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    Kieran Culkin Is a Mercurial Pleasure in A Real PainJesse Eisenberg’s charming Sundance breakout moves gently and smoothly but hints at an all-consuming darkness underneath.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Two Friends Talk, Gently and Openly, in Will & HarperThe most powerful parts of Will Ferrell and Harper Steele’s road trip documentary are also its most basic.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Thelma Gives 94-Year-Old June Squibb the Role of a LifetimeJosh Margolin’s Sundance comedy, about an elderly woman on a quest to find the crooks who scammed her, never feels lazy, cheap, or cruel.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Love Lies Bleeding Needs More Than Violence and GrandeurRose Glass’s new thriller, starring Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian, is passionate and bold, but can rely too much on stylized glimpses of gore.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    The Outrun Shows Us Saoirse Ronan at Her Most TranscendentDirector Nora Fingscheidt’s Sundance drama stars Ronan as a recovering alcoholic who’s back in her childhood home in the Orkney Islands.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Presence Is the Best Thing Steven Soderbergh’s Done in AgesIt’s an art film that also works as a spellbinding horror film.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Love Me Asks Too Many QuestionsKristen Stewart and Steven Yeun star in an emo version of Wall-E that is furiously literal-minded.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    In Search of a More Welcoming RealityJane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow is an enveloping, confounding film about isolation, gender transition, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
    By Alison Willmore
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    Two Iconic Oddballs Make the Perfect Pair in Between the TemplesNathan Silver’s clever Sundance comedy stars Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane, two iconic weirdos from different eras of American cinema.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    The Moving Ibelin Captures a Life Only Seemingly Half-LivedBenjamin Ree’s powerful new Sundance documentary gently uncovers a dying young man’s online life, full of love, connection, and humor.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Netflix’s New Heist Movie Lift Wastes a Fun CastKevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Vincent D’Onofrio are trying to steal Jean Reno’s gold. Somehow, we don’t really care.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    In the Moving Bye Bye Tiberias, Hiam Abbass Considers the Cost of WarPalestinian-born actress Hiam Abbass will break your heart in this documentary portrait of her family, filmed by her daughter Lina Soualem.
    By Roxana Hadadi
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    The Ruthless New Mean Girls Knows Better Than to Try and Make Fetch HappenA pretty good remake proves the Plastics will never die.
    By Jackson McHenry
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    Killers of the Flower Moon Turns Out to Be the Simplest, Slipperiest of ThingsIt’s not Martin Scorsese’s western, and it’s not another gangster epic. It’s his marriage story.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    There’s Nothing Else Like The Book of Clarence, for Better and WorseEven if it doesn’t work, there’s something admirable about how at ease Jeymes Samuel’s new film is with its own erratic rhythms.
    By Alison Willmore
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    The Transcendent Society of the Snow Has Existential BiteNot since Martin Scorsese’s Silence has a film so thoughtfully considered what faith can, and can’t, do.
    By Roxana Hadadi
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    The Boys in the Boat Is Better Than You’ve HeardDirected by George Clooney, this period rowing drama is the kind of unfussy medium-budget prestige pic Hollywood rarely makes anymore.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    In Ferrari, Adam Driver Is a Force of Steel, Asphalt, and DeathMichael Mann’s long-gestating movie is elegant and restless, with a sense throughout that something horrific is lurking around each corner.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    The Push-Pull of Brutality and Joy at the Heart of The Color PurpleThe movie musical adaptation of the classic novel (and film) carves out its own path.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Anyone But You Has More Sex on Its Mind Than Your Average Rom-ComMovies keep trying to bring back the romantic comedy. This Glen Powell–Sydney Sweeney vehicle might actually bring back the sex comedy instead.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard Are So Weirdly Right Together in MemoryNot a lot of Michel Franco’s somber drama makes sense, but it’s a movie clearly meant to be carried by its leads.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon Is a Visionary SlogThe first part of his Star Wars–ish Netflix saga looks amazing but has lifeless characters and little excitement.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    All of Us Strangers Is Two Movies Trying to Be OneAnd, with all love for Paul Mescal, the romance with his character is the weaker of the two.
    By Alison Willmore
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    Saltburn Is All Vibes and Empty ProvocationsEmerald Fennell may be an exasperating filmmaker, but she’s incapable of being boring.
