‘Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1’ Review: The Beauty, and the Bloodshed
In the first of a projected four-film cycle, Kevin Costner revisits the western genre and U.S. history in a big, busy drama.
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In the first of a projected four-film cycle, Kevin Costner revisits the western genre and U.S. history in a big, busy drama.
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The chills are more effective than the thrills in this prequel to the “A Quiet Place” franchise.
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The singer’s over-the-top sincerity and expressiveness were once seen as irredeemably uncool. In the new documentary “I Am: Celine Dion,” they have become her superpowers.
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Few directors get as deeply under the skin as Catherine Breillat, a longtime provocateur who tests the limits of what the world thinks women should do and say and be.
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‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ at 20: Revisiting the Fear and Anger
Michael Moore’s hit documentary isn’t a prosecutor’s brief but a political and emotional appeal, rooted in the ways in which the country’s burdens are unequally borne.
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Three Great Documentaries to Stream
This month’s picks look at a summer in Paris, a summer at the Olympics and the heat of the erotic thriller.
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‘Daddio’ Review: Two for the Road
Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson outclass a humdrum script as two people who talk — and talk — in a New York City taxicab.
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‘Fancy Dance’ Review: The Search for a Sister
This debut feature about a missing woman on an Oklahoma reservation is an imperfect but palpably emotional portrait of desperation and hard-won hope.
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‘White Chicks’ at 20: Comedy Beyond the Pale
The Wayans brothers’ subversive comedy is smarter than you remember.
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