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Review: "Life in a Day 2020"

It's impossible not to find something touching, funny, profound, sad, or inspiring of deeper thought in a film like this one. Yet...

Review: "Malcolm & Marie"

Even with two riveting performances at its core, this dialogue-centered film organized around an arguing couple over the course of one...

Review: "Penguin Bloom"

There are moments in Penguin Bloom where you feel time is standing still or moving especially slowly. It's used as an intentional...

Review: "The White Tiger"

This gritty drama about class inequality in India will resonate with viewers from all around the world. In a voiceover narration set up...

Review: "The Midnight Sky"

The Midnight Sky is a film that tries to be epic but doesn't quite spend enough time with any of its characters to generate sufficient...

Review: "Sylvie's Love"

Sylvie's Love is a sweet, well-acted but overly packaged film that consciously reimagines mid-century Douglas Sirk-style melodramas with...

Review: "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a tough film made more emotionally intense by the actors' soulful performances and the hard truths at the...

Review: "The Prom"

Check your cynicism at the door before attending The Prom, a teen coming-out tale stuffed into a glitzy tux and bedazzled with schmaltz...

New Music Documentaries: Taylor Swift, Shawn Mendes, Ariana Grande, Blackpink

Click for full reviews on Common Sense Media: Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions Shawn Mendes: In Wonder Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I...

Review: "Hillbilly Elegy"

Fans of JD Vance's best-selling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, will appreciate how the film adaptation has brought some scenes and...

Review: "I Am Greta"

What I Am Greta lacks in dramatic tension, it makes up for in character. The documentary will find a natural audience among climate...

Review: "Over the Moon"

Over the Moon combines magical locations, impressive animation, memorable musical numbers, sweet characters, and positive life lessons in...

Review: "Rebecca"

Even without the Hitchcock original demanding unfavorable comparison, this adaptation comes across as a not-entirely-successful venture....

Review: "The Trial of the Chicago 7"

This is a suspenseful and sometimes eloquent film with inspired casting that paints '60s-era anti-war activists as flawed heroes up...

Review: Almodóvar's "Pain and Glory"

This semi-autobiographical drama will captivate Almodovar's fans and attract followers of Spain's two biggest film exports, Banderas and...

Review: "Enola Holmes"

Fast-paced, clever and hugely entertaining, this film will delight fans of Millie Bobby Brown and surely bring her more followers thanks...

Review: "The Devil All the Time"

As much as you want to be repelled by the depraved characters and relentless violence of The Devil All the Time, this film manages to...

What the #CancelNetflix Boycott is Missing

The "Cancel Netflix" campaign and outrage over the French movie "Cuties" is misguided, in my opinion. I'll try to explain why here and offer

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