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Warner Bros. Crazy Rich Asians Is a Breath of Fresh Air
Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the best-selling novel is both a step forward for Hollywood and a throwback to the classic high-society comedy.
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Oscilloscope Madeline’s Madeline Is a Bold, Jittery Film About the Creative Process
Josephine Decker’s new experimental work is centered on an exceptional performance from the total unknown Helena Howard.
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Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP The Oscars’ Terrible Idea
Adding a “popular film” category and cutting technical awards to squeeze the ceremony into a three-hour time slot will only dilute the Academy’s brand.
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Focus Features With BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee Sounds the Alarm About America’s Past and Present
The director’s newest film follows a policeman who successfully infiltrated the KKK in the 1970s, but the story it tells is also very much about the U.S. today.
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Darron Cummings / AP How MoviePass Has Changed Ticket Buying
The company announced a new, more restrictive plan for subscribers after its stock spiraled, but it has already left a lasting mark on theater chains.
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Disney Christopher Robin Is as Deeply Weird as It Is Charming
Disney’s new take on the Winnie the Pooh property is a gentle, melancholic reminder that we should all relax once in a while.
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Sm / Kobal / REX / Shutterstock / ... The Value of the ‘Female Gaze’ in Film
A fantastic new retrospective series at Lincoln Center examines the work of women cinematographers, who are woefully underrepresented in the medium.
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FilmRise The Miseducation of Cameron Post Is a Graceful Coming-of-Age Tale
Desiree Akhavan’s Sundance-winning film follows a young gay woman, played by Chloë Grace Moretz, who is sent to conversion therapy.
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HBO Can HBO Give Deadwood a Proper Ending?
The network has green-lit a feature-length finale for the show it canceled 12 years earlier.
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Sony Pictures Classics The Stars of Puzzle Are Too Good for This Drab Inspirational Drama
Kelly Macdonald and Irrfan Khan are the brightest spots in this film about a bored housewife discovering the world of competitive jigsaw-solving.
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Paramount Mission: Impossible—Fallout Doubles Down on the Ridiculousness of Its Hero
The latest entry in the long-running Tom Cruise action franchise is a giddy, essential spectacle.
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DreamWorks Revisiting the Grim Heroism of Saving Private Ryan, 20 Years Later
Steven Spielberg’s World War II epic was a box-office smash and an Oscar winner that clearly informed the darker tone of his future projects.
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Summit / Lionsgate Blindspotting Is a Boldly Sincere Love Letter to Oakland
Daveed Diggs co-wrote and stars in a buzzy, funny, and often unsubtle look at race relations and gentrification in the Bay Area.
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Warner Bros. The Dark Knight Changed Hollywood Movies Forever
Released 10 years ago, Christopher Nolan’s seminal comic-book adaptation legitimized the superhero film—for better and for worse.
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Universal Pictures Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Is a Gleefully Pointless Sequel
The entire gang is back for a reprise of 2008’s hit jukebox-musical movie—this time with some deep cuts from ABBA’s catalog.
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Showtime America Has Caught Up to Sacha Baron Cohen
The comedian’s new Showtime series should be shocking, but its wildest stunts only confirm how trollish U.S. politics has become.
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Amazon Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot Is Sad and Listless
Gus Van Sant continues his cold streak with a biopic of the Portland cartoonist John Callahan, played by a mumbling Joaquin Phoenix.
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A24 Eighth Grade Is a Mesmerizing, Heartfelt Portrait of Teenhood
Bo Burnham’s debut movie delves into the life of an ordinary 13-year-old on the brink of her middle-school graduation.
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Neon Documentaries Are Thriving at the Summer Box Office. Why?
Films like RBG, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, and Three Identical Strangers are doing well with small audiences and sustaining their grosses as they expand to more theaters.
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Marvel Comics / Steve Ditko Steve Ditko’s Ordinary People
The legendary comic-book illustrator and writer, who died in June at the age of 90, infused characters like Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with a revolutionary sort of humanity.
