In this haunting drama, a 20-year-old Chinese woman struggles to find her place in a country where she faces a series of seemingly impossible hurdles.
Category: Movies
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Oscars 2023 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress?
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” is the favorite, but “All Quiet on the Western Front” could be a spoiler. Here’s how our expert is marking his ballot.
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‘99 Moons’ Review: On-Again, Off-Again
Instead of an engaging erotic romance, the film delivers a dull narrative of two lovers caught in a cycle of getting together and falling apart.
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‘Punch’ Review: Hitting at the Heart
Welby Ings’s keenly observant debut feature follows a young, promising boxer whose priorities shift.
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‘Unicorn Wars’ Review: Teddy Bears in Battle
The contrast between this animated film’s grim subject matter and its bubbly animation style is a big part of what makes it so creepy, our critic writes.
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‘The Magic Flute’ Review: Mozart Meets C.G.I., With Help From a Tween
A young tenor enters a world enlivened by computer graphics at a school devoted to the composer’s works in this Roland Emmerich-inspired film.
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Topol, Star of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ on the Screen and the Stage, Dies at 87
Wide acclaim for the role of Tevye helped make him, according to one newspaper, “Israel’s most famous export since the Jaffa orange.”
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‘The Magic Flute’ Review: Mozart Meets CGI, With Help From a Tween
A young tenor enters a CGI-enlivened world at a school devoted to the composer’s works in this Roland Emmerich- inspired film.
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‘Luther: The Fallen Sun’ Review: Psycho Filler
A smoldering Idris Elba is no match for the preposterousness of this feature-length Netflix continuation of the popular BBC crime thriller.
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‘Champions’ Review: Following the Playbook
This film directed by Bobby Farrelly has elements that recall “Kingpin” and “There’s Something About Mary.” But the ratio of tastelessness to sentimentality has been reversed.
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Lukas Gage on the Audition That Went Awry, ‘You’ and Writing His Own Ticket
Three years after his apartment was shamed by a director during a video tryout, the “You” actor is taking on his first lead role — in a film he co-wrote.