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Thursday, April 30, 2026

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Film Shorts

OPENING  The Art of Racing in the Rain (PG) The best auto racing film of the year, though that doesn’t necessarily make it good. Based...

Dora: Inca Dinka Doo

Early on, Dora and the Lost City of Gold signals that it’s not going to be a straight-up live-action version of Dora the Explorer,...

Rafiki: Love Is Upendo

You probably know that Rafiki is the name of the mandrill / high priest in The Lion King, but if you have a passing...

Wild Rose: Another Country

Round the middle of this decade, when it became clear that Saoirse Ronan was here to stay awhile, some observers remarked on a curious...

Film Shorts

OPENING  Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (PG-13) Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham star in this thriller tangential to the Fast and the Furious...

Festival Recap

Various conflicts this past weekend kept me from seeing very much of the Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase, but fortunately, I was able to...

Film Shorts

OPENING  Above the Shadows (NR) Olivia Thirlby stars in this magical-realist fable about a woman so overwhelmed by grief that she threatens to disappear. Also...

Art of Self-Defense: Komical Karatekas

There have been comedies about martial arts, but I can’t recall a previous one about how a master’s demand for loyalty and discipline, abetted...

Film Shorts

OPENING  Apollo 11 (G) A handy companion piece to First Man. Todd Douglas Miller’s documentary tells the story of the space program that put astronauts...

The Lion Bores

OK, I’m trying here. I’m trying really, really hard to see the point of the Lion King remake (beyond the obvious point, which is...