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Art mimicks reality in engrosing ‘On the Beach at Night Alone’
The Korean film tells the story of an actress recovering from an affair with a married director.
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‘Last Jedi’ is the best ‘Star Wars’ movie since the first one
This instant-classic popcorn movie makes clever references to the past while embracing the new.
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‘Carrie’ and ‘The Exorcist’ go to Scandinavia in ‘Thelma’
The Norwegian film lifts many of those shocks from those horror classics, but does it effectively.
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Award-winning documentary gazes lovingly at Jane Goodall
“Jane” includes fascinating newly discovered 1960s footage of the chimpanzee expert.
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‘The Breadwinner’ animation is strong, but its story is stilted
The Cartoon Saloon film never lets you forget that you’re here to learn an important lesson.
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Heavy Hollywood headlines: Robert Horton’s movies preview
In the midst of all the sexual-misconduct allegations, the holiday film season offers some relief.
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‘Three Billboards’ rooted in Frances McDormand’s rigid role
The actress of “Fargo” fame gives an Oscar-worthy performance in this black comedy on human nature.
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Sprawling satire of pretentious artist types scores rich humor
“The Square” features a star-making performance by a 50-year-old Danish actor named Claes Bang.
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‘Murder on the Orient Express’ harkens back to earlier movie era
Kenneth Branagh, Kenneth Branagh’s mustache and an all-star cast have fun in an old-school whodunit.
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‘Thor’ makes title character chief jester in latest Marvel flick
“Thor: Ragnarok” starring Chris Hemsworth is first and foremost a comedy, with some action thrown in.
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‘Gods Own Country’ romance rooted in realities of farm life
The Yorkshire farmer falls for Romanian worker tale is an impressive directing debut by Francis Lee.
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‘Bad Moms’ sequel just as raunchy, not as funny, as the first
Our three heroines are visited by their insane mothers during the holidays in “A Bad Moms Christmas.”
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‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ shows the damage done by Winnie-the-Pooh
The gentle movie tells a serious story about how celebrity culture harmed a family.
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‘Human Flow’ is mesmerizing documentary of the collective human soul
“Human Flow” is not a documentary by a journalist, or a traditional activist.
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Confusing, muddled thriller confounds talented director, cast
“The Snowman,” based on a Scandinavian crime novel, suffers from catastrophic storytelling problems.
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Animating Van Gogh paintings proves to be trippy yet flawed
“Loving Vincent” relates the circumstances of the great painter’s death.
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‘Breathe’ ignores all the inspirational movie cliches
It tells the story of a polio patient and his wife who helped change attitudes about the disabled.
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‘Lucky’ a movie-lover’s farewell to the late Harry Dean Stanton
The beloved character actor’s last film puts him in the leading role. He died last month at 91.
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‘Blade Runner 2049’: visually dazzling, but hollow at its core
The sequel to the 1982 classic is a bit hokey and slow, but Harrison Ford is a welcome…
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Tour New York library with this fly-on-the-wall documentary
“Ex Libris: New York Public Library” by Frederick Wiseman shows us how today’s library system works.