More from Caryn James
‘The Great Lillian Hall’ Review: Jessica Lange Is Superb as an Actress With Early Dementia in a Lovely Valentine to Theater
Kathy Bates, Pierce Brosnan, Jesse Williams and Lily Rabe also star in the HBO film, directed by Michael Cristofer.
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‘Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes’ Review: A Legend Opens Up in Nanette Burstein’s Engaging HBO Doc Based on Rediscovered Audio Recordings
Filled with archival images, the film — built around interviews from the mid-60s — is an effective trip back to a changing Hollywood.
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‘The Greatest Hits’ Review: Lucy Boynton Time-Travels Back to Her Dead Boyfriend in Predictably Weepy Musical Drama
Ned Benson's SXSW-premiering film about grief and moving on co-stars David Corenswet and Justin H. Min.
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‘Diane Warren: Relentless’ Review: A Sleek but Limited Portrait of an Artist, Enigma and Perpetual Oscar Loser
Bess Kargman's documentary examines the enigma of a prolific songwriter who has been nominated for 15 Academy Awards, but never won.
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‘Family’ Review: Ruth Wilson and Ben Chaplin in an Artful Horror Film About Fear and Grief
Benjamin Finkel's childhood inspired his emotionally painful story of a young girl whose father is dying.
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‘Your Monster’ Review: Melissa Barrera Meets the Creature of Her Dreams in a Droll Musical-Horror-Rom-Com
Caroline Lindy's first feature, shown in Sundance's Midnight section, is a genre-blending take on love and revenge.
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‘Never Look Away’ Review: Lucy Lawless Directs a Generic Documentary About a Fearless War Reporter
The 'Xena: Warrior Princess' actress creates a sketchy portrait of Margaret Moth in a film premiering at Sundance.
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‘The Movie Teller’ Review: Berenice Bejo and Daniel Bruhl in Lone Scherfig’s Graceful but Slight Drama About Film Love
The director of 'An Education' delivers a different 1960s-set coming-of-age story, this one set in a Chilean mining town.
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‘A Haunting in Venice’ Review: Michelle Yeoh and Tina Fey Join Kenneth Branagh in His Snoozy Agatha Christie Adaptation
A Halloween seance in a dark palazzo brings detective Hercule Poirot out of retirement in Branagh's third run at the role.
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‘In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon’ Review: Alex Gibney’s Brilliantly Composed Doc Charts the Singer-Songwriter’s Career
Premiering at the Toronto Film Festival, the award-winning filmmaker's latest is a close-up look at one of America's most important pop music figures.
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‘North Star’ Review: Kristin Scott Thomas Directs Scarlett Johansson in a Small, Inviting Mother-Daughters Story
Sienna Miller and Emily Beecham also star in the comic-drama premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.
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‘Finally Dawn’ Review: Lily James and Joe Keery in Saverio Costanzo’s Ambitious Spin on Fellini
Set at the Cinecitta studio in the 1950s, the Venice competition drama about movies and celebrity also features Rebecca Antonaci, Willem Dafoe and Alba Rohrwacher.
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