The French animated film traces the harrowing journey of a severed hand through the streets of Paris
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What Greta Gerwig’s new take on ‘Little Women’ teaches us about death
‘Little Women’ reminds us that death, despite its inevitability, is not permanent. It’s as temporary as falling asleep on a train.
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The (surprising) moral choice driving the Best Picture race
The morality of the Academy Awards may be suspect. But there is a conscience at work.
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Finding God in ‘The Warden,’ an Iranian prison drama and parable
The prison’s beauty suggests that God is here somewhere—not running the place, but hidden in its depths.
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What ‘Jojo Rabbit’ could learn from Mel Brooks
“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.