Ana de Armas digs deep as Marilyn in brutal 'Blonde'
Sunday, 4 June 2023, 08:41
Last update: about 11 months ago
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What a dream it must be to be Marilyn Monroe, a starstruck assistant tells her. "Everyone would give their right arm to be you!" And we cringe, as we'll do many times during Andrew Dominik's...
'Catherine Called Birdy' is a medieval delight
Sunday, 4 June 2023, 08:35
Last update: about 11 months ago
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Passion projects can go all sorts of wrong ways, but Lena Dunham has made something of a triumph in " Catherine Called Birdy," a medieval coming-of-age story that's part "Bridget Jones's Diary," part...
'Moonage Daydream' brings Bowie back to Earth
Sunday, 4 June 2023, 08:33
Last update: about 11 months ago
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Brett Morgen's David Bowie documentary "Moonage Daydream " plunges into the mind of the rock star — it puts a ray gun to Bowie's head — and comes away with something that, at its best, is...
A spiky social satire in 'Triangle of Sadness'
Saturday, 27 May 2023, 11:13
Last update: about 11 months ago
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The question of worth flows through Ruben Östlund's " Triangle of Sadness," a handsomely grotesque satire about the guests and workers aboard a luxury yacht. The ideas might not be new, and the...
In 'Tár,' Cate Blanchett is a maestro at work
Saturday, 27 May 2023, 11:11
Last update: about 11 months ago
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"Time is the thing," says Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) in Todd Fields' "Tár." Lydia, a world-renown conductor, is explaining her art as more than waving a baton around — not a...
In 'Aftersun,' Charlotte Wells makes a shattering debut
Saturday, 27 May 2023, 11:09
Last update: about 11 months ago
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A normal morning scene. Breakfast on the kitchen table. A newspaper rustles. A backpack is packed. The mother asks her teenage daughter if she'll be home later. "It's Tuesday, so, um, I'm going to go...
Florence Pugh shines in haunting 'The Wonder'
Monday, 22 May 2023, 08:00
Last update: about 11 months ago
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It is 1862 in a remote Irish village when an English nurse is called in by a local council to observe and investigate a phenomenon in the haunting new film " The Wonder." There is, she's told, an...
'Descendant' powerfully telescopes past and present
Monday, 22 May 2023, 07:59
Last update: about 11 months ago
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One of the best films of the year, Margaret Brown's "Descendant" is, strictly speaking, about the discovery of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship. After it was used to illegally kidnap and...
'Thirteen Lives' gets lost in sprawling rescue story
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 14:59
Last update: about 11 months ago
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Twenty-seven years ago, Ron Howard's "Apollo 13" saluted men with the right stuff — quiet courage and grace under pressure. This summer, he's returned to that magic number for a similar rescue...
'Gray Man' spares no expense — but feels oddly gray
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 14:58
Last update: about 11 months ago
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Sometimes a title just doesn't help a movie. Not that directors Anthony and Joe Russo had much choice in titling "The Gray Man," their new Netflix spy thriller starring Ryan Gosling —...