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News Articles: Movie Reviews

Michael Fassbender plays an assassin on the run in <em>The Killer.</em>

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What happens when a hit man misses his mark? 'The Killer' is about to find out

The mundane becomes mesmerizing in David Fincher's dark comedy, which tracks every detail of a hit man's routine: the scheduled naps, the fast-food runs, the yoga stretches he does to stay limber.

November 10, 2023
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  • Justin Chang
Cailee Spaeny is impressively convincing in the role of adolescent Priscilla, depicting a high school senior isolated from others at Graceland.

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In 'Priscilla,' we see what 'Elvis' left out

Sofia Coppola's glistening take on Priscilla Presley's life with Elvis is immersive and sad. But who exactly IS Priscilla, anyway?

November 02, 2023
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  • Aisha Harris
Dominic Sessa stars as Angus Tully and Paul Giamatti is Paul Hunham in Alexander Payne's <em>The Holdovers.</em>

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Alexander Payne keeps real emotion at bay in the coyly comic 'Holdovers'

Paul Giamatti plays a boarding school teacher charged with watching over the students who have no where to go during winter break in a throwback film that doesn't quite live up to its potential.

October 27, 2023
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  • Justin Chang
Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio in <em>Killers of the Flower Moon.</em>

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Scorsese centers men and their violence once again in 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

Martin Scorsese's film, based on David Grann's book, tells the true story of white men in the 1920s who married into and systematically murdered Osage families to gain claims to their oil-rich land.

October 20, 2023
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  • Justin Chang
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'Killers of the Flower Moon' is a monstrous story of greed, masterfully told

Martin Scorsese's epic 3.5-hour dramatization of David Grann's true-life tragedy about the Osage Nation stars Lily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.

October 20, 2023
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  • Bob Mondello
<em></em>Taylor Swift's Eras tour film is precisely as advertised: nothing more and nothing less than a perfectly edited recording of an extraordinary show in all its technical, happiness-inducing splendor.

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Now in theaters: A three-hour testament to Taylor Swift's titan era

The Eras Tour film is precisely as advertised: nothing more and nothing less than a pristine recording of a record-shattering concert spectacle. But will it really be a savior for the cinema industry?

October 13, 2023
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  • Bilal Qureshi
Sandra Hüller plays a writer accused of murdering her husband in <em data-stringify-type="italic">Anatomy of a Fall.</em>

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'Anatomy of a Fall' dissects a marriage and, maybe, a murder

A writer stands accused of killing her husband in this film, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. But as Anatomy of a Fall persuasively suggests, every marriage is a mystery.

October 13, 2023
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  • Justin Chang
Craig (Josh Sharp), God (Bowen Yang) and Trevor (Aaron Jackson) are gooped, gagged and gobsmacked in <em>Dicks: The Musical.</em>

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I mean, it's called 'Dicks: The Musical.' What did you expect?

This gleefully, defiantly queer film isn't much more than an extended put-on, but so what? The many, many tasteless jokes may be broad, but they're narrowly focused to hit their target audience.

October 13, 2023
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  • Glen Weldon
Lance Reddick, Dale Dye and Kiefer Sutherland in <em>The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.</em>

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William Friedkin's stodgy 'Caine Mutiny' adaptation lacks the urgency of the original

While the drama of the 1954 film hinged on the high stakes of the Pacific theater during World War II, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial involves an all-volunteer navy and no sea battles.

October 06, 2023
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  • John Powers
<em>Carterland </em>is a reappraisal of Jimmy Carter's presidency. He's pictured above at Grand Teton National Park.

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'Carterland' puts a positive spin on an oft-disparaged presidency

Carterland depicts the one-term presidency of Jimmy Carter as an expansive and largely successful exercise in problem-solving.

October 02, 2023
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  • Bob Mondello
Madeleine Yuna Voyles plays Alphie, a pensive young robot child in <em>The Creator. </em>

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Did AI write this film? 'The Creator' offers a muddled plea for human-robot harmony

This sci-fi drama about an ex-special-forces operative who teams up with a humanoid robot excels at world-building — but ultimately fails to create characters that take on lives of their own.

September 29, 2023
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  • Justin Chang
A cutthroat power couple Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) and Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) end up in a power struggle in <em>Fair Play.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

What happens when your secret fiancee becomes your boss? Find out in 'Fair Play'

A power couple crumbles when one gets promoted over the other at their cutthroat hedge fund firm. Fair Play is a withering melodrama, depicting a relationship contaminated by ambition and jealousy.

September 27, 2023
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  • Aisha Harris
A visitor enters the Officers Casino building at ESMA on March 19, 2016. The windows are filled with images of civilians who were tortured and killed here.

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'El Juicio (The Trial)' details the 1976-'83 Argentine dictatorship's reign of terror

Forty years after the fall of an Argentine military dictatorship that tortured and murdered tens of thousands of civilians, a video record of its trial has its U.S. premiere at Film Forum in New York.

September 22, 2023
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  • Bob Mondello
Tina Fey and Michelle Yeoh join Kenneth Branagh in <em>A Haunting in Venice.</em>

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The big twist in 'A Haunting in Venice'? It's actually a great film

Kenneth Branaugh is back as Hercule Poirot, and it's hard not to enjoy his company in this unusually spooky murder mystery based on Agatha Christie's 1969 novel Hallowe'en Party.

September 22, 2023
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  • Justin Chang
Clockwise from top left: <em>Invisible Beauty</em>,<em> Foe</em>,<em> All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt</em>,<em> The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes</em>,<em> </em><em>My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 </em>and <em>Nyad.</em>

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Here are the movies we can't wait to watch this fall

With no end in sight for the Hollywood strikes, we check in on the new releases for the fall. Our critics share their recommendations for more than 25 films coming out between now and Thanksgiving.

September 19, 2023
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