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Review

La Cocina review – powered by Raúl Briones’ manic performance

by Hannah Strong

Tensions flare between front of house and kitchen staff in Alonso Ruizpalacios’ Times Square restaurant-set drama.

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4
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Women Talking

by Lillian Crawford

A group of women in a remote Mennonite colony meet in secret in Sarah Polley’s moving adaptation of Miriam Toews’ novel.

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5
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Nightmare Alley

by Leila Latif

The great Guillermo del Toro returns with this deliciously-dark tale of a circus huckster who takes things too far.

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4
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Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot

by Hannah Strong

Gus Van Sant reunites with Joaquin Phoenix for an oddball comedy-drama about disability and addiction.

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3
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Mary Magdalene

by Elena Lazic

Faux feminist biblical revisionism abounds in Garth Davis’ humdrum religious drama.

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3
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Una

by Ella Donald

Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn bolster this uneven adaptation of David Harrower’s play.

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3
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A Ghost Story

by Adam Woodward

Rooney Mara feels a spectral presence in this elegant slow-burner from director David Lowery.

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5
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Song to Song

by David Jenkins

Terrence Malick’s dazzling romance is a film that will be talked about for decades to come.

5
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5
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5
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The Secret Scripture

by Josh Slater-Williams

Rooney Mara is let down by weak scripting in this underpowered study of religious persecution in Ireland.

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2
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Lion

by David Jenkins

Dev Patel plays a displaced orphan retracing his roots in Garth Davis’ sentimental drama.

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2
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Carol

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Todd Haynes’ period romance starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara is a beaming masterpiece.

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5
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5
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Pan

by Clarisse Loughrey

Cultural appropriation abound in Joe Wright’s iffy prequel to JM Barrie’s beloved children’s novel.

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