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‘Mass’ review: Ann Dowd gives the performance of her career in Fran Kranz’s breathtaking and empathetic debut feature [Grade: A]

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‘Mass’ review: Ann Dowd gives the performance of her career in Fran Kranz’s breathtaking and empathetic debut feature [Grade: A]

Zoë Rose Bryant September 29, 2021

How do you find the words to speak about the unspeakable? That’s the question at the heart of Mass, and it’s the question every reviewer... Read More

‘No Time to Die’ review: Daniel Craig’s epic final entry as James Bond cements him as the best 007 ever [Grade: A-]

Film Reviews

‘No Time to Die’ review: Daniel Craig’s epic final entry as James Bond cements him as the best 007 ever [Grade: A-]

Ryan McQuade September 29, 2021

With all of the high tech gadgets, beautiful women, fast cars, exotic locations, diabolical villains, James Bond has been a cinematic icon for close to... Read More

NYFF Review: Radu Muntean’s Transylvanian horror ‘Întregalde’ finds true terror in the seemingly mundane [Grade: A-]

Amelia Merrill September 29, 2021

The landscape of Întregalde pierces you with a cold so persistent, you can’t help but shiver with the characters onscreen. Radu Muntean’s drama turns the... Read More

‘Swan Song,’ ‘Bruised’ to world premiere at AFI FEST 2021

Erik Anderson September 28, 2021

Today, AFI FEST announced that this year’s fest will include the World Premieres of Academy Award winner Benjamin Cleary’s feature directorial debut Swan Song (not to... Read More

First look at ‘The Great’ season two as Catherine takes the thrown

Erik Anderson September 28, 2021

Today, Hulu released first look stills from season two of The Great, which premieres Friday, November 19. In season two of The Great, Catherine (Elle... Read More

‘Training Day’ at 20: Welcome back to the jungle [Retrospective]

Retrospective

‘Training Day’ at 20: Welcome back to the jungle [Retrospective]

Dan Kinsley September 28, 2021

Twenty years since it first hit theaters, Training Day (2001) is likely best remembered as the film that netted Denzel Washington his first Oscar win... Read More

Regina King and Idris Elba blow shit up in new trailer for ‘The Harder They Fall’

Erik Anderson September 28, 2021

Today Netflix released the trailer for Jeymes Samuel’s star-studded action western The Harder They Fall, telling a rarely told story of Black outlaws and pioneers... Read More

NYFF Review: ‘Belle’ (竜とそばかすの姫) will make your heart sing [Grade: A-]

Kevin L. Lee September 27, 2021

The virtual world in Belle is called “U,” as in it specializes in “you” and what makes each and every person distinctively them. Though the... Read More

Vertical Entertainment and Roadside Attractions acquire Naomi Watts thriller ‘Lakewood’

Erik Anderson September 27, 2021

Vertical Entertainment and Roadside Attractions have acquired North American rights to Phillip Noyce’s thriller Lakewood starring Naomi Watts. Premiering at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, the... Read More

Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn team up for U.S. release of fictional Celine Dion inspired film ‘Aline’

Erik Anderson September 27, 2021

Cannes sensation Aline — with Valérie Lemercier’s buzzworthy star turn of the titular character at ages 5, 12 and into adulthood — has been acquired for an... Read More

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