Hugh Jackman plays the father of a troubled teenager in Florian Zeller’s leaden drama.
Category: Movies
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‘The Son’ Review: Father Doesn’t Know Best
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‘Devotion’ Review: An Airman in Reflection
The New York Times – Movies:Jonathan Majors stars as the U.S. Navy’s first Black aviator in this drama from J.D. Dillard.
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‘White Noise’ Review: Toxic Events, Airborne and Domestic
The New York Times – Movies:Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel is a campus comedy, a domestic drama and an allegory of contemporary American life.
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‘Glass Onion’ and ‘Matilda’ Test Netflix’s Approach to Theatrical Releases
The New York Times – Movies:The company agreed to some exclusive theatrical distribution for “Glass Onion” and “Matilda the Musical,” but it’s not clear exhibitors will get much more.
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‘Fantasy Football’ Review: Controlled Chaos
The New York Times – Movies:A high schooler gains the power to steer her father’s movements on the football field in what feels like a long video game ad.
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‘The Swimmers’ Review: Overcoming the Greatest Challenges
The New York Times – Movies:This film dramatizes the story of two real-life sisters from Syria and their ordeal fleeing to Europe. One eventually competed at the Olympics.
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How Noah Baumbach Made ‘White Noise’ a Disaster Movie for Our Moment
The New York Times – Movies:When the world shut down in 2020, the filmmaker found solace in Don DeLillo’s supposedly unadaptable novel — and turned it into a film that speaks to our deepest fears.
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‘The Fabelmans’: What’s Real and What’s Fictional
The New York Times – Movies:Here’s a guide to how the events of Steven Spielberg’s new semi-autobiographical film compare with what really happened.
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After Swift Return, Iger Faces Disney’s Long-Term Challenges
The New York Times – Business:Robert A. Iger had been gone from the company for less than a year, but he returns to a very different Disney.
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‘Strange World’ Review: All Too Familiar
The New York Times – Movies:The latest animated Disney creation is like “Journey to the Center of the Earth” reborn as an intercultural fantasia that takes aim at the climate crisis.
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‘Nanny’ Review: A New Job That Swallows Her Life
The New York Times – Movies:Nikyatu Jusu’s new film, about a Senegalese woman who works as a babysitter in New York, plays like an immigration drama and a cruel labor farce.
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‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ Review: Nan Goldin’s Art and Activism
The New York Times – Movies:A new documentary focuses on the photographer’s struggle with OxyContin and her protest against the art establishment that took money from its makers.