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Review: Maria (Pablo Larraín)

It’s difficult not to be swayed by Pablo Larraín’s adoration and Angelina Jolie’s star power, even if the film reveals little new about Maria Callas.

December 20, 2024
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Review: Conclave (Edward Berger)

This juicy dramatic thriller, set in the Vatican, has a carefully handled zinger of an ending.

November 25, 2024
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Review: Lee (Ellen Kuras)

Kate Winslet is at her powerful best in the story of Lee Miller, the pioneering war photographer.

October 22, 2024
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Review: The Moogai (Jon Bell)

Jon Bell’s First Nations suspense drama is disquieting at times, but not scary enough, despite its top cast.

October 21, 2024
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Review: The Critic (Anand Tucker)

Ian McKellen excels in this twisty-turning tale of a vitriolic theatre critic who will stop at nothing to stay in the limelight.

September 25, 2024
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Review: Comandante (Edoardo De Angelis)

Submarine movie jollies aside, Italy's Das Boot feels weighed down by a sense of purpose lying outside of the drama itself.

September 10, 2024
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Review: Midas Man (Joe Stephenson)

Midas Man fumbles a golden opportunity to tell us what we don't know about the tragically short life of Beatles manager Brian Epstein.

August 29, 2024
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Review: Thelma (Josh Margolin)

The elderly vigilante genre is rarely as charming as Josh Margolin’s movie starring June Squibb.

August 19, 2024
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Review: Last Summer (Catherine Breillat)

Immoral or understandable? Catherine Breillat leaves it up to you to decide.

July 22, 2024
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Review: Brats (Andrew McCarthy)

There are times when this examination of early '80s movie celebrity begins to look like a grandiose exercise in self-therapy.

July 12, 2024
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Review: The Teacher who Promised the Sea (Patricia Font)

This recent Spanish Film Festival standout is a powerful reminder that the scars of Spain’s 20th century history are everywhere.

July 10, 2024
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Review: I Am: Celine Dion (Irene Taylor)

This unflinching documentary by director Irene Taylor captures the Quebecois singer’s struggle with a career-ending condition.

July 5, 2024
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Review: Divertimento (Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar)

A winning central performance and the music of Ravel grace this appealing biopic about a conductor trying to beat the odds stacked against her.

June 5, 2024

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