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Review of The Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017)

By Lena Wilson (121) for The Playlist (3,871) on 13 Dec 2017

The Tribes of Palos Verdes privileges melodrama over nuance, pitting skilled actors against a humdrum script and sketchy roles…

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Review of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

By Kevin Jagernauth (311) for The Playlist (3,871) on 12 Dec 2017

“Star Wars” has always been about destiny, fate, and legