“Jojo Rabbit,” which has been nominated for six Oscars, is the latest applicant to an exclusive club: Movies that laugh at Hitler.
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‘The Nun’s Story’: Revisiting Audrey Hepburn’s most overlooked film
One of Audrey Hepburn’s most compelling films—1959’s “The Nun’s Story,” directed by Fred Zinnemann—is also one of her most overlooked.
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What we talk about when we talk about ‘Joker’
“Joker” is more than just another comic book film. It has hit a nerve with an already nervous American public.
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Is HBO’s ‘The New Pope’ blasphemous?
A TV review is not, perhaps, the forum to determine that, but it should be noted that God is ever present.
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‘The Cave’ Review: An oasis of hope amid Syria’s bloodshed
“The Cave” is something of a talking-dog movie: You’re astounded it exists, never mind what it has to say.
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Greta Gerwig shows us ‘Little Women’ like never before
Little Women is having a bit of a moment.
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What ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ gets right about redemption (and wrong about the Force)
In my experience the separation of priest from everybody else is neither helpful nor based on any kind of truth.
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‘1917’ Review: An epic and intimate trip through hell
Echoes of “Saving Private Ryan” and “Apocalypse Now” are evident, but “1917” has a sense of relentlessness and time that is unique.
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The Top 11 Films of 2019
Let’s be real: When it comes to the best films of a given year, the best film is the one you liked best.
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The painful beauty in Terrence Malick’s ‘A Hidden Life’
With “A Hidden Life,” the writer and director Terrence Malick set himself a bold and perhaps impossible task: using all the visual resources of film to represent faith itself.