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Palo Alto

By Katherine McLaughlin

Gia Coppola’s debut about the teen experience has a lyricism that transcends James Franco’s source novel.

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’71

By Adam Woodward

Jack O’Connell continues to impress in Yann Demange’s compelling take on The Troubles.

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You and the Night

By Adam Woodward

‘Oo-er Cantona, say oo-er Cantona...’ Yann Gonzalez’s frisky French romp is a feast for the senses.

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Draft Day

By David Jenkins

Air-punch inducing drama with Kevin Costner about the surprisingly fascinating sport of American Football player trading.

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Gone Girl

By David Jenkins

David Fincher’s trash procedural for the Twitter age taunts, tickles and, ultimately, terrifies.

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Life After Beth

By Rebecca Ellis

The comedy inherent in a human/zombie love pairing doesn’t get this tired and unambitious genre pastiche very far.

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Maps to the Stars

By Violet Lucca

David Cronenberg indulges in a grotesque inter-family orgy on the golden sidewalks of Hollywood.

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Ida

By Glenn Heath Jr

A bracing and powerful drama about cultural roots and the nature of identity from director Pawel Pawlikowski.

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20,000 Days on Earth

By Adam Woodward

Personal feelings for Nick Cave will determine enjoyment of this self-indulgent rock doc.

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Magic in the Moonlight

By David Ehrlich

Woody Allen effortlessly does Woody Allen in a lightweight, none-too-hilarious period comedy.

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The Equalizer

By Adam Lee Davies

A 10-step guide on how best to create the perfect revenge-based B-movie...

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Think Like a Man Too

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The cast of Think Like a Man decamp to Las Vegas with unimaginative and borderline offensive results.

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At Berkeley

By Jordan Cronk

Federick Wiseman brings his insightful and layered filmmaking to one of America’s most liberal institutions.

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The Wizard of Oz (1939)

By Trevor Johnston

The glorious, all-American fantasy land of Oz retains its power to charm despite a few questionable ideas.

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The Boxtrolls

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A delightful, comic animation with sophisticated social themes from the makers of ParaNorman and Coraline.

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Pride

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Stranger-than-fiction events power this affirmative, funny and well-cast social drama about solidarity.

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Wish I Was Here

By Adam Woodward

Zach Braff stays on comfortable turf in this dramedy about a man facing the inevitability of death.

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M (1931)

By David Jenkins

This tale of a wily German child murderer from legendary director Fritz Lang is still one of the all-time greats.

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