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‘Girl’ Review: Taiwanese Actress Shu Qi’s Directing Debut Is an Admirably Unflinching but Oppressively Bleak Abuse Drama
The star of Hou Hsiao-Hsien's 'Millennium Mambo' and 'The Assassin' gets behind the camera for the first time in a portrait of family violence set in 1980s Taiwan.
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‘Remake’ Review: Ross McElwee’s Heartbreaking Study of Movies and Memory Turns the Camera on His Own Family Tragedy
The 78-year-old director of 'Sherman's March' and 'Bright Leaves' returns to Venice with a film revisiting both his earlier work and a catastrophe in his personal life.
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‘The Stranger’ Review: François Ozon’s Bold and Beautiful Adaptation of the Classic Novel by Albert Camus
Benjamin Voisin stars as one of literature's most famous existential killers in a film that takes liberties with the text to explore the effects of French colonialism in Algeria.
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‘The Smashing Machine’ Review: Dwayne Johnson Delivers the Blows as a Tormented Fighter in Benny Safdie’s Gritty and Downbeat MMA Flick
Emily Blunt co-stars in the true story of Mark Kerr, a former college wrestler who battled trauma and drug addiction during the early years of the UFC.
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‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ Review: Jude Law Plays Putin in Olivier Assayas’ Sprawling, Sporadically Entertaining Chronicle of Post-Soviet Russia
Also starring Paul Dano and Alicia Vikander, the French director’s adaptation of Giuliano da Empoli’s bestselling novel premiered in competition in Venice.
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‘Landmarks’ Review: Lucrecia Martel’s Visually Splendid True Crime Doc Chronicles the Systemic Theft of Native Land
The first non-fiction feature from the Argentinian director of 'Zama' and 'The Headless Woman' focuses on the killing of an indigenous community leader by white landowners.
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‘Below the Clouds’ Review: Gianfranco Rosi’s Stunning Doc Explores Life Beneath Mount Vesuvius, Today and in Ancient Times
The latest feature by the Venice Golden Lion winner was lensed for over three years at Pompeii and communities around the Gulf of Naples.
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‘At Work’ Review: A Struggling French Writer Plunges Himself Into the Gig Economy in a Thoughtful if Lackluster Drama
The latest from writer-director Valérie Donzelli ('Declaration of War') stars Bastien Bouillon ('The Night of the 12th') as a novelist eking out a living as a freelance handyman in Paris.
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‘Megadoc’ Review: Francis Ford Coppola and Shia LaBeouf Steal the Show in Mike Figgis’ Juicy ‘Megalopolis’ Production Exposé
The 'Leaving Las Vegas' director takes us behind the scenes of the chaotic $120-million self-financed shoot, which was both agony and ecstasy for those involved.
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The 25 Greatest Sports Movies of All Time, Ranked
From 'Hoop Dreams' to 'Bring It On,' 'Raging Bull' to 'Bull Durham' and beyond, THR's critics pick their all-time champs.
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‘Dracula’ Review: Romanian Auteur Radu Jude’s Rowdy, Fellatio-Filled Vampire Flick Is Way Too Many Movies at Once
The prolific director of 'Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World' and 'Kontinental ‘25' premiered his latest feature in competition at Locarno.
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‘GEN_’ Review: A Compassionate Portrait of an Italian Doctor Treating Trans Patients and Women Trying to Conceive
The latest documentary from filmmaker Gianluca Matarrese premiered earlier this year in Sundance and was recently showcased at Karlovy Vary.
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