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‘Shell’ Review: Elisabeth Moss and Kate Hudson Headline a Superficial but Serviceable Horror Comedy About Youth and Beauty
Kaia Gerber and Amy Landecker co-star in Max Minghella's second film, premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.
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‘On Swift Horses’ Review: Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones Light Up the Screen in a Ravishing Queer Epic
The actors co-star with Will Poulter, Diego Calva and Sasha Calle in Daniel Minahan's 1950s-set romantic drama about secret yearnings and societal pressures.
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Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 10 Best Films of 2024 So Far
THR’s reviewers choose faves from the first half of the year, including a sizzling story of sex and sports, a delightful Pixar sequel and two riveting European refugee dramas.
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‘The People’s Joker’ Review: A Sharp DC Parody Delightfully Crossed With a Trans Coming-of-Age Tale
Vera Drew's film was the subject of controversy at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival, where Warner Bros. Discovery tried to prevent it from being screened.
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‘The World According to Allee Willis’ Review: A Fascinating Doc Honors a Creative Force of Nature
Director Alexis Manya Spraic traces the life and career of the eponymous songwriter, producer, visual artist, production designer, art director and social butterfly.
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‘Power’ Review: Yance Ford’s Smart and Searing Documentary on Policing in America
The essay-like Netflix film from the 'Strong Island' director delves into the origins and implications of modern police violence in the United States.
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The Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 15 Best Films of Sundance 2024
Steven Soderbergh’s haunted-house movie, new films starring Kieran Culkin and Aubrey Plaza, and docs about Christopher Reeve, unionizing Amazon workers, and Argentinian cowboys are among THR critics’ favorites from the festival.
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‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’ Review: Justice Smith and David Alan Grier Star in a Satire Suffering From an Identity Crisis
The first feature from writer-director Kobi Libii revolves around a young artist recruited to be part of a group whose mission is to ease white people's discomfort.
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‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Review: Justice Smith in a Knockout Teen Drama About Art, Obsession and Identity
Smith plays an alienated adolescent who finds comfort in his friendship with a cool older girl and the television show they both love.
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‘Between the Temples’ Review: Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane Make a Poignant Match in Nathan Silver’s Offbeat Jewish Comedy
Schwartzman plays a cantor in crisis and Kane the adult bat mitzvah pupil he grows smitten with in a film co-starring Dolly De Leon and Caroline Aaron.
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‘Hell of a Summer’ Review: Finn Wolfhard’s Summer Camp Slasher Film Is Limp as Horror but Likable as Comedy
Wolfhard and Billy Bryk are co-helmers, writers and stars of this film about summer camp counselors being stalked by a killer.
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‘The End We Start From’ Review: Jodie Comer Gives a Powerhouse Performance in a Compelling Climate Disaster Drama
The actress plays a woman struggling to raise her child after catastrophic floods drive them from their home in Mahalia Belo's film.
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