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News Articles: Movie Reviews

Charlie Hodson-Prior as Bruce Bogtrotter and Meesha Garbett as Hortensia in <em>Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical.</em>

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Kids really can change the world — just ask 'Pinocchio' and 'Matilda'

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, adapted from the popular stage show, and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, a stop-motion animated version of the classic fairy tale, are both coming to Netflix.

December 09, 2022
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  • Justin Chang
Photographer Nan Goldin poses after being awarded Commander in the Arts and Letters Order, in Paris, June 27, 2006.

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How one artist took on the Sacklers and shook their reputation in the art world

A new documentary All The Beauty and the Bloodshed tells the story of Nan Goldin, a photographer and activist who survived opioid addiction — then challenged members of the Sackler family.

December 05, 2022
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  • Brian Mann
Tilda Swinton plays two characters, a mother and a daughter, who have gone to spend a winter holiday at a hotel in Wales in the new movie <em>The Eternal Daugher.</em>

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Tilda Swinton stars twice in 'The Eternal Daughter' — as both parent and child

Swinton plays a mother and a daughter who have gone to spend a winter holiday at a hotel in Wales. The double casting is much more than a stunt in this smart, subtle film — it is magical.

December 02, 2022
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  • Justin Chang
Tsireya in <em>Avatar: The Way of the Water</em>

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5 films we can't wait to see: Here's Hollywood's holiday bounty

Avatar returns, Will Smith stars in a Civil War epic and Bill Nighy is Living. Also, a compelling novel adaptation and three hours of Jazz-era decadence. Find out what else the studios have in store.

November 24, 2022
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  • Bob Mondello
Anna Diop plays a Senegalese immigrant pursuing the American Dream in<em> Nanny.</em>

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'Nanny' employs African folklore in a haunting Black horror film

While the live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid casts Black actors in a preexisting white narrative, Nanny illustrates that Black people have their own folklore; Black mermaids already exist.

November 23, 2022
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  • Pilar Galvan
The donkey's eyes seem to take the measure of modern life in Jerzy Skolimowski's film, <em>EO</em>.

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This brash film about a wandering donkey may just leave you in tears

Jerzy Skolimowski's thrillingly imaginative new film, EO, follows a former circus donkey on a journey across modern Europe. It's a strange, haunting epic that couldn't feel more of our moment.

November 23, 2022
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  • John Powers
<em>New York Times</em> journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor (Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan) investigate allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in <em>She Said. </em>

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'She Said' follows the journalists who set the #MeToo movement in motion

An engrossing new film focuses on New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, whose reporting uncovered the crimes of Harvey Weinstein — and the vast network of people who enabled him.

November 18, 2022
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  • Justin Chang
Angela Bassett is Queen Ramonda in <em>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.</em>

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'Wakanda Forever' bids farewell to T'Challa and Chadwick Boseman

On- and off-screen tragedies merge as the film reckons with the 2020 death of Chadwick Boseman, honoring the memory of the Black Panther star as respectfully as possible.

November 11, 2022
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  • Justin Chang
Young Sammy (Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord) experiences the magic of the movies with his parents (Paul Dano and Michelle Williams) in <em>The Fabelmans</em>.

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See how a young Steven Spielberg fell in love with film in 'The Fabelmans'

Steven Spielberg puts his parents' divorce front and center in a new film about a young filmmaking prodigy. Based on his own childhood, the movie is funny, melancholy and altogether marvelous.

November 07, 2022
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  • Justin Chang
<em>Good Night Oppy </em>is a suspense-filled ride, crammed with brainstorming, trouble-shooting, deadline-pushing, and frequent nail-biting.

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A loving salute to NASA's Mars rover program in 'Good Night Oppy'

The Mars Rovers Opportunity and Spirit were expected to remain operational for 90 days. Fifteen years later, Oppy was still roving, as the new documentary Good Night Oppy chronicles.

November 04, 2022
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  • Bob Mondello
Banks Repeta plays 11-year-old Paul Graff and Anthony Hopkins is his grandfather in <em>Armageddon Time.</em>

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A director critically reexamines his 1980s childhood in 'Armageddon Time'

James Gray has made a loving re-creation of a time and place he knows well — but this is no rosy nostalgia trip. This film is a tough-minded movie about race, class, assimilation and white privilege.

October 28, 2022
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  • Justin Chang
Colin Farrell plays a sweet-souled farmer whose best (human) friend abruptly dumps him in <em>The Banshees of Inisherin.</em>

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A farmer gets dumped by his best friend in 'The Banshees of Inisherin'

Colin Farrell plays the sweet-souled Irish farmer in Martin McDonagh's film. One day, his friend Colm (Brendan Gleeson) abruptly refuses to join him for their usual afternoon pint down at the pub.

October 21, 2022
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  • Justin Chang
Black Adam the character (Dwayne Johnson) tosses lightning, but <em>Black Adam</em> the movie is a Faraday cage.

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In 'Black Adam,' a lightning-based champion can't hold a charge

Dwayne Johnson certainly looks the part of the DC Universe's most powerful anti-hero, but he buries his movie-star charisma under a dour ponderousness.

October 21, 2022
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  • Glen Weldon
Jalyn Hall plays Emmett Till and Danielle Deadwyler is his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, in <em>Till. </em>

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Emmett Till is known for his death. A new film about his mother also honors his life

In 1955, a 14-year-old Black boy was lynched in Mississippi. Till tells the story of Mamie Till-Mobley, whose insistence on an open-casket funeral helped ignite the civil rights movement.

October 14, 2022
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  • Justin Chang
Ram Charan stars in<em> RRR, </em>an action-packed bromance set in India in the 1920s.

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If you haven't been back to the movies yet, Indian epic 'RRR' is the reason to go

The epic action-picture bromance makes the case for returning to theaters — it reminds us that movies are always more thrilling when they're part of a collective experience.

October 11, 2022
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  • John Powers
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