The film ‘Nine Days’ asks: What if there were a kind of metaphysical vetting process for earning the right to live a life on Earth?
Glenn McDonald
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Marvel Origin Story ‘Black Widow’ Spins a Fierce Feminist Yarn about Sisterhood
‘Black Widow’ ends with young women caring for one another, shaking off the toxic bullshit of older generations, and choosing to do the right thing as they see fit.
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In ‘Undine,’ a Spin on a European Folktale Makes for a Spooky, Sophisticated Romantic Thriller
In her modern incarnation, Undine is trying to break the tragic patterns of her curse.
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Films to Catch at This Year’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Here’s what to catch, virtually.
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‘Together Together’ Has the Shape of a Romantic Comedy, but It Scribbles outside the Lines
The sharp indie film delivers a new kind of love story for a swiftly tilting planet.
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Elizabeth Lo’s New Documentary Is an Uplifting Portrait of Istanbul Street Dogs
The star of this remarkable film is Zeytin, a tawny-colored mutt with dark, expressive eyes.
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“Minari” Is a Compassionately Observed Portrait of Family and Belonging
“Minari” does that miraculous thing that good movies can do: drop you right out of your head and down into your heart.
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Documentary “A Glitch in the Matrix” Is Persuasive, in a Stoned-in-a-Dorm-Room Kind of Way
So, are we living in a simulation?
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“Soul” Is a Thrilling Metaphysical Adventure to the Great Beyond
Ultimately, Pixar flick “Soul” deals with the kind of Big Questions that keep adults up at night: Where did we come from? Why are we here? What’s next?
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In “News of the World,” Tom Hanks Embodies the Better Angels of Our National Character
This is a throwback kind of movie—a huge, honking Western drama.