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A spiky social satire in 'Triangle of Sadness'

Saturday, 27 May 2023, 11:13 Last update: about 15 hours ago Associated Press

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 15 hours ago Associated Press

"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 15 hours ago Associated Press

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 5 days ago Associated Press

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 5 days ago Associated Press

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 9 days ago Associated Press

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 9 days ago Associated Press

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 —...

High couture dreams in 'Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris'

Friday, 12 May 2023, 08:59 Last update: about 15 days ago Associated Press

Paul Gallico's 1958 novel "Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris," about a British cleaning lady with high couture dreams, wouldn't seem to have even a stitch of contemporary relevance. Yet Anthony Fabian's...

'Bullet Train' goes off the rails, but Pitt doesn't

Friday, 12 May 2023, 08:58 Last update: about 15 days ago Associated Press

Aboard the speeding locomotive of "Bullet Train" ride at least five assassins, one venomous reptile (a snake on the train), countless glib Guy Ritchie-esque slo-mo action sequences, and one bucket-hat...

Youth and anarchy in 'Bodies Bodies Bodies'

Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 15:34 Last update: about 18 days ago Associated Press

"Bodies Bodies Bodies " might just be the first great Gen Z thriller. In director Halina Reijn's film is a razor-sharp satire of a very specific kind of modern privilege set inside an escalating...

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