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Is “The Phoenician Scheme” Wes Anderson’s Most Emotional Film?
Wes Anderson’s new film, “The Phoenician Scheme,” is a funny-ha-ha comedy, but there’s nothing funny about its story, which involves a…
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“Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning” Goes Hard on Valediction
“Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning” has a running time of just under three hours. Within those three hours, alas, I’d say that Tom…
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“Caught by the Tides” Is a Gorgeous Vision of Loss and Renewal
More than two decades in the making, Jia Zhangke’s mostly archival film embodies the sweeping transformations of modern China in its very…
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“The Shrouds” Is a Casket Case—and an Unsettling Vision of Techno-Paranoia
David Cronenberg’s new film, “The Shrouds,” contains the funniest and saddest blind-date sequence I’ve ever seen. Myrna (Jennifer Dale), a…
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“Warfare” Offers a Hyperrealist Rebuke of the American War Movie
“Warfare” ends the way a lot of movies based on true events do: with a series of side-by-side photographs. Here are the characters you’ve…
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In “The Alto Knights,” Robert De Niro Sings a Familiar Gangland Tune
How might a mid-century New York City Mob boss spend his nights? Frank Costello, the acting head of the Luciano crime family, prefers to…
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The Uneven Cross-Cultural Comedy of “Paddington in Peru” and “Universal Language”
Not every filmmaker is a cinephile, but, among those who are, that passion can manifest itself in unexpected ways. The driving pleasure of…
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The Ghost’s-Eye View of Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence”
Although Steven Soderbergh started out as an independent filmmaker, he may be Hollywood’s last true believer. He made fine studio movies…
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“The Brutalist” ’s Epic Inversion of the American Dream
Not long into “The Brutalist,” the director Brady Corbet plunges us into darkness—a darkness that, although neither formless nor void,…