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Review

Licorice Pizza

by David Jenkins

New­com­ers Alana Haim and Coop­er Hoff­man shine in Paul Thomas Anderson’s most pure­ly plea­sur­able film to date.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

The Matrix Resurrections

by Lillian Crawford

This long-await­ed sequel is a rev­o­lu­tion­ary and rad­i­cal cap­stone to the Wachowskis’ awe-strik­ing cyber­punk trilogy.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Titane

by Sam Bodrojan

All hail the new flesh in Julia Ducournau’s dream­like fable of a frac­tured young dancer grap­pling with the fire inside her.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

The Humans

by Saffron Maeve

A whole­some fam­i­ly gath­er­ing becomes a claus­tro­pho­bic cham­ber piece in the hands of first-time direc­tor Stephen Karam.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Spider-Man: No Way Home

by Hannah Strong

Tom Holland’s third solo Spidey out­ing brings some famil­iar faces to the par­ty, but we’ve seen it all before.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

The Lost Daughter

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Olivia Col­man deliv­ers an act­ing mas­ter­class in this off-kil­ter psy­chodra­ma from first-time direc­tor Mag­gie Gyllenhaal.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Lamb

by Hannah Strong

Noo­mi Rapace adopts a strange new­born in this ele­vat­ed Ice­landic folk hor­ror from direc­tor Valdimar Jóhannsson.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Don’t Look Up

by Hannah Strong

Leonar­do DiCaprio and Jen­nifer Lawrence tack­le a cli­mate emer­gency in Adam McKay’s uneven, star-stud­ded dramedy.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Being the Ricardos

by Leila Latif

Nicole Kid­man and Javier Bar­dem play TV leg­ends Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Aaron Sorkin’s snap­py biopic.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

by Emma Fraser

This inti­mate doc­u­men­tary sees the trail­blaz­ing Hol­ly­wood icon tell her remark­able sto­ry in her own words.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect