Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
Category: Movies
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‘Baahubali: The Epic’ Review: The Return of the King
This film combines S.S. Rajamouli’s dynamic two-part period epic, “Baahubali: The Beginning” (2015) and “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion” (2017), into a single, rollicking story with aplomb.
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‘Fire of Wind’ Review: May Day
In this elegant, elliptical folk tale set in rural Portugal, a group of grape pickers are trapped in treetops after a bull is let loose and gores a few of their companions.
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‘Hedda’ Review: Sex, Lies and a Country Estate
Tessa Thompson plays mind games with her guests in Nia DaCosta’s endlessly surprising adaptation of the Henrik Ibsen production.
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Stephen Prina Taught a Class on Keanu Reeves in 1994. What Does He Think of ‘Godot’?
Stephen Prina may have been one of the first to see a deeper pattern in Mr. Reeves’s work.
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Colin Farrell and Edward Berger on ‘Ballad of a Small Player’
The actor was so fearful of the role, he thought about not getting on a plane to the Macau set. But it was a passion project for the director.
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‘Dracula’ Review: Radu Jude’s Punishing Provocation
In this provocation, the Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude takes on the Dracula myth and a real-life horror show known as Vlad the Impaler.
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Bjorn Andresen, Reluctant ‘Most Beautiful Boy,’ Dies at 70
At 15, he played the muse to an ailing composer in Luchino Visconti’s film “Death in Venice.” He later said he’d felt sexualized by the director.
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‘Auction’ Review: The Art World’s Gilded Hustle
This shrewd and diverting French drama takes as its inspiration the rediscovery of a long-lost Egon Schiele masterwork.
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William Fichtner Really Is That Guy
The prolific character actor has spent decades playing memorable supporting roles. He makes it look easy. It wasn’t always so.