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‘The Sweet East’ Review: All-American Girl
Starring Talia Ryder and Simon Rex, this shape-shifting satire about modern American subcultures is a curious, and occasionally delightful, object if you can handle its…
‘Smoke Sauna Sisterhood’ Review: Women, Uninterrupted
In Anna Hints’s bewitching documentary, Estonian smoke saunas beget a sweaty purification process — one that’s revealed to be more than skin deep.
‘The Strangler’ Review: All the Pretty, Pitied Corpses
This strange, seductive film from 1970, directed by Paul Vecchiali, borrows the conventions of the serial-killer thriller and turns them inside out.
‘The Taste of Things’ and the Transcendence of a French Meal
“The Taste of Things” is the latest movie to luxuriate in France’s gourmand tradition, a safe way of attracting audiences outside the country.
‘Manodrome’ Review: The Manosphere Gets a Crude Awakening
An unemployed dad-to-be is seduced by a misogynist group who call themselves “the guys” in this sensationalizing drama starring Jesse Eisenberg.
‘Wingwomen’ Review: A Crew of Femme Fatales
A feisty Adèle Exarchopoulos does the heavy lifting in this otherwise uninspired action-comedy set in France.
‘Four Daughters’ Review: The Role Family Plays
This documentary from Kaouther Ben Hania restages pivotal moments from a family’s life.
A Cannes Winner Asks: What if the Powerful Woman Isn’t Punished?
The French director Justine Triet’s movies explore the anxieties of women who work and play hard. Her latest, “Anatomy of a Fall,” won the Palme…
‘The Road Dance’ Review: A World War I Weepie
Based on a Scottish best seller, the movie is a standard period drama that arrives at hard truths with a hammy delivery.
When Did the Plot Become the Only Way to Judge a Movie?
At the New York Film Festival, auteurs conjure up moods and sensory experiences that show why the story isn’t always the thing.
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