Kenneth Branagh's Belfast, which he wrote and directed, is a sweet, sentimental treatment of a durable cinematic sub-genre: the childhood autobiography.Branagh spent
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The American Film Institute (AFI) offers what looks like its biggest film festival yet this year. Indeed, AFI Fest's hybrid showcase, held at the Chinese Theater in
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Continuing her recent streak of daring, indelible performances, Kristen Stewart in Spencer, is a woman on the verge of a breakdown. Or maybe she's on the verge of a
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In the past few years, Chloe Zhao has established herself as an indie filmmaker with an intimate approach to imagery and tone. Which makes her an interesting choice
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The arduous, mysterious process of transmogrifying life into art is at the very center of Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir Part II, a semi-autobiographical follow-up to he
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In Eric Steel's Minyan, the documentary filmmaker's beautifully observed debut feature, a young gay man seeks to reconcile his growing self-awareness with the tradit
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Horror films have always been great vessels for social commentary. The genre allows such messaging to feel natural, never hitting us over the head with yesterday's h
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Taking a hard left turn from his usual route of bold, evocative comedies, Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho veers down a darker road. Much like his American counterp
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A tyrannical galactic emperor ruthlessly rules the universe. On a desert planet, the father of a teenage boy is brutally murdered. A member of an ancient order utili
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There's a battle brewing, and it's being fought by streaming services, cable TV and Primetime television. If you're too weak to resist, UnBinged is here to help, tel
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The first thing that hits you watching Todd Haynes' new Velvet Underground movie (currently showing in local theaters and on Apple TV+), is the obviously non-traditi
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You only have to watch a few seconds of Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch to know who's pulling the strings. Reminiscent of J.D. Salinger or Anthony Trollope--two w
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