Manohla Dargis
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‘Tótem’ Review: The Girl Who Sees Too Much
In Lila Avilés’s second feature, a 7-year-old girl begins to grasp the severity of her father’s illness while birthday preparations are underway at home.
‘I.S.S.’ Review: Ariana DeBose’s Turn as a Space Warrior
The actress stars in this low-wattage thriller about Russian and American astronauts facing off aboard the International Space Station.
‘I.S.S.’ Review: Ariana DeBose’s Turn as a Space Warrior
The actress stars in this low-wattage thriller about Russian and American astronauts facing off aboard the International Space Station.
‘The Settlers’ Review: Writing the History of Modern Chile, in Blood
This harrowing drama takes place in Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago in the southernmost part of South America, in 1901.
‘Mean Girls’ Review: ‘Get in, Loser,’ Regina George Is Back
Still puffily padded but no longer particularly tart, this shape-shifting classic about the girls you love to hate retains its ingratiating charms.
‘Memory’ Review: A Contrived Drama With a Trauma Plot
In this contrived movie, Peter Sarsgaard stars as a man with dementia, and Jessica Chastain plays a caretaker with buried family secrets.
‘Memory’ Review: A Contrived Drama With Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard
In this contrived movie, Peter Sarsgaard stars as a man with dementia, and Jessica Chastain plays a caretaker with buried family secrets.
The Grim Heartbeat Propelling ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
In a short but fast-moving sequence built around a children’s primer, Martin Scorsese lays out all the themes of this terrible true-crime tale.
‘Ferrari’ Review: Michael Mann Puts You in the Driver’s Seat
The director’s portrait of the Italian racecar impresario roars to life on the road, but home is a torment. Adam Driver stars with Penélope Cruz...
‘Occupied City’ Review: Mapping the Holocaust, Street by Street
In his four-and-half-hour documentary, the British director Steve McQueen charts the fate of Amsterdam’s Jewish population during the Nazi occupation.