‘Io Capitano’ Review: Tragedy and Grace Are Marbled Together in Matteo Garrone’s Moving Migration Drama
The 'Gomorrah' director's latest stars newcomer Seydou Sarr as a Senegalese teenager who leaves home on a quest to reach Europe.
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‘Green Border’ Review: Agnieszka Holland’s Knockout Drama Follows Refugees Stuck in Limbo
The Venice Film Festival competition entrant revolves around various people trying to cross the border from Belarus into Poland.
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‘Hit Man’ Review: Richard Linklater’s Sexy Comedy Makes a Star Out of Glen Powell
Playing out of competition in Venice, the film — costarring Adria Arjona — centers on a geeky academic who also works undercover for the police posing as a hit man.
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‘Coup de Chance’ Review: Woody Allen’s French Film Is Competent but Forgettable
Starring Lou de Laage, Melvil Poupaud and Niels Schneider, the director's film about wealthy, adulterous Parisians played out of competition in Venice.
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‘The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial’ Review: Kiefer Sutherland and Jake Lacy in William Friedkin’s Swaggering Final Film
The late director's movie also features Jason Clarke, Monica Raymund and the late Lance Reddick in an updated interpretation of Herman Wouk's play.
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‘The Killer’ Review: Michael Fassbender Is an Unsettled Assassin in David Fincher’s Wry, Pleasingly Pulpy Thriller
The director's latest work for Netflix also features Tilda Swinton in a genre exercise that couldn't be more different than 'Mank.'
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‘Explanation for Everything’ Review: A Timely Look at Culture Wars in Central Europe
Premiering in Venice's Horizons sidebar, Hungarian director Gabor Reisz's latest is reminiscent of the naturalistic films that have come out of neighboring nation Romania recently.
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‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ Review: Benedict Cumberbatch in Wes Anderson’s Mini-Marvel of a Roald Dahl Adaptation
Set to premiere on Netflix next month, the 40-minute film also features Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Dev Patel and Richard Ayoade.
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Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 10 Best Films of 2023 So Far
THR’s reviewers choose faves from the first half of the year, including a Michelle Williams-Kelly Reichardt collab, Miles Morales’ latest adventure and an aching love-triangle drama.
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‘Rosalie’ Review: A Bearded Lady Blossoms in an Accessible French Romantic Period Piece
Stephanie di Giusto's film stars Nadia Tereszkiewicz and Benoît Magimel as partners in a marriage tested by the bride's unusual physical condition.
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‘Little Girl Blue’ Review: Marion Cotillard Plays a Troubled Mother in Powerful and Personal Doc/Psychodrama Hybrid
The French Oscar winner plays writer-director Mona Achache's own mother in this film exploring the complexities of mother-daughter love.
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The Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 20 Best Films of Cannes 2023
Favorites included Scorsese’s wrenching true-crime epic, two riveting French courtroom dramas, a chilling Holocaust film like no other, a handcrafted Moroccan documentary, and the latest from veteran auteurs Aki Kaurismaki, Wim Wenders and Victor Erice.
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