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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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Review

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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Review

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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Two people, one in a wheelchair and one seated, conversing on a porch with bookshelves in the background.
Review

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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Mary Magdalene

by Elena Lazic

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

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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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Review

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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Review

Song to Song

by David Jenkins

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

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5
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Review

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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Review

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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Review

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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