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OPENING  The Forgiven (R) Forest Whitaker stars in this historical drama as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, meeting a white South African killer (Eric Bana) in prison...

A Wrinkle in Time: Off World

Last month, I stated in my review of Black Panther that black people don’t often get to direct Hollywood blockbuster extravaganzas. You know who...

Oscar’s Hidden Gold

When I do this feature next year, Black Panther will be all over it and Annihilation will likely rate a mention. However, I’m still...

Film Shorts

OPENING  Death Wish (R) Bruce Willis stars in Eli Roth’s remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson revenge thriller. Also with Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone, Dean...

Red Sparrow: Broken Wing

Most Hollywood movies these days tiptoe around international affairs, so careful are they to avoid offending foreign countries whose audiences might buy tickets. It’s...

Film Shorts

OPENING  Annihilation (R) Natalie Portman stars in this science-fiction film by Alex Garland (Ex Machina) as a biologist who leads a team of scientists into...

Film Shorts

OPENING  Detective Chinatown 2 (NR) Liu Haoran and Wang Baoqiang reprise their roles as bumbling private investigators in this action-comedy, this time solving a case...

Black Panther: It’s Good to Be King

Though it may be obvious, one point about Black Panther can’t be overstated: This Marvel Comics movie is the first time a black filmmaker...

Film Shorts

OPENING  Basmati Blues (PG) Either I got hit in the head before I watched this, or the filmmakers did before they made it, and I...

Odds and Ends

I’m not completely done with the movies of 2017 — the ogres over at Sony Pictures Classics didn’t let me see Loveless and A...