“The Zone of Interest” is a surrealistic depiction of a Nazi family at peace with their sins.
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‘Klaus’ removes (most of) the magic of Santa Claus. But it replaces it with something even better.
In “Klaus,” the Santa legend grows from a simple act of kindness
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In ‘Priscilla,’ Elvis’s twisted love shows what marriage is—and isn’t—for
There’s much more to this story than glamour. At its heart, “Priscilla” is about a woman lost in a twisted marriage.
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‘Poor Things,’ starring Emma Stone, is the movie of the year
In “Poor Things,” Emma Stone is Adam, in a sense, the product of a modern Prometheus, who will drive men wild. Which is both the funniest and pointed aspect of her picaresque tale.
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Review: In ‘Maestro,’ we see the complexity in Leonard Bernstein’s music, marriage and sexuality
Bradley Cooper’s new Leonard Bernstein biopic, “Maestro,” offers a portrait of a soul that struggled to determine which direction it wanted to take in the world of classical music.
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‘The Holdovers’ is the best new Christmas movie of the season. It’s also really sad.
“The Holdovers” is a character-driven drama about unlikely friendships born of shared proximity.
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Italian film ‘Rapito’ tells the shocking true story of a Jewish boy kidnapped by the Vatican
“Rapito” is a compelling and often infuriating tale of church power that will likely never be shown at the Vatican.
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Ethan Hawke’s new biopic ‘Wildcat’ gracefully captures Flannery O’Connor’s complex attitudes on race, writing and faith
“Wildcat,” the new film by Ethan Hawke about the life of Flannery O’Connor, is not your typical biopic, a fact that seems entirely appropriate since O’Connor is not your typical writer.
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Review: With ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ Martin Scorsese won’t absolve America of its original sins
“Killers of the Flower Moon” makes a case that 80 is the new 30: Martin Scorsese, the most prominent of American auteurs and champion of film history, continues as an octogenarian to explore and expand the possibilities of the medium and scour his own soul.
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You won’t have any clue what Catholic exorcists do after suffering through ‘The Exorcist: Believer’
Why can’t Hollywood reinvent ‘The Exorcist’? Money, lots of it, can be the only reason why any studio would invest in this franchise.