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Richard Jewell

By Mark Asch

Clint Eastwood continues his stellar run of films about unlikely American heroes hunted by the spotlight.

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The Turning

By Anton Bitel

Floria Sigismondi’s long-delayed update of ‘The Turn of the Screw’ finally surfaces – was the wait worth it?

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Dolittle

By Charles Bramesco

Robert Downey Jr takes on the famous literary physician with predictably disastrous results.

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The Personal History of David Copperfield

By Lou Thomas

Armando Iannucci trades satire for spirited period comedy in a Charles Dickens adaptation for the ages.

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Present.Perfect.

By Matt Turner

China’s vast live-streaming industry is laid bare in Shengze Zhu’s captivating documentary.

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Midnight Traveler

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Afghan director Hassan Fazili documents his family’s persecution at the hands of the Taliban.

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Bad Boys for Life

By Adam Woodward

This is not a review of Bad Boys for Life. This is a requiem for Bad Boys.

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A Hidden Life

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Private, unseen protest forges a spiritual path to God in Terrence Malick’s rhapsodic resistance drama.

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Waves

By Hannah Strong

Writer/director Trey Edward Shults delivers another spiky interrogation of parent-child relationships.

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Just Mercy

By Hannah Strong

Destin Daniel Cretton’s biopic of wrongly incarcerated death row inmate Walter McMillian plays it a little too safe.

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Weathering with You

By Kambole Campbell

Your Name director Makoto Shinkai returns with a riveting fantasy romance backdropped by environmental ruin.

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Bombshell

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This starry post-#MeToo takedown of toxic masculinity grossly misrepresents its female subjects.

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The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This gripping drama written, directed by and starring an Indigenous Canadian woman has quietly snuck onto Netflix.

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Seberg

By David Jenkins

Kristen Stewart is woefully miscast in Benedict Andrews’ biopic of the late screen icon Jean Seberg.

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1917

By Greg Wetherall

Sam Mendes’ gripping World War One drama is light on plot but displays plenty of technical panache.

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The Gentlemen

By Hannah Strong

After spending a decade in Hollywood, Guy Ritchie returns to his gangster roots with this all-star crime caper.

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Cats

By Hannah Strong

Taylor Swift, TS Eliot and Digital Fur Technology combine to disastrous effect in this feline musical folly.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

By David Jenkins

The Star Wars saga comes to a close with a story that’s big on cameos and references, but short on excitement and surprises.

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