Movies
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‘Gray Matter’ Review: Unusual Abilities, the Usual Plot Possibilities
Zero suspense and zero character, things go awry in this Max movie when a teenage girl with psychic superpowers ends…
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Directors Savanah Leaf and A.V. Rockwell Talk ‘Earth Mama’ and ‘A Thousand and One’
“earth mama‘ opens with a fake-out of a young black woman named Zia (Tia Nomore) gleefully tickling a cooing newborn.…
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‘Two Tickets to Greece’ Review: Advisory Travel
of “Two tickets to Greece” Depressed and divorced French woman Brandine (Olivia Court) is encouraged by her son to take…
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Five Questions for the Director of the Documentary ‘The League’
Sam Pollard’s documentary The League chronicles how black professional baseball began, introducing viewers to the teams, stars, and lesser-known figures…
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Kevin Spacey, in U.K. Trial, Denies Abusing Position of Power
Kevin Spacey told a British jury on Friday that some of the sexual assault charges against him were “totally fictional”…
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‘Black Ice’ Review: A Troubled Hockey History
Hubert Davis’ “Black Ice” is a candid and sensitive account of the experiences of athletes of color in Canadian hockey…
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‘Lakota Nation vs. United States’ Review: A 150-Year Clash
Three years after the discovery of gold nuggets on Lakota land in 1874, the Black Hills Act stripped the tribes…
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‘20 Days in Mariupol’ Review: Ukrainian City Under Siege
The authorities, the aid workers, the other journalists, everyone else is gone. A week after Russia launched its full-scale invasion…
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‘Final Cut’ Review: A Feeble Rise of the Living Dead
If Footsteps is still remaking a newer movie, it’s better to make it your own, even if it’s not much…
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‘Afire’ Review: His Flaws Are Petty, Pathetic and Funny
German director Christian Petzold’s spicy and sometimes ferociously funny Afire is a tonic for moviegoers fed up with dull, boring…
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