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Kinds of Kindness
After the comparatively “normal” visions of “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” Yorgos Lanthimos is back in provocateur mode. Working more…
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A Family Affair
As mundane as its title, with characters whose color-by-numbers personalities and motivations shift randomly to fit a predictable storyline, “A…
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Naked Acts
Contains language around sexual abuse Bridgett M. Davis’ 1996 film “Naked Acts,” recently rediscovered by Maya S. Cade, presented by…
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Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Vampires are all the rage in film and television these days. Some of them run hotels (“Interview with the Vampire”),…
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Cora Bora
“What is wrong with you?” multiple characters ask titular heroine Cora (Meg Stalter), a floundering LA-based indie musician who is…
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Reverse the Curse
When it premiered at Tribeca last year, David Duchovny’s “Reverse the Curse” was titled “Bucky F*cking Dent,” which is a…
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Ghostlight
“Ghostlight,” which focuses on a construction worker drawn into a production of “Romeo and Juliet,” is a drama about traumatized people healing themselves…
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Bad Behaviour
“Never give in to hope.” Lucy (Jennifer Connelly) writes these words on the white board while attending a “semi-silent retreat”.…
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Longing
“Longing” is a remake of an award-winning Israeli film by the same writer/director, Savi Gabizon. It could just as well…
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I Used to Be Funny
On stage, comedians use their words to make their audience laugh, gasp, or think—sometimes simultaneously. But what happens when a…
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