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Equity: The Women of Wall Street

I’ll admit, it never occurred to me that we might need a female version of all those high-finance dramas that we’ve seen ever since...

Film Shorts

OPENING A Tale of Love and Darkness (PG-13) Natalie Portman co-stars, writes, and directs her first feature, this Hebrew-language adaptation of the memoir by the...

Film Shorts

OPENING Ace the Case (PG-13) Ripley Sobo stars in this mystery film as a 10-year-old girl who witnesses a kidnapping while she’s left home alone....

Southside With You: Obama Afternoon

Barack Obama isn’t out of office yet, and already I’m nostalgic for his presidency. I’d probably appreciate his easy communication and cool leadership in...

The Tunnel: Beneath the Surface

Two years ago, a ferry called the MV Sewol capsized off the southwestern tip of South Korea, leaving more than 300 people (most of...

Film Shorts

OPENING Ben-Hur (PG-13) Not the 1959 Oscar-winning epic, but another adaptation of Lew Wallace’s novel about a prince (Jack Huston) seeking revenge for his enslavement...

Hell or High Water: Texas Hold-Up

The big economic recession that hit eight years ago has inspired its share of films like 99 Homes and The Big Short, but even...

Kubo and the Two Strings: Paperboy

I must confess I’m less enamored with Kubo and the Two Strings than most other people seem to be. This stop-motion animated film is...

Film Shorts

OPENING Hell or High Water (R) Ben Foster and Chris Pine star in this thriller as two brothers who launch a desperate criminal scheme to...

Pete’s Dragon: Beast of the Northern Wild

Disney Studios continue to raid their back catalog of animated hits to remake into live-action films for a new era, and so far I’ve...