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3.5/4
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Wasteman
(2025)
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Matt Zoller Seitz
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It's a genre piece with tragic weight.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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2.5/4
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Mārama
(2025)
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Carlos Aguilar
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The fury of Osborne’s performance, nonetheless, keeps ‘Mārama' a worthy anti-colonialist statement that harnesses the symbolic virtues of genre cinema for its understandably virulent tone.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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3/4
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Normal
(2025)
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Glenn Kenny
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The violence is pretty graphic, and some of it is played for laughs, which would be distasteful if the laughs didn’t actually land. Oh well. Sometimes you enjoy a movie, and you don’t feel good about it in the morning.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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3.5/4
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Mile End Kicks
(2025)
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Tomris Laffly
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It instantly offers a breath of fresh air about what it means to pursue one’s passion for writing about the arts while being a woman
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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2/4
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Lorne
(2026)
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Peter Sobczynski
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I suspect many of them will find themselves wishing that the proceedings could have been … replaced with something a little more challenging and a little less worshipful than this.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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3/4
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Eagles of the Republic
(2025)
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Glenn Kenny
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If the movie’s conclusion is more along the lines of Voltaire than it is to, say, Costa-Gavras’ 'Z,' the hair-raising route it takes to get George to a spot of tentative complacency is memorable and eye-opening.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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2.5/4
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Amrum
(2025)
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Clint Worthington
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It’s a film whose tranquility and humility sometimes work against it, even in those moments where it overcorrects with didacticism.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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2/4
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Lee Cronin's The Mummy
(2026)
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Brian Tallerico
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You’ll definitely squirm, but mostly out of boredom.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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3/4
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Erupcja
(2025)
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Robert Daniels
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One can’t deny that "Erupcja" possesses a kind of indescribable charm.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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1/4
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Balls Up
(2026)
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Matt Zoller Seitz
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Wahlberg should not be cast in any role predicated on the idea that he’s good with words and ideas. Hauser is one of the best actors in the English language and will escape this disaster and do more great work, so there’s that.
Posted Apr 15, 2026
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3/4
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Mother Mary
(2026)
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Brian Tallerico
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It is another story about the intersection of fame and art, but it’s not like one you’ve seen before, a two-hander that owes as much to ‘The Exorcist' as it does to Lady Gaga.
Posted Apr 14, 2026
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3/4
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Noah Kahan: Out of Body
(2026)
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Brian Tallerico
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It’s not a typical hagiographic music doc in that it actually tears down as much as it elevates, revealing the insecurities, uncertainties, and even body dysmorphia of its subject.
Posted Apr 13, 2026
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1.5/4
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Newborn
(2026)
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Robert Daniels
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[Newborn] becomes caught in between two modes of storytelling: the weighty drama and the destabilizing thriller. One wishes then that Parker either fully embraced his film’s genre or didn’t approach it at all
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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3.5/4
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The Travel Companion
(2025)
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Nell Minow
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It draws us in with acutely observed details and relatable characters that portray universal conflicts, all with nuance and good humor.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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3.5/4
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ChaO
(2025)
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Simon Abrams
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The most enchanting thing about 'ChaO’ isn’t necessarily its hyperpoptimism, but the many little ways in which its breezy and arresting style reflects its creators’ lightly held Utopianism.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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3/4
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You, Me & Tuscany
(2026)
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Nell Minow
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Like Zuccotto, Tuscany’s legendary whipped cream and chocolate dessert, it may not be nutritious, but it tastes very good.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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3/4
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Hamlet
(2025)
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Sheila O'Malley
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Seeing him look wildly around the room for a friend, a confidante, someone who might understand, is a relentless reminder of this material’s universality and why we will never tire of it.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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3/4
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Beast
(2026)
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Simon Abrams
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This is the kind of movie that will play forever on basic cable, and you’ll sit down and wonder why there isn’t more like it.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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1.5/4
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Thrash
(2026)
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Brian Tallerico
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Its worst sin isn’t its stupid characters doing stupid things; it’s that the whole thing feels remarkably lazy, failing to find any tension or even B-movie thrills.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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2.5/4
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Outcome
(2026)
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Matt Zoller Seitz
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There’s no denying Hill’s instinct for identifying the heart of a dramatic scene and turning the volume of the storytelling down low enough for us to hear it beating.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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2.5/4
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Exit 8
(2025)
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Brian Tallerico
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Still, there’s just enough for fans of the game or modern horror to chew on. If you wait to see it until PVOD or streaming, try watching it on a subway train on your way to work for maximum impact.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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2.5/4
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Bunnylovr
(2025)
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Clint Worthington
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We could go deeper, but instead we choose to skim the surface. It’s a glossy, moody surface, mind, but surface nonetheless.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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3/4
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Faces of Death
(2026)
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Brian Tallerico
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It becomes a heady swirl of themes and ideas: the moderator of the online age fighting back against what this dark time has birthed.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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3/4
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The Christophers
(2025)
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Matt Zoller Seitz
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Simple pleasures like these are why movies were created.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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Idiots
(2026)
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Brian Tallerico
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It’s a clever flick with an undercurrent of social commentary about how the bar for just being considered worthwhile in this world can depend on the size of your inheritance.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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3/4
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Lumière! The Adventure Continues
(2024)
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Matt Zoller Seitz
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The audio portion of the experience pales in comparison to the visual, but the images are more than enough reason to put this movie in front of you and stare at it.
