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The makers of The Perfect Neighbor, which is largely composed of police bodycam and dashcam footage, decided that it was necessary to include a recording…
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Following in a famous parent’s footsteps isn’t easy. Do you embrace the legacy? Do you carve out something new entirely? What happens when that famous…
Hurricanes are part of life in South Florida, a season in the calendar as ubiquitous as Summer and Fall; there’s even a rhyme for them,…
This evening, like every evening, you settle in to listen to a song from Cole Porter’s songbook. There is nothing like the sharp lash of…
The bees are dying. That’s bad news for all of us, but for Teddy (Jesse Plemons), the apiarist at the center of Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia,…
Nouvelle Vague An older couple congratulates producer Georges de Beauregard on the success of his magnificent new film — politely interrupting young Jean-Luc Godard, who…
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Water — or, to put it more precisely, the inherent fluidity of it — is a central motif of freedom in all of Lucile Hadžihalilović’s…
Poverty and opulence, the pastoral and the high-tech, war and peace, childhood and adulthood. Opposite ends of a variety of spectrums meet, and sometimes clash,…
1992’s The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is B-movie perfection, a secretly elegant story of women in competition that satirizes both maternity and sorority. And…
Before she directed a feature of her own, Paula González-Nasser spent years location scouting for shoots in New York City. It turned out to be…
Given the technical and sociological advancements of the 21st century, countless heretofore unimaginable professions have emerged, especially those focused on relationships and intimacy. One can…
To follow in any well-known filmmaker’s footsteps is a tall order. To not only follow one of the most popular and acclaimed horror directors of…
Die, My Love There comes a tale from an antique land. A King ruled over a thin Isthmus, above and below which were two unfathomably…
There comes a tale from an antique land. A King ruled over a thin Isthmus, above and below which were two unfathomably large continents. A…
Troubled souls trapped: the parameters of a typical Claire Denis narrative are rarely complex. Beau Travail’s French Foreign Legion soldiers were confined to their base…
An 11-minute standing ovation at Cannes can’t be called a total disaster. Nevertheless, Alpha arrived at the 2025 London Film Festival trailing a, shall we…