    By Alison Willmore
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    There’s No Heroism or Fantasy in John Woo’s Brutal Silent NightIn his latest action thriller, the director foregrounds grief and pain over the balletic mayhem of his previous work.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Maestro Is a Masterful Reconstruction That Remains Just ThatThe Leonard Bernstein biopic somehow proves that Bradley Cooper is a director of genuine vision, even though it’s not a particularly successful movie.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Alphaville ForeverJean-Luc Godard’s wildly influential 1965 film is restored and back in theaters. There’s still no other movie like it.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    See Wim Wenders’s Anselm in 3-D So You Can Be Extra DisturbedThe director’s beautiful new film about Anselm Kiefer is more an experience than a documentary.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Is No Chicken Run, But Really, What Is?Playing on Netflix, Aardman’s sequel to its 2000 animated hit might not fully capture the magic of the original, but it’s still fun.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    We Shouldn’t Have to Grade Barbie on a CurveGreta Gerwig made a weird movie based on a famous toy line. Should that be enough?
    By Alison Willmore
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    In Priscilla, She’s the Girl Who Has Everything — Except Actual PowerSofia Coppola’s film, based on Priscilla Presley’s memoir, is a wish-fulfillment dream that loses momentum when its subject wakes up.
    By Alison Willmore
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    Ava DuVernay’s Origin Devastates Its AudienceThe new Ava DuVernay film is both essay and melodrama, though neither description quite does it justice.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Days of Heaven and the Things That Don’t LastTerrence Malick’s 1978 wonder, maybe the most beautiful film of all time, is back in theaters.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    The Seductive Eileen Flirts With DisasterAnne Hathaway goes Hitchcock blonde and Thomasin McKenzie is deceptively mousy, but the real MVP of this Ottessa Moshfegh is Marin Ireland.
    By Alison Willmore
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    Leave the World Behind Doesn’t Know What to Do With the ApocalypseSam Esmail’s thriller takes a lot of liberties with Rumaan Alam’s novel, but its changes are all for the worse.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    The Silence Is the Loudest Part of Renaissance: A FilmNo star is better at positioning themselves as apolitical than Beyoncé.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
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    Todd Haynes’s May December Is a Deeply Uncomfortable MovieWatching it with an audience, I found myself cackling with delight. Stepping out into the rainy night, however, I felt like I needed to take a shower.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Napoleon Charges in Without a PlanRidley Scott’s new historical epic isn’t good, but at least it gives us an unforgettably weird Joaquin Phoenix performance.
    By Alison Willmore
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    Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Heartbreaking Monster Hovers Between This World and the NextThere might be no better film about the indisputable fact that we never really know what someone else is going through.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Is Taika Waititi Even Trying Anymore?The New Zealand filmmaker’s new film, Next Goal Wins, is so sloppily made that it might make you wonder why he even bothered.
    By Alison Willmore
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    Disney’s Wish Fails on Every LevelThe songs stink, the animation is a mess, the characters are bland, and the story makes no sense. Happy 100th anniversary, Disney!
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Rustin Is a Solid History Lesson But Not a Particularly Good MovieColman Domingo is fantastic, however.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    The Hunger Games Forgets Its Own Nightmarish MessageThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has star power and action, but the prequel film lacks its predecessor’s sense of moral lucidity.
    By Roxana Hadadi
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    Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving Isn’t Terrible, and for That We Can Be ThankfulWe don’t watch movies like this wondering what’s going to happen next. We watch because we know what’s going to happen next.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Let Fallen Leaves’ Finnish Gloom Give You LifeThe great Aki Kaurismäki delivers one of his most charming films with this tale of missed romantic connections.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Who Here Hasn’t Dreamed of Nicolas Cage?Dream Scenario starts off as a funny, thoughtful look at how we all live in public today.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    When Did the MCU Start Feeling So Small?The Marvels brings together Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, and Iman Vellani for far-flung galactic adventures that feel disappointingly dinky.
    By Alison Willmore
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    Sly Is a Messy, Sincere Portrait of a Messy, Sincere ManThis documentary about Sylvester Stallone leaves a lot unsaid. But it does get at the heart of his career.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    Meg Ryan Isn’t Saving the Rom-Com — She’s Arguing With ItRyan directs and stars alongside David Duchovny in What Happens Later, a curiously sour romantic comedy.
    By Alison Willmore
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    To Its Credit, Nyad Makes Its Subject Look Like a Real AssholeNyad may be a frustrating biopic, but at least it doesn’t soften the self-mythologizing long-distance swimmer’s rougher edges.
    By Alison Willmore
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