Posted Apr 03, 2026
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Drift
(2026)
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Zachary Lee
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We may not express ourselves or deal with our pain through scaling buildings, but there’s something undeniably cathartic and powerful about witnessing someone who feels shackled by life finally get their wings.
Posted Apr 03, 2026
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Stormbound
(2026)
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Brian Tallerico
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The power of a storm can be breathtaking on its own. The movie didn’t need to add so much to try to make it so.
Posted Apr 03, 2026
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My Brother's Killer
(2026)
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Brian Tallerico
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It often struggles with over-direction, but it undeniably tells a powerful story that still resonates today.
Posted Apr 03, 2026
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Cornbread Mafia
(2026)
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Brian Tallerico
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There are aspects of the film that feels a bit underdeveloped, but it maintains a consistent tone in a way that makes it never boring.
Posted Apr 03, 2026
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The Dads
(2026)
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Brian Tallerico
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Seeing the men and their children speak in June 2024 about their hope for the future when the Democrats are re-elected to the White House has a bitter poignancy.
Posted Apr 03, 2026
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Adam's Apple
(2026)
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Brian Tallerico
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It also becomes a document of parenthood and growth that’s often not about being young and trans as much as it is the universal blend of pride and grief that comes with saying goodbye to a child. I
Posted Apr 03, 2026
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American Dollhouse
(2026)
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Brian Tallerico
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The leads commit fully but Valley the writer often doesn’t give them enough to hold onto, making them dolls in his own under-furnished house.
Posted Apr 03, 2026
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3.5/4
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Living the Land
(2025)
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Sheila O'Malley
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The film is deeply mournful, but also pierced with joy.
Posted Apr 03, 2026
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3.5/4
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Yes
(2025)
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Matt Zoller Seitz
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It’s worth seeing and arguing about. Even if you end up hating it, there are moments you’ll never forget.
Posted Apr 03, 2026
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4/4
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The Stranger
(2025)
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Glenn Kenny
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Make no mistake: this is a horror film; as you stare at the screen, the abyss it represents stares back at you.
Posted Apr 02, 2026
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1.5/4
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
(2026)
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Clint Worthington
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It's cute, and breezy, and rock-stupid, and will probably make a billion dollars again. Such is the world in which we live.
Posted Mar 31, 2026
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1.5/4
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The Drama
(2026)
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Robert Daniels
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What gives this glib, circuitous film the right to persecute the apathetic when it barely understands its own characters?
Posted Mar 31, 2026
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Serling
(2026)
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Brian Tallerico
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Ultimately, ‘Serling’ will work best for fans of its subject.
Posted Mar 30, 2026
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3/4
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Fantasy Life
(2025)
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Matt Zoller Seitz
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The top-to-bottom cast of proudly eccentric actors ... ensures that every scene has moments of truth, and the filmmaker’s empathy pushes the movie over the finish line.
Posted Mar 30, 2026
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A Magnificent Life
(2025)
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Matt Zoller Seitz
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Chomet’s gift for deftly caricatured faces, expressive movement, and clever compositions hasn’t deserted him, and there are many flat-out beautiful bits scattered throughout, but this is altogether a work that’s best appreciated with the sound off.
Posted Mar 27, 2026
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3/4
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She Dances
(2025)
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Marya E. Gates
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It’s an intricate web of relationships, and the film’s script is at its sharpest when it traces the reverberations of death and their many aftershocks.
Posted Mar 27, 2026
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1.5/4
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Alpha
(2025)
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Katie Rife
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At times, 'Alpha’ plays like a Cronenbergian after-school special, in which the visual metaphors are overplayed, and the drama is broadly sketched to teach a moral lesson.
Posted Mar 27, 2026
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3/4
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Kontinental '25
(2025)
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Glenn Kenny
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While this film is often funny, its ultimate bit of wisdom, from the New Testament, is dark and undeniable: "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
Posted Mar 27, 2026
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2/4
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Holy Days
(2026)
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Sheila O'Malley
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As someone with two nuns in my family, I do not find the mere existence of nuns living their lives in the modern world inherently humorous.
Posted Mar 27, 2026
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3/4
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John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
(2025)
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Clint Worthington
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Even as it grows monotonous, its consistent tone is hypnotic in its own way.
Posted Mar 27, 2026
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3.5/4
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Palestine '36
(2025)
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Carlos Aguilar
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That a traditionally realized historical drama with impeccable production value and consistently effective performances centers the Palestinian perspective makes for an essential endeavor.
Posted Mar 26, 2026
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Marc by Sofia
(2025)
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Nell Minow
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We might not come away understanding Jacobs or his world better, but we can still enjoy spending time with him.
Posted Mar 25, 2026
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3.5/4
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Esta Isla
(2025)
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Robert Daniels
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Visually evocative and uniquely conceived, Cristian Carretero and Lorraine Jones’s “Esta Isla” (“This Island”) is a lovers-on-the-run narrative unafraid to pause for emotional and thematic effect.
Posted Mar 25, 2026
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Drag
(2026)
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Brian Tallerico
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It’s a movie that starts with a clever conceit but devolves into something so brutal and downright mean that it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
Posted Mar 24, 2026
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