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Reviews

Deep Focus: Christopher Robin

By Michael Sragow
August 3, 2018
Flies in the honeypot: the world of A. A. Milne collides with grownup realities in a new screen portrayal

Film of the Week: Nico, 1988

By Jonathan Romney
August 2, 2018
These days: Susanna Nicchiarelli’s film brings out the warmth in a singer usually identified with wintry discontent

Short Take: Nico, 1988

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
July 30, 2018
(Susanna Nicchiarelli, Italy, Magnolia Pictures, Opening August 1)

Film of the Week: Cocote

By Jonathan Romney
July 27, 2018
Cycle of life: vengeance and injustice loom over a homecoming in a passionate new film from Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias

Deep Focus: Mission: Impossible – Fallout

By Michael Sragow
July 26, 2018
Can-do attitude: the latest entry in the action franchise wrings some more suspense out of its espionage hijinks

Short Take: The Captain

By José Teodoro
July 23, 2018
(Robert Schwentke, Germany/Poland/Portugal/France, Music Box Films, Opening July 27)

Short Take: Good Manners

By Nicolas Rapold
July 23, 2018
(Marco Dutra & Juliana Rojas, Brazil, Distrib Films, Opening July 27)

Film of the Week: The Third Murder

By Jonathan Romney
July 19, 2018
Open to interpretation: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s legal drama about a murder blurs the line between enigmatic and perhaps merely vague

Review: Blindspotting

By Tayler Montague
July 16, 2018
(Carlos López Estrada, USA, Lionsgate, Opening July 20)

Film of the Week: What Will People Say

By Jonathan Romney
July 13, 2018
Shock of the new: a free-spirited teen girl from an immigrant Muslim family in Norway must learn how to navigate tradition.