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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The Best True Crime to Stream: Dramatizations That Deliver
Across television, film and podcast, here are four picks that successfully give well-known true-crime stories the scripted treatment.
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‘Karate Kid: Legends’ Review: The Student Becomes the Teacher
The latest installment to the long-running franchise is a messy entry that tries to throw too many legacies into a blender.
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‘Ghost Trail’ Review: A Cat and Mouse Thriller
A hypnotizing Adam Bessa anchors this tale about a Syrian refugee living in France who believes he has found the man who tortured him.
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‘Tornado’ Review: She Wants Revenge
In the title role, the singer-songwriter Koki is both charming and indomitable as she goes after a band of thieves led by Sugarman (Tim Roth).
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Three Great Documentaries to Stream
This month’s picks follow a journalist facing an Alzheimer’s diagnosis and a unionization effort for Amazon workers. Plus, an exploration into the nature of film editing.
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‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Review: Benicio Del Toro Plans to Save His Soul
Wes Anderson returns with another intricately designed film, and an inquiry into the meaning of goodness.
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‘Bring Her Back’ Review: A Foster Mother Like No Other
Sally Hawkins plays a menacingly unhinged foster parent to two bereaved siblings in this emotionally potent chiller.
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Kevin Costner Is Sued by ‘Horizon’ Actor Over Rape Scene
A stunt double said she was left with trauma by an unscripted scene that did not include an intimacy coordinator. Mr. Costner’s lawyer said the claims were meritless.
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Bruce Logan, Who Blew Up the Death Star in ‘Star Wars,’ Dies at 78
A special effects artist and cinematographer, he also worked on “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Tron,” took a detour to comedy with “Airplane!”
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‘The Sealed Soil’: Modesty and Its Discontents
The Iranian director Marva Nabili’s first feature gets a weeklong run at Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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Stream These Movies and TV Shows Before They Leave Netflix in June
A handful of great titles are leaving as early as the first weekend of the month. Catch them while you can.