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Brooklyn‘s script neatly consolidates the novel’s trials and tribulations without becoming too saccharine.
Alice Rohrwacher’s film, which won the Grand Prix at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, is a rarity — it is genuinely magical.
What keeps the film churning? Not much. A bit of withheld information.
The history lesson embedded in Bulgarian Rhapsody is subtle yet also packs a wallop.
Dough contains plenty of tasty charm and passion.
Sara Silverman throws herself into depicting Laney’s mental illness and out-of-control life.
Given the precipitous Internet-driven decline of print journalism over the past decade, Spotlight vividly reminds us of the clout of a local newspaper speaking truth to power.
Jafar Panahi’s Taxi is a winning, happy, unhappy, humane little road movie.
Steve Jobs is a one-dimensional film about a terminally self-absorbed character.
Film Review/Commentary: “Goodnight Mommy”—We Have Met the Enemy and He is Ours
Two recent horror films know what they are doing: they are intelligent, clever, original, and genuinely disturbing.
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