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Almost Christmas (PG-13) A cast full of capable comic actors makes this warmed-over holiday dish palatable. Danny Glover stars as the recently widowed patriarch...
Moonlight: Black Boy, Blue Boy
Amid this current efflorescence of African-American cinema that we are lucky enough to be living through, there has been a curious void. Where is...
Arrival: Graphic Language
Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life” is a terrific and well-nigh unfilmable piece of science fiction. Frequently told in the future tense, this lengthy...
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Christine (R) Not based on a Stephen King novel, this biopic of Florida newscaster Christine Chubbuck stars Rebecca Hall. Also with Michael C. Hall,...
The Handmaiden: Pickpocket
Korean movies don’t talk about homosexuality. Homosexuality is legal in South Korea, but a majority of people still disapprove, so it seldom comes up...
Hacksaw Ridge: They Also Serve
The attempted career rehabilitation of Mel Gibson continues with Hacksaw Ridge, a World War II film about a real-life American soldier who became a...
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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (NR) Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan star in this Indian film about a long-running love triangle. Also...
American Honey: Lucky Star
You may not know who Andrea Arnold is, but she’s a genius. The native of Kent, England, has made films only sporadically in her...
American Pastoral: Trouble in Paradise
Philip Roth is unquestionably one of the titans of American literature, and yet the cinematic landscape is littered with unsatisfactory adaptations of his work:...
Considering Kevin Hart
While Keeping Up With the Joneses had me musing on the career of Zach Galifianakis, I also found myself pondering another comedy career this...
