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Review

The Fabelmans

by Hannah Strong

Steven Spiel­berg weaves a tale about his child­hood love of cin­e­ma and the rela­tion­ship between his par­ents in this light but love­ly most­ly true story.

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4
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Review

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

by Hannah Strong

Tom Hardy returns as the reporter with an extrater­res­tri­al mon­key on his back in Andy Serkis’ zany com­ic book sequel.

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3
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Review

After the Wedding

by Caitlin Quinlan

Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams star in this gen­der-swapped remake of Susanne Bier’s 2006 drama.

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Venom

by Adam Woodward

Tom Hardy sneers and sweats his way through this sani­tised ori­gin sto­ry of Marvel’s Spidey-both­er­ing baddie.

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Review

I Feel Pretty

by Eve Jones

A head injury dras­ti­cal­ly improves Amy Schumer’s life in this mis­guid­ed body comedy.

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Wonderstruck

by Anton Bitel

Todd Haynes’ wist­ful adap­ta­tion of Bri­an Selznick’s nov­el is a tad too sac­cha­rine for its own good.

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Review

All the Money in the World

by Hannah Strong

Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg bat­tle the might of an unfeel­ing empire in Rid­ley Scott’s latest.

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3
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Review

Certain Women

by David Jenkins

Direc­tor Kel­ly Reichardt returns with anoth­er bril­liant­ly under­stat­ed study of love and desire.

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5
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Review

Manchester by the Sea

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Casey Affleck deliv­ers a career-best per­for­mance in Ken­neth Lonergan’s stun­ning med­i­ta­tion on loss.

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4
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Review

Suite Française

by David Jenkins

Nazi occu­pa­tion in the French coun­try­side leads to for­bid­den love in this so-so lit­er­ary adaptation.

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2
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Review

Meek’s Cutoff

by Adam Woodward

Kel­ly Reichardt’s bold­ness in eschew­ing a sprawl­ing retelling of how the West was won should be applauded.

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3
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Review

Blue Valentine

by Matt Bochenski

Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams shine in this emo­tion­al­ly bruis­ing rela­tion­ship dra­ma from Derek Cianfrance.

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