More from Leslie Felperin
‘Youth (Homecoming)’ Review: Documentarian Wang Bing Concludes His Chinese Garment Workers Trilogy in Compelling Fashion
A follow-up to 2023's 'Youth (Spring)' and this year's 'Youth (Hard Times),' the film follows several factory workers as they return to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year.
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‘Love’ Review: A Charming and Intelligent Norwegian Dramedy to Win Over Hearts and Minds
The film, about two colleagues with very different approaches to sex and romance, is the second in a planned thematic trilogy from writer-director Dag Johan Haugerud.
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‘Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter Two’ Review: Kevin Costner’s Western Epic Trudges Ahead With a Slightly More Watchable Sequel
Sienna Miller, Giovanni Ribisi and Luke Wilson also star in the sprawling adventure, intended as part of a four-film series about the settlement of the American frontier.
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‘Stranger Eyes’ Review: A Slippery, Well-Acted Singaporean Thriller About Observation and Surveillance
The latest from director Yeo Siew Hua ('A Land Imagined') centers on a couple whose secrets are exposed after their young daughter goes missing.
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TIFF 2024: Read THR’s Reviews of the Movies Screening at the Toronto Film Festival (Updating)
The Hollywood Reporter critics weigh in on this year’s crop of titles, from biopics to documentaries, sweeping epics to intimate character studies, tear-jerking dramas to laugh-out-loud comedies.
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‘April’ Review: A Doctor Dispenses Off-The-Books Abortions in Miraculous, Wrenching Georgian Drama
'Beginning' star Ia Sukhitashvili reunites with director Dea Kulumbegashvili for her second feature, about an OB-GYN operating in a remote rural community.
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‘Diva Futura’ Review: A Messy but Well-Acted Celebration of the Golden Age of an Italian Porn Empire
Based on a memoir by Debora Attanasio, the Venice Film Festival entry charts the rise of an adult entertainment studio through the 1980s and 1990s.
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‘2073’ Review: Samantha Morton Leads Asif Kapadia’s Bold but Bleak Docu-Fiction Hybrid About Future Crisis
The genre-bending film combines real archival footage and original interviews with a fictional dystopian narrative to issue an urgent warning about disaster to come.
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‘Harvest’ Review: Caleb Landry Jones and Harry Melling Lead a Moving Scottish Highlands Period Drama
The latest feature by Greek Weird Wave filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari is an adaptation of Jim Crace's acclaimed novel.
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‘Vermiglio’ Review: Sprawling Italian World War II Drama Engages and Impresses, but Never Rivets
Set in the mountains, Maura Delpero's film follows a large rural family deeply affected by events both local and global.
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‘Homegrown’ Review: Documentary Embeds With Trump Supporters Ahead of Jan. 6, to Absorbing Effect
Premiering at Venice, Michael Premo offers a portrait of Trump supporters — including the Proud Boys — in the run-up to the 2020 election.
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‘Kill the Jockey’ Review: A Sportsman Goes Adrift in Buenos Aires in Charming but Slight Picaresque
Premiering in Venice, the surreal comedy-thriller from director Luis Ortega stars Nahuel Pérez Biscayart as an equestrian who discovers his feminine side after a devastating accident.
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