedding
Rebel Wilson gamely plays the role of secret agent and bridesmaid in this action-thriller mixed with a rom-com.
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’28 Years Later’: A Zombie Apocalypse Infected by Brexit, the Manosphere and Trump
“28 Years Later” leaps forward through time — into a world that has changed in worrisome parallel to ours.
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How the World Ends in ‘The Life of Chuck’
The screenwriter and director Mike Flanagan narrates a sequence from his film, featuring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Violet McGraw. (Plus, Chuck.)
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‘Sisu,’ ‘Final Score’ and More Streaming Gems
This month’s streaming suggestions include poignant biographical portraits, coming-of-age dramas, a late-career leading role for a legend and more.
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‘The Life of Chuck’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Mike Flanagan narrates a sequence from his film.
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Tom Cruise to Receive an Honorary Oscar
The film industry will honor Tom Cruise this fall with an Honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement, along with the choreographer Debbie Allen and the production designer Wynn Thomas.
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Tom Cruise to Receive an Honorary Oscar
The film industry will honor Tom Cruise this fall with an Honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement, along with the choreographer Debbie Allen and the production designer Wynn Thomas.
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‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Tops Box Office With $83 Million
The movie had stronger-than-expected ticket sales over the weekend, becoming the third PG-rated, live-action hit in three months.