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Ethan Hawke leads a tense, Depression-era thriller in ‘The Weight’
In April 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order banning the hoarding of gold and requiring Americans to deliver excess quantities to ... -
The Korean thriller ‘Hope’ is a creature feature to the tilt
Na Hong-jin makes chase movies and it can be incredible where they go. His latest, “Hope,” is his biggest and wildest movie yet. But ... -
‘Finding Emily’ is the British rom-com we’ve been waiting for
Late August can be a depressing time at the movie theater, but there’s a gem to be found in the British romantic comedy “Finding ... -
A tender love story with postapocalyptic teeth in Ridley Scott’s ‘The Dog Stars’
It says something about us that dogs are critical when it comes to postapocalyptic movies. Tom Hanks had an adorable terrier in “Finch” and ... -
Gen Z gets a moody, existential horror in ‘It Ends’
Every generation deserves its own postgrad malaise movie. Not every attempt is going to be “The Graduate” or “Frances Ha,” but even when they’re ... -
Olivia Wilde rules playful BDSM comedy ‘I Want Your Sex’
Erika Tracy, the artist and provocateur at the heart of “I Want Your Sex,” may be the most quotable fictional female executive since Miranda ... -
‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ turns slasher tropes inward
It was an unexpected turn of events after seeing Jane Schoenbrun’s buzzy third feature, “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.” Suddenly, after nearly ... -
In ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ a lonely superhero grows up and looks inward
Are the ears playing tricks on us? Or does Tom Holland’s Peter Parker sound, at the beginning of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” like more of a native New ... -
Pickleball is the star of the sports comedy ‘The Dink’
It’s the tennis establishment versus pickleball enthusiasts at an uptight club in “The Dink,” a kind of spiritual descendant of “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.” The ... -
Boots Riley’s ‘I Love Boosters’ is a wild, surrealist social satire
Boots Riley holds nothing back in his audacious, surrealist social satire “I Love Boosters.” The film is a go-for-broke expression of wild imagination and ... -
‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ makes a clumsy big-screen debut
It’s been nearly seven years since there was a new “Star Wars” movie released in theaters and there are lots of ways to do ... -
‘Is God Is’ unleashes unapologetic female rage
Playwright Aleshea Harris says something was missing when she first wrote “Is God Is,” her fierce revenge tale blending Greek tragedy, mythology, spaghetti westerns ... -
Odenkirk’s reluctant lawman brings grit – and chaos – to ‘Normal’
We’ve seen this setup before: a stranger drifts into a small, suspicious town and finds trouble waiting. Usually, the menace wears a badge. But ... -
In ‘Mother Mary,’ a pop star’s costume crisis turns existential
A pop star’s need for a new dress sets in motion David Lowery’s “Mother Mary,” a fitfully spellbinding chamber drama that grows more operatic ... -
Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel are razor-sharp in art comedy film
The Christophers” looks like an art heist movie at first. A pair of wannabe heirs (James Corden and Jessica Gunning) hire a restoration specialist ... -
‘Two Prosecutors’ is a perfect nightmare of state corruption
Sergei Loznitsa’s “Two Prosecutors” is a nightmare of government corruption so perfectly composed that, by the time it reaches its chilling conclusion, you feel ... -
Gosling, Lord and Miller make science fun in ‘Project Hail Mary’
It’s been a minute since we’ve had a big-screen space epic that’s as fun as it is awe-inspiring. The last memorable one might have ... -
A really, really bad wedding night gets worse in ‘Ready or Not 2’
When we last left bride Grace at the end of 2019’s “Ready or Not,” she was smoking a well-earned cigarette, her wedding dress shredded ... -
‘Undertone,’ a paranormal podcast turns perilous
Writer-director Ian Tuason’s feature debut, the sonic-driven horror “Undertone,” has, at least at the outset, an appealingly stripped-down quality. The 30-something Evy Babic (Nina ... -
Pixar delivers with sweet, action-packed ‘Hoppers’
Hoppers” might be built with familiar parts, but Pixar’s latest isn’t trying to hide its various influences. Instead, this buoyant, freewheeling adventure about a spirited 19-year-old ... -
‘Crime 101’ is a middle of the road LA heist movie, with ‘Heat’
Bart Layton’s “Crime 101” is essentially a “Heat” pastiche that never approaches Michael Mann’s classic but delivers a baseline level of slick, sun-drenched entertainment. ... -
In ‘A Poet,’ a Colombian farce of literary failure and stubborn belief
In Simón Mesa Soto’s “A Poet,” Oscar Restrepo (Ubeimar Rios) is a failed Colombian writer who keeps a photo of the author José Asunción ... -
Statham sticks close to the formula as a lethal former spy in ‘Shelter’
Jason Statham lives in a Scottish lighthouse when we meet him in “Shelter” and that’s a pretty good analogy for Statham’s usual movie role ... -
Bold Flavours with Tradition
Year of the Horse is coming and MDT has a chance to savour W Macau’s festive dishes at DIVA. The venue invites guests to ... -
A good year for movies, one shooting after another
The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies. Filmmakers working in and out of the studio system managed ... -
Olsen, Turner and Teller lead clever, charming ‘Eternity’
Joan Cutler has an impossible decision to make in “Eternity.” The newly deceased character, played by Elizabeth Olsen, has one week to choose who ... -
‘Zootopia 2’ is a cuddlier, tamer sequel
The original “Zootopia” was a minor miracle. Here was a Disney animated film that took themes of race and prejudice and managed to make ... -
Wagner Moura is on the run in Brazil, 1977, in ‘The Secret Agent’
You can almost smell the sweat in “The Secret Agent,” a stylish, slow-burn thriller set amid radicals and mercenaries in 1977 Brazil. Filmmaker Kleber ... -
Edgerton delivers a profound performance in ‘Train Dreams’
There is nothing grand about Robert Grainier’s existence. The main character of “Train Dreams” is not a great thinker or athlete. He doesn’t know ... -
‘Nouvelle Vague’ is a meticulous ode to the French New Wave
Any time a notable figure of the French New Wave appears in Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague”, the camera pauses for a head-on shot — ... -
Del Toro builds a handsome, grand ‘Frankenstein’ that is all his own
Guillermo del Toro has been telling monster stories for as long as he’s been making films. A romantic with a taste for the macabre, ... -
‘Blue Moon’ is poignant, funny valentine, and Hawke has never been better
For a filmmaker once synonymous with slackerdom, Richard Linklater has proven to be one of the most prodigious and consistently excellent American filmmakers. A ... -
Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots will trigger tears in ‘All of You’
There’s something about Laura Sharp and Simon Tavistock. Close friends since college, they share jokes that no one else understands and instinctively know how ...
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