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May 1, 2019Killer instincts: The ‘John Wick’ franchise
Keanu Reeves hones his stardom in the hyperreal violence of an assassin’s tale
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April 1, 2019Haruki to Highsmith: Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Burning’
Mr Ripley echoes through a masterful tale of class tensions in Seoul
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March 5, 2019A showcase of the unexceptional: the 2019 Berlin Film Festival
This year’s offerings did little to arrest the event’s apparent decline
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February 2, 2019The spectacle of a political scandal: Jason Reitman’s ‘The Front Runner’ and Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘Loro’
New films about ’80s presidential hopeful Gary Hart and Italy’s controversial Silvio Berlusconi both miss the mark
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December 1, 2018Pawel Pawlikowski’s perfectly formed ‘Cold War’
Not a moment is wasted in what could be the Polish director’s masterpiece
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October 1, 2018A man and his bear: Marc Forster’s ‘Christopher Robin’
Adults will find this new tale of Winnie the Pooh surprisingly moving
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September 25, 2018Toronto International Film Festival 2018 (part two)
The ordinary and the extraordinary at this year’s event, and the perils of criticism
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September 14, 2018Toronto International Film Festival 2018 (part one)
A British outlier and a British newcomer are among the stand-outs in the first part of the festival
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September 1, 2018The hermitic world of Debra Granik’s ‘Leave No Trace’
The ‘Winter’s Bone’ director takes her exploration of family ties off the grid
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July 1, 2018Dirty work in Clayton Jacobson’s ‘Brothers’ Nest’
The filmmakers behind ‘Kenny’ take a darker turn
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May 23, 2018Cannes Film Festival 2018 (part two)
Despite an off-key start, this year’s event ended on a high
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June 1, 2018The elevated horror of Ari Aster’s ‘Hereditary’
This debut feature will test the mettle of even the most hardened genre fans
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May 16, 2018Cannes Film Festival 2018 (part one)
An ever-so-slightly off-key event
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May 7, 2018Tribeca Film Festival: highlights
Films made by and focusing on women stand out in 2018
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May 1, 2018Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Unsane’
The prolific director hits his own limits with this experiment in technology