A radiant Virginie Efira stars as a Parisian teacher who blissfully falls for a man and his 4-year-old daughter, complicating everyone’s lives.
Category: Movies
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‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’: Beloved, Banned and Finally Adapted
Judy Blume’s 1970 novel hits the big screen at a difficult political moment for a story with themes of bodily autonomy and religious choice.
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‘Trenque Lauquen’ Review: Lose Yourself
This sprawling Argentine film, about a missing botanist, finds liberation in being lost — and treats mystery as an end in itself, not just as a road to revelation.
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‘Carmen’ Review: We’re Not in Spain Anymore
The choreographer Benjamin Millepied’s directing debut is an of-the-moment but scattered take on a classic love story.
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‘Plan 75’ Review: Leaving Early
In this quietly bold debut feature, the Japanese government offers a euthanasia program and a 78-year-old woman considers her future.
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‘Quasi’ Review: Medieval Inanity
The new film from the comedy troupe Broken Lizard is a goofy take on the story of the famed hunchback Quasimodo.
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‘Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant’ Review: Call of Duty
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this furious and discomfiting war film that tugs on your conscience for days.
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‘Somewhere in Queens’ Review: Rooting for the Underdog
Ray Romano plumbed the absurdities of family life on his sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond.” For this, his feature directing debut, he sticks to an Italian American milieu.
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How Naomi Watts and Elle Fanning Stay Hungry
“With women,” says Watts, “but never with men, ‘ambition’ always gets labeled an ugly word.”
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How a ‘Succession’ Actress’s Daughters Joined the Family Business
In the first film Mouna and Lina Soualem made with their mother, Hiam Abbass, personal attachments went out the window: “There’s no time for that.”
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Lessons From Gina Prince-Bythewood on the Set of ‘The Woman King’
The actress Thuso Mbedu still trains with the director, who helped model longevity in the film industry.
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What Laura Dern and Diane Ladd Have Learned From Each Other
Ladd wasn’t sure she wanted her daughter to act. But Dern grew up going to work with her mother — and soon they were sharing the screen.