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‘Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat’ Review: Kinetic Doc Connects Jazz, Decolonization and the Birth of the United Nations
Johan Grimonprez delves into Belgium's past to investigate the plot against Congolese independence.
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‘Dune: Part Two’ Review: Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya in Denis Villeneuve’s Gorgeous but Limited Sequel
The second film also features returning stars Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin, as well as fresh faces Austin Butler and Florence Pugh.
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‘No Other Land’ Review: A Sobering Doc Chronicles Violent Evictions of Palestinians in the West Bank
A collective of Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers helm a project about the Israeli government's attempts to expel Palestinians in Masafer Yatta.
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‘Players’ Review: Gina Rodriguez Takes Us Back to Rom-Com Basics in Netflix Charmer
The star plays a New York sportswriter trying to turn a one-night stand into a serious relationship in a film co-starring Damon Wayans Jr.
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‘This Is Me…Now: A Love Story’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Embraces Hopeless Romanticism in a Chaotic Confessional Film
To coincide with the release of her latest album, the singer offers fans a Prime Video original project about a woman struggling with self-love.
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‘Madame Web’ Review: Dakota Johnson Leads a Depressingly Inert Spider-Man Spinoff
The actress stars alongside Sydney Sweeney, Adam Scott, Isabela Merced and Celeste O'Connor in this Marvel offering about a clairvoyant paramedic.
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‘Bob Marley: One Love’ Review: Kingsley Ben-Adir and Lashana Lynch Enliven a Stunted Biopic
'King Richard' helmer Reinaldo Marcus Green chronicles Marley's rise to fame and his attempts to bring peace through his music.
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Critic’s Notebook: Despite Heartfelt Moments, the 2024 Grammy Awards Suffered From a Case of Banality
The telecast, hosted by Trevor Noah, was a slick and studied affair only occasionally elevated by surprise and genuine emotion.
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‘Reinas’ Review: An Understated Portrait of a Peruvian Family Navigating Political Turmoil
In Klaudia Reynicke's third feature, a father reconnects with his daughters during a tumultuous summer in Lima.
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‘Ponyboi’ Review: River Gallo and Dylan O’Brien Star in a Sexy, Sweaty New Jersey Fever Dream
The intersex actor and the 'Maze Runner' star play a sex worker and a goofy gangster, respectively, in a crime drama directed by Esteban Arango.
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‘Girls Will Be Girls’ Review: A Distinctive Drama About Fraught Mother-Daughter Relationships
In Shuchi Talati’s debut feature, a mother's intervention in her teenage daughter's budding romance creates an unexpected emotional love triangle.
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The Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 15 Best Films of Sundance 2024
Steven Soderbergh’s haunted-house movie, new films starring Kieran Culkin and Aubrey Plaza, and docs about Christopher Reeve, unionizing Amazon workers, and Argentinian cowboys are among THR critics’ favorites from the festival.
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