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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Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Are Ready for ‘Godot’
After years of training (clowning, Butoh and more), the longtime friends take on Samuel Beckett’s towering drama on Broadway.
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‘The Paper’ Is Hollywood’s Latest Take on Journalism
Sometimes, journalists are heroes onscreen. Other times, they can’t help but fall in love.
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‘Tinā’ Review: Finding Their Voices
A private-school music instructor starts a choir in this New Zealand tear-jerker that hews to the tried and tested inspiring-teacher formula.
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‘Twinless’ Review: Just the One of Us
Dylan O’Brien stars in an uneven but heartfelt tragicomedy about loneliness and longing.
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‘The Cut’ Review: A Boxer’s Grisly Comeback
In an unsparing ring drama, Orlando Bloom plays a fighter whose extreme efforts to make weight could cost him his mind.
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‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Review: A Disappointing Send-Off
The highest-grossing horror franchise ramps up the sentimentality for one last gasp with the Warrens.
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‘The Baltimorons’ Review: The Night Before Christmas With the Dentist
In this bittersweet romance from Jay Duplass, the story starts with an actual stumble and loses its way before any sugarplums materialize.
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‘Linda Linda Linda’: These Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Newly restored, this film about a group of Japanese rockers opens at the IFC Center, its charm undiminished.
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At Venice, ‘A House of Dynamite’ Is Scarier Than Most Horror Films
The Kathryn Bigelow thriller looks at what might happen if a ballistic missile were headed to the U.S. The director hopes the movie will start a conversation.
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Dwayne Johnson Reinvents Himself at the Venice Film Festival
The action superstar’s pivot to a dramatic role as a drug-addicted UFC fighter in “The Smashing Machine” brought a standing ovation and Oscar talk.