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Amy Nicholson
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Fashion and politics get a radical makeover in the riotous ‘I Love Boosters’
Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie and Taylour Paige play shoplifters undermining the powers that be in a zany, visually uninhibited comedy written and directed by Boots…
At Cannes, the search goes on for a knockout — or at least a decent ending
Disappointing offerings included such anticipated titles as "Her Private Hell," Nicolas Winding Refn's first film in a decade, and Hirokazu Kore-eda's "Sheep in the Box."
Hannah Einbinder and Vin Diesel rev up a Cannes light on Hollywood glamour
Jane Schoenbrun's "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" supplied slasher-inspired juiciness while "Fatherland" marked the return of Sandra Hüller ("Anatomy of a Fall").
‘Hokum’ finds fresh scares lurking in the shadows of an old Irish hotel
Writer-director Damian McCarthy breathes new life into the well-worn haunted house story, which ain't broke and needs no fixing if you have actors like Adam…
The hellishly hot trend in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ is pink slips for the media industry
Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, Emily Blunt and an icy Meryl Streep return for a sequel that's less about fashion, more about the horrors of keeping…
Fast, clever and satisfying, ‘Fuze’ is a throwback thriller with a ticking time bomb
Scottish director David Mackenzie ("Hell or High Water," "Relay") specializes in tough, tight genre films and his latest — a bomb plot plus a heist…
Dancing around controversy, the empathetic ‘Michael’ bows out before getting dark
Jaafar Jackson, nephew of the biopic's subject, makes an uncanny King of Pop, but the movie about his rise, directed by Antoine Fuqua, leaves a…
Ian McKellen is at his gasbag best in the art-world dramedy ‘The Christophers’
Swiftly directed by Steven Soderbergh, the chamber comedy creates a fascinating partnership of opposites played by Michaela Coel and Ian McKellen.
‘Faces of Death’ is a gory, clever satire for horror audiences who’ve seen everything
The original was a trashy videocassette phenomenon, but director Daniel Goldhaber and screenwriter Isa Mazzei have hatched a remake for a new era of viral…
Imagination beats budget in ‘The Blue Trail,’ a scrappy sci-fi dystopia about an elder on the run
A stubborn grandmother flees a fascist retirement camp in Gabriel Mascaro's stunner, a master class in making inspired high-concept science fiction on the cheap.