The Boys in the Boat

December 24, 2023 by
After a deliberately slow start, George Clooney pushes this one across the finish line.
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Ferrari

December 15, 2023 by

Why didn’t this one sweep me up and carry me away?

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Wonka

December 11, 2023 by

Sufficiently sweet, I still found this Wonka a little wonky.

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Joanna Langfield’s 10 Best Movies, 2023

December 11, 2023 by
  1. Killers of the Flower Moon
  2. Oppenheimer
  3. The Zone of Interest
  4. The Holdovers
  5. Anatomy of a Fall
  6. Showing Up
  7. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margareet
  8. Past Lives
  9. American Fiction
  10. You Hurt My Feeling

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Poor Things

December 6, 2023 by

Yorgos Lanthimos’s newest is a lot of (very good) things. And it is, at its best, a trip. But like a lot of trips, it can also be pretty exhausting.

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American Fiction

November 30, 2023 by

Here’s a satire that’s as smart as it is funny, grounded as it is impressively nimble.

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The Zone of Interest

November 28, 2023 by

Jonathan Glazer’s drama, spare and unforgiving, is, in surprising ways, one of the most stunning films I’ve seen about the Holocaust.Sandra Huller

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May December

November 26, 2023 by

Todd Haynes’ provocative drama is full of questions. After watching it, I’ve got a few of my own.

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Napoleon

November 19, 2023 by

It certainly isn’t perfect, but, to answer the question director Ridley Scott has asked before, yes, I was entertained.

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Maestro

November 14, 2023 by

While this is ostensibly a portrait of one of the great artists of the 20th Century, its most fascinating note is its revelation of Bradley Cooper as a director who, like his subject, won’t settle for the ordinary.

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