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"Forget Pat's, forget Geno's. Jim's. Jim's in the best cheesesteak in Philly." Shazam (Zachary Levi) and Hespera (Helen Mirren) have a sit-down.

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'Shazam! Fury of the Gods' is a near myth

The sequel to the 2019 film that starred Zachary Levi as the adult superhero persona of a lonely teen goes bigger. And goofier. But the fuel mixture's off and Levi's one-note performance grates.

March 17, 2023
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  • Glen Weldon
Tom (Jonathan Tucker) cultivates a sense of dependency in 17-year-old Lea (Lily McInerny) in <em>Palm Trees and Power Lines.</em>

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An older man grooms a teenage girl in this disturbing but vital film

Palm Trees and Power Lines is a gripping cautionary tale about abuse and trafficking — but it is scrupulous in its refusal to sensationalize.

March 10, 2023
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  • Justin Chang
Park Ji-min stars as a young woman who was raised by adoptive parents in France in<em> Return to Seoul.</em>

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'Return to Seoul' is a funny, melancholy film that will surprise you start to finish

In this wonderfully unpredictable film, first-time actor Park Ji-min stars as Freddie, a young woman raised by adoptive parents in France who returns to the country of her birth.

March 08, 2023
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  • John Powers
Catherine Clinch plays Cáit in <em>The Quiet Girl. </em>

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This tender Irish drama proves the quietest films can have the most to say

A withdrawn 9-year-old spends the summer with two distant relatives in this Oscar-nominated film. The Quiet Girl's main character may be unassuming, but there's nothing insignificant about this film.

February 24, 2023
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  • Justin Chang
Park Ji-Min stars as Freddie in <em>Return to Seoul.</em>

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'Return to Seoul' is about reinvention, not resolution

This is a film that's easy to love: It has a killer soundtrack, a magnetic protagonist and a gorgeous cinematic backdrop. It's a coming of age story that contemplates the impermanence of who we are.

February 18, 2023
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  • Teresa Xie
<em>Emily</em> speculates about the life of the 19th-century English writer Emily Jane Brontë (Emma Mackey) in the years before she wrote <em>Wuthering Heights.</em>

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'Emily' imagines Brontë before 'Wuthering Heights'

A new film captures the complexity of family relationships by freely speculating about the lives of 19th-century English writer Emily Brontë and her siblings.

February 17, 2023
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  • Justin Chang
"Say, do any of you guys know how to Madison?" Scott (Paul Rudd) and Cassie (Kathryn Newton) greeted by residents of the Quantum Realm.

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In 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,' the setting is subatomic — as are the stakes

The third film in Marvel's Ant-Man trilogy sends the MCU's tinest titans into a subatomic universe, where they — and we the viewers — get stuck.

February 15, 2023
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  • Glen Weldon
Max (Salma Hayek Pinault) convinces Mike (Channing Tatum) to join her in London in <em>Magic Mike's Last Dance.</em>

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In the 'Last Dance,' Magic Mike leaves his thong-and-dance routine behind

The third and final Magic Mike movie isn't nearly as sexy or entertaining as its predecessors. Mike (Channing Tatum) is now bartending and is seduced by a London socialite (Salma Hayek Pinault).

February 10, 2023
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  • Justin Chang
Mohammad Saud cares for black kite birds in Delhi, India, in the documentary <em>All That Breathes.</em>

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It's easy to focus on what's bad — 'All That Breathes' celebrates the good

The Oscar-nominated documentary follows two brothers in Delhi who run a homemade infirmary nursing black kites — birds of prey widely considered a scavenging nuisance — back to health.

February 09, 2023
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  • John Powers
Rémi (Gustav De Waele) and Léo (Eden Dambrine) are childhood friends who begin to pull apart from each other in the Belgian film <em>Close</em>.

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If you had a particularly 'Close' childhood friendship, this film will resonate

The Cannes award-winner Close -- about two inseparable teen boys — is for anyone who thought their childhood friendship would last forever. It's a beautiful Belgian film, but takes the easy way out.

February 01, 2023
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  • Justin Chang
Priya Kansara as Ria Khan in <em>Polite Society.</em>

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Get these Sundance 2023 movies on your radar now

The Sundance Film Festival returned in-person to Park City, Utah, this year, and with more submissions than ever. NPR's Aisha Harris screened nearly 20 films — these are her favorites.

January 27, 2023
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  • Aisha Harris
Gustav De Waele and Eden Dambrine star in <em>Close, </em>which Belgium has submitted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

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An adolescent friendship fractures in the Belgian Oscar hopeful, 'Close'

The social forces are pervasive but subtle in Lukas Dhont's Close — no overt bullying or homophobia, just internalized pressures on still-developing psyches.

January 26, 2023
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  • Bob Mondello
Ben Whishaw, Rooney Mara and Claire Foy star in <em>Women Talking</em>,<em> </em>which tells the story of a religious colony devastated by sexual violence.

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'Women Talking' explores survival, solidarity and spirituality after sexual assault

Eight women come together in a hayloft to decide what's next after their religious colony is devastated by sexual violence. Sarah Polley adapted Miriam Toews' novel, which was drawn from true events.

January 20, 2023
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  • Justin Chang
Laurence Coly (Guslagie Malanda) confesses to causing the death of her baby daughter Elise in <em>Saint Omer.</em>

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'Saint Omer' is a complex courtroom drama about much more than the murder at hand

Based on an actual criminal case in France in which a Senegalese woman killed her baby daughter, Alice Diop's film is rigorous, powerful and crackling with ideas about isolation and colonialism.

January 19, 2023
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  • John Powers
June (Storm Reid) is on the case when her mother disappears during a vacation with her boyfriend.

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When her mother goes 'Missing,' a Gen-Z teen takes up a tense search on screens

The new thriller Missing unfolds on the screens of a teenager searching for her vanished mother. But the growth of what should be a simple format turns out to be ... complicated.

January 19, 2023
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