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‘Nickel Boys’ Review: RaMell Ross’ Remarkable Colson Whitehead Adaptation Takes Risks That Pay Off
Two Black boys navigate a punishing reform school in the 'Hale County This Morning, This Evening' director's film starring Brandon Wilson, Ethan Herisse and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.
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‘Piece By Piece’ Review: Morgan Neville’s Animated Pharrell Williams Doc Inspires Wonder, and Some Questions
Premiering at Telluride, the filmmaker's latest chronicles the early years and success of Williams exclusively through LEGOs.
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Critic’s Notebook: At Democratic National Convention, a Polished and Presidential Kamala Harris Plays It Safe
The vice president's forcefully delivered speech flaunted her political skills and readiness for the job, even if it was short on the kind of imagination some might have hoped for.
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Critic’s Notebook: The ‘Love Island USA’ Reunion Illustrated Reality TV’s Toxic Contradictions
The highly anticipated season 6 reunion, hosted by Ariana Madix, felt more like a public service announcement against bullying than a satisfying conclusion for fans.
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‘The Deliverance’ Review: Andra Day and Glenn Close Work Hard but Can’t Salvage Lee Daniels’ Erratic Spiritual Horror
A single mother and her family are haunted by malevolent spirits in the 'Precious' director's latest feature, co-starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Mo'Nique.
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‘Blink Twice’ Review: Channing Tatum and Naomi Ackie in Zoë Kravitz’s Skillful but Scattered #MeToo Thriller
A tech mogul invites a waitress and her friend to vacation on a private island in the directorial debut, also starring Adria Arjona, Alia Shawkat, Simon Rex and Haley Joel Osment.
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‘Skincare’ Review: Elizabeth Banks Stars in a Mildly Entertaining Tale of Facials and Fixation
A famous Los Angeles facialist becomes obsessed with her rival in Austin Peters' debut narrative feature co-starring Lewis Pullman and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez.
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‘The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat’ Review: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Uzo Aduba and Sanaa Lathan Buoy Routine Female-Friendship Drama
The stars play women who endure life's ups and downs together in Tina Mabry's feature adapted from the novel of the same name by Edward Kelsey Moore.
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‘It Ends With Us’ Review: Blake Lively Stars in Serviceable Adaptation of Colleen Hoover Novel
A young flower shop owner navigates a new romance and her traumatic past in a high-emotional-stakes drama directed by and also starring Justin Baldoni.
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‘Trap’ Review: A Wily Josh Hartnett Propels M. Night Shyamalan’s Moderately Entertaining Thriller
In the director's latest film, a father and daughter attend a pop concert that becomes part of a ploy to catch a deadly serial killer.
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‘Dreams in Nightmares’ Review: Shatara Michelle Ford’s Queer Road Movie Is Equal Parts Soothing and Opaque
The 'Test Pattern' director's latest, which premiered at BlackStar Film Festival, follows a group of queer Black femmes journeying across America's heartland in search of their friend.
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‘Swan Song’ Review: An Absorbing Canadian Doc About a Celebrated Ballerina Who Revitalizes ‘Swan Lake’
Chelsea McMullan's film follows the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada as she directs her first show for the company before her retirement.
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