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With <i>Lux Æterna</i>,<i> </i>Gaspar Noé gets witchy (on Yves Saint Laurent's dime)

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With Lux Æterna, Gaspar Noé gets witchy (on Yves Saint Laurent's dime)

In which Charlotte Gainsbourg burns at the stake, and looks utterly glam doing it, of course

Jeremy Smith

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Downton rekindles that old feeling in A New Era

Julian Fellowes' latest installment of the Downton Abbey saga delivers for Viewers Like You

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Emergency urgently mixes college comedy and social commentary

Strong performances from RJ Cyler and Donald Elise Watkins bolster this story of two Black students trying to do the…

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Nostalgia gets overwhelmingly nutty in Chip ’N Dale: Rescue Rangers

The Lonely Island guys reunite Disney’s chipmunk detectives, but the odd-couple shenanigans wear thin in this Who…

Courtney Howard

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The nuanced Hold Your Fire documents the real-time invention of hostage negotiations

A 1973 standoff between would-be thieves and the NYPD could have gone very wrong. Stefan Forbes' documentary reveals…

Jordan Hoffman

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Firestarter, barely a flicker to start, burns out quickly

Starring Zac Efron, the latest adaptation of the classic Stephen King novel never heats up

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Despite an A+ premise, Senior Year fails to graduate

Rebel Wilson recycles her usual shtick in this retrograde raunch-com about a woman reclaiming her high school life

Courtney Howard

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Psychological horror film Monstrous is deadly...dull

Even with Christina Ricci on hand, the 1950s-set title can't scare up a compelling story

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The Innocents finds horror in super-powered children

Turns out an empowered 9-year-old with no empathy can be way scarier than a Multiverse of Madness

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Top Gun: Maverick brings Tom Cruise's movie stardom full circle

The student becomes the teacher in Joe Kosinski's exhilarating legacyquel, as Cruise passes the torch to a new…

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Pleasure provides an unflinching look at the adult film industry

Ninja Thyberg's gripping feature debut is a charged drama about an ambitious porn newcomer

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Jarrod Carmichael's On The Count Of Three is no laughing matter

The comedian’s grim directorial debut turns a death wish into a revenge fantasy

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In Montana Story, Big Sky Country hides big family secrets

A reunion of estranged siblings reopens old wounds in this delicately observed drama from the directors of What…

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Men is a thrilling, deranged horror masterpiece

In Alex Garland's surreal third feature, a grieving Jessie Buckley fends off a multi-tasking Rory Kinnear

Jordan Hoffman

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Homebound's domestic cliches deliver lackluster chills

Hostile children and a dubious husband don't add to much in this character-driven horror film

Leigh Monson

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Operation Mincemeat delivers an intriguing espionage thriller with classic British restraint

Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen star in John Madden's engaging spy drama, based on improbable real-life events

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Happening enters the Roe v. Wade debate with (unfortunately) perfect timing

Vividly rendered by director Audrey Diwan, the Venice 2021 winner revisits a moment in history that's on the verge…

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The Twin wishes it were identical to better horror films

Taneli Mustonen's genre project evokes the work of contemporaries like Ari Aster, but without their originality or…

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The Ravine seeks easy conclusions from complicated crimes

Writer-director Keoni Waxman's tragic drama forsakes nuance in favor of preachy solutions

Leigh Monson

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Doctor Strange offers a meandering, messy multiverse

Sam Raimi's return to the superhero genre offers too many expository speeches, too little emotion, and requires way…

Todd Gilchrist

5/03/22 8:00AM

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