March 5, 2019
A showcase of the unexceptional: the 2019 Berlin Film Festival
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This year’s offerings did little to arrest the event’s apparent decline
Shane Danielsen
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December 1, 2018
Pawel Pawlikowski’s perfectly formed ‘Cold War’
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Not a moment is wasted in what could be the Polish director’s masterpiece
February 2, 2019
The spectacle of a political scandal: Jason Reitman’s ‘The Front Runner’ and Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘Loro’
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New films about ’80s presidential hopeful Gary Hart and Italy’s controversial Silvio Berlusconi both miss the mark
October 1, 2018
A man and his bear: Marc Forster’s ‘Christopher Robin’
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Adults will find this new tale of Winnie the Pooh surprisingly moving
September 25, 2018
Toronto International Film Festival 2018 (part two)
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The ordinary and the extraordinary at this year’s event, and the perils of criticism
September 14, 2018
Toronto International Film Festival 2018 (part one)
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A British outlier and a British newcomer are among the stand-outs in the first part of the festival
September 1, 2018
The hermitic world of Debra Granik’s ‘Leave No Trace’
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The ‘Winter’s Bone’ director takes her exploration of family ties off the grid
July 1, 2018
Dirty work in Clayton Jacobson’s ‘Brothers’ Nest’
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The filmmakers behind ‘Kenny’ take a darker turn
May 23, 2018
Cannes Film Festival 2018 (part two)
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Despite an off-key start, this year’s event ended on a high
June 1, 2018
The elevated horror of Ari Aster’s ‘Hereditary’
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This debut feature will test the mettle of even the most hardened genre fans
May 16, 2018
Cannes Film Festival 2018 (part one)
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An ever-so-slightly off-key event
May 7, 2018
Tribeca Film Festival: highlights
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Films made by and focusing on women stand out in 2018
May 1, 2018
Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Unsane’
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The prolific director hits his own limits with this experiment in technology