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Daily Archives: March 3, 2021
Movie Review: Adoption’s downside hits moms at “Rain Beau’s End”
The title character is never on camera in “Rain Beau’s End,” the most interesting choice in this seasons-in-a-gay-relationship melodrama. Imagine “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” the searing, seminal 2011 drama about a family overwhelmed by a son whose violent … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: “Voyagers” with Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Colin Farrell
A multi generational journey across goes wrong in this April release.
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Netflixable? Amy Poehler celebrates girls with “Moxie”
In adapting the novel “Moxie” into a film, Amy Poehler takes a stab at a generation-defining teen comedy like “Mean Girls,” the one her BFF Tina Fey wrote. It’s an of-its moment movie, hip and flip and “Woke” with a … Continue reading
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Movie Review — “Yalda: A Night for Forgiveness” satirizes Iranian justice
“Yalda: A Night of Forgiveness” is a riveting and thoroughly engrossing satire of Iranian culture and the work-arounds built into a theocracy, ways of ignoring calls for reform and the shedding of “tradition.” Tehran filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi’s Sundance-honored second feature … Continue reading
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