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Manohla Dargis
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‘We Live in Time’ Review: Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield’s Weepie
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield star in this weepie romance that tries to be modern by unfolding over three intersecting timelines.
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Review: Make ‘Em Laugh (and Yawn)
Todd Phillip’s “Joker” sequel stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga who sing and dance like crazy kids, but the movie is seriously un-fun.
‘Intercepted’ Review: The Awful Intimacy of the War in Ukraine
In leaked phone calls home, Russian soldiers grapple with the war they’re waging. This new documentary sets the calls’ swagger and anguish against images of…
New York Film Festival Pitches Its Ever-Expanding, Global Tent
Standout selections include “Nickel Boys,” the Mumbai-set “All We Imagine as Light” and the documentary “Dahomey,” about African repatriation.
‘Megalopolis’ Review: The Fever Dreams of Francis Ford Coppola
The director’s latest is a great-man story about an architect, played by Adam Driver, driven by ideals and big plans. It’s a personal statement on…
‘Saturday Night’ Review: Live TV at Its Mildest
When it debuted 50 years ago, “S.N.L.” was chaotic, rangy, even offensive. But nothing’s wild or crazy in Jason Reitman’s fictional reimagining of its first…
‘Saturday Night’ Review: Live TV at Its Mildest
When it debuted 50 years ago, “S.N.L.” was chaotic, rangy, even offensive. But nothing’s wild or crazy in Jason Reitman’s fictional reimagining of its first…
‘Wolfs’ Review: Brad Pitt and George Clooney as Themselves
They play underworld fixers in this trifle of a movie, though really they’re here to look enviably fabulous.
‘His Three Daughters’ Review: Sisters at Odds Together
Natasha Lyonne, Carrie Coon and Elizabeth Olsen play sisters who are caring for their dying father in this tender, funny family drama.
At Toronto, ‘Dahomey,’ ‘Nightbitch’ and ‘Hard Truths’ Prove Highlights
Films by Mati Diop, Raoul Peck and Mike Leigh, among others, mesh the personal and political in engrossing, insistent ways.