Celine Song’s new “Materialists” takes a deep look at love and value via a rom-com, a genre that she argues is wrongfully dismissed: “What is more important than love?”
Category: Movies
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‘Materialists’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Celine Song narrates a sequence from her film featuring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans.
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Enzo Staiola, Who Starred in ‘Bicycle Thieves’ as a Child, Dies at 85
Discovered on the street in Rome, he had a brush with stardom when he was cast in what many consider one of the greatest films of all time.
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‘Sex’ Review: Two Men Talk About and Around the Subject
A chimney sweep and his colleague get deep on the roofs of Oslo in Dag Johan Haugerud’s curious meditation on marriage and masculinity.
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‘Tatami’ Review: A Bitter Fight, Both on and Off the Mat
A flinty Iranian judoka competing in the World Judo Championships is menaced by her government in this absorbing political thriller.
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‘Deep Cover’ Review: Fighting Crime With Improv
Three hapless comics, played by Orlando Bloom, Bryce Dallas Howard and Nick Mohammed, infiltrate the criminal underworld.
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‘Echo Valley’ Review: Mother Knows Best, Daughter Does Worst
A stellar cast led by Julianne Moore is unable to breathe life into this unsuccessful blend of maternal drama and crime caper.
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‘Will’ Review: Heartache and Hope in Harlem
In Jessie Maple’s restored 1981 drama, the first feature-length film by a Black woman, a heroin addict mentors a young boy and tries to find his footing.
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‘Meeting With Pol Pot’ Review: Snapshots of Totalitarianism
The director Rithy Panh dramatizes events from 1978, when a group of outsiders was allowed to enter Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge.
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‘Materialists’ Review: When Dakota Met Pedro (and Chris)
The director Celine Song follows up her “Past Lives” with a side-eyeing update on the rom-com, starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans.
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‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Review: The Return of Hiccup and Toothless
This live action remake of the 2010 animated film is religiously faithful to the original. The result is exhilarating at times, if somewhat mechanical.
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Disney and Universal Sue A.I. Firm Midjourney for Copyright Infringement
The suit, against Midjourney, is the first time major Hollywood companies have sued over A.I.-generated images.