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Film Review: “Eddington” — Grifter Nation

July 11, 2025
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The story’s surprising degree of feeling for Joaquin Phoenix ‘s Joe saves “Eddington” from simply serving as fodder for overheated social media discourse and crusading op-eds.

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Film Reviews: Three Fine Docs at the Tribeca Film Festival — “Natchez,” “Underland,” and “I Was Born This Way”

July 10, 2025
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A trio of worthwhile docs at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival tour a city, stroll beneath the surface of the world, and stride through an inspirational life.

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Film Review: “Superman” — It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Mess

July 9, 2025
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“Superman” is overstuffed and bloated — so much so that it’s impossible to get an emotional toehold in the story being told.

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Music Documentary Reviews: “Goddess of Slide” and “Sound of the Surf”

July 8, 2025
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For fans of guitar music, two excellent new documentaries offer plenty of insight into impressive musical accomplishments as well as some memorable playing.

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Documentary Film Review: “The Atomic Bowl” — The Catastrophic Game Is Still On

July 8, 2025
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The at times chilling narrative of “The Atomic Bowl” raises probing and vexing questions about why we continue to face the threat of nuclear peril today.

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Film Review: “Ghost Trail” — Alienated Espionage

July 8, 2025
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Instead of living the life of James Bond, the spy hero of “Ghost Trail” copes with PTSD, the result of living in exile and surviving torture.

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Film Review: “40 Acres” Tills an Apocalyptic Landscape

July 6, 2025
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This is an auspicious feature debut, a doomsday thriller that touches on resonant topical issues.

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Film Review: “Sorry, Baby” — A Tragicomic Vision of Coping with Trauma

July 3, 2025
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In a film that maintains a deft, tightrope balance of tone, writer-director-star Eva Victor has delivered an acerbically funny depiction of how we learn to cope in a world where bad things can (and often do) happen.

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Film Retrospective: “Floating Clouds … The Cinema of Naruse Mikio” — Dedicated to Women’s Passions

July 3, 2025
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Film scholars, programmers, and the many filmmakers influenced by Naruse Miko value him as having crafted well-rounded portraits of women and their lives across decades of Japanese cultural changes.

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Film Reviews: Movies on Art at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival

June 28, 2025
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“Art is anything you can get away with,” said Marshall McLuhan. Three films that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival suggest that he was right.

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