Movies
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‘Streetwise’ Review: A Bleak Upbringing in a Brutal Town
This consistently impressive and profoundly sad film is Na Jia Zuo’s feature directorial debut, and he made it with more…
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‘The Deepest Breath’ Review: A Perilous Drop Into the Ocean
As I watched the documentary The Deepest Breath, a vivid reminder of the mysteries and threats of the deep sea,…
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‘They Cloned Tyrone’ Review: There’s Only One John Boyega
“They Cloned Tyrone” is an ambitious, nightmarish tale about a precarious identity, opening with two blue-eyed images taut in a…
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‘Fear the Night’ Review: Party Raid
Few people root for the bad guys in Home Breaking Shocker, but the vast majority of the victims of Neil…
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‘Bawaal’ Review: Getting Some Perspective
‘Bhawar’ is a sensational and absurd Bollywood production that tells a simple moral tale about what it means to be…
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‘Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia’ Review
Directed by Salima Coloma, Glitch: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia is, at first glance, similar to many other…
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‘The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart’ Review: Return of the Glorious Weirdos
Cartoon Network’s nighttime block, The Venture Brothers, has aired for seven seasons on Adult Swim. Bringing a fantastical world full…
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Christopher Nolan on J. Robert Oppenheimer and His Contradictions
For example, there is a moment when James Remar said, [Henry L. Stimson, Truman’s secretary of war]continued to tell me…
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Steve Pieters, Pastor Who Spoke of AIDS in Famed Interview, Dies at 70
In 1985, when fear and homophobia still dominated much of the talk about AIDS, the voice of AIDS-stricken, gay pastor…
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