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The author “This Ends With Us” is adapted again for this uplifting (or else) tragic romance directed by the filmmaker who made the weeper “The Fault in Our Stars.” Wiliiams and Grace plays a mother and daughter tested by tragedy. … Continue reading →

A real Who’s Who of British character actors flesh out the supporting cast — Roger Allam, Simon Russell Beale and Mark Addy among them — of this film from “The Madness of King George” Nicholas Hytner and the screenwriter Alan … Continue reading →

A Japanese/American variation on the “Get somebody to play her dad” story trope. Ever seen Gerard Butler in “Dear Frankie,” for instance? Searchlight has Hikari’s  “Rental Family,” a dollop of sweetness, slated for the holidays. She directed “Beef” and “37 … Continue reading →

Young Simon learns the Latin phrase “Ex Liga Libertas,” “from the law comes freedom,” on his first day at law school in Lund, Sweden. But hanging out with anarchists, listening to their “always be drunk” Baudelaire rules for living and … Continue reading →

Brit Emma Mackey of “Barbie” and “Death on the Nile” has the title role, a 34 year old governor with family issues. Kumail Nanjiani, Albert Brooks, Jamie Lee Curtis and Woody Harrelson flesh out an all-star cast. Julie Kavner narrates, … Continue reading →

Jeffrey Wright, Aubrey Joseph, Ilfenesh Hadera, A$AP Rocky, Wendell Pierce, Rick Fox and Ice Spice also star in Spike Lee’s version of Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low,” the third take on that 1963 ransom script, this one set in the … Continue reading →