Drive My Car: A Tender, Tough Road Trip Via a Haruki Murakami Tale
ReviewJim SlotekJapanese movies, Oscar contender, Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Haruki Murakami, Takamasa Oe, Hidetoshi Nichijima, Masaki Okada, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima
Hawkeye: Marvel Mentors a Possible Future Avenger
House of Gucci: Starry True-Crime Drama Works Better in Theory Than on Screen
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekHouse of Gucci, Drama, True crime, Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Ridley Scott, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto, Adaptation
Encanto: Dazzling Disney Feature Spotlights Home, Family, and the Joys of Being a Misfit
ReviewJim SlotekEncanto, Disney, Animation, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Byron Howard, Jared Bush, Charise Castro Smith, Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, Angie Cepeda, Wilmer Valderrama, John Leguizamo, Colombia, Latino
She Paradise: Dangerous Dancing in Trinidad
ReviewJim SlotekShe Paradise, Maya Cozier, Trinidad and Tobago, #MeToo, Onessa Nestor, Kimberly Crichton, Chelsey Rampersad, Denisia Latchman, Kern Mollineau, Michael Cherrie, Drama, Dancing
Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Dialing It In
Black Holler: A Throw-Gags-at-the-Wall Horror-Comedy That's Scarily Unfunny
King Richard: The Ultimate Real-Life Sports-Dad Story, Doubts and All
ReviewJim SlotekMalcolm Gladwell’s “10, 000 hours” theory, King Richard, Will Smith, Richard Williams, Venus and Serena Williams, Sports dads, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Jennifer Capriati, Aunjanue Ellis
The Power of the Dog: Jane Campion’s Western Masterpiece
By Linda Barnard
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Tick, Tick...Boom!: Lin Manuel Miranda Honours the Late 'Rent' Author, Breathing Life into Earlier Work
Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast 'Troubles': A Movie Seeking Means of Escape
Double Walker: The Rape-Revenge Genre Takes a Ghostly Turn
They Say Nothing Stays the Same: Meditative Character Study Both Elusive and Affecting
By Karen Gordon
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Portraits From a Fire: A Teen Rez Film Auteur Finds His Focus in a Sweet, Subtle, Imaginative Tale
Reel Asian Festival turns 25: Best title! Best time travel story! And much, much more!
Finch: Tom Hanks, a dog and some robots in a post-apocalyptic road movie with heart
By Karen Gordon
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Spencer: Christmas at the In-Laws is a 'Royal' Pain in this Dark Immersive Princess Di Fable
ReviewJim SlotekFilms about Princess Diana, Spencer, Pablo Larraín, Jackie, Jacqueline Kennedy, Peter Morgan, The Crown, Kristen Stewart, Anne Boleyn, Sally Hawkins
Eternals: Marvel's New Wannabe-Avengers Franchise is Too Busy to Be Fun
By Karen Gordon
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Mondo Hollywoodland: ‘Shrooming in the Dream Factory
Gaza mon amour: Sweet Tale About Late-Life Romance Leverages Rarely Seen Setting
By Karen Gordon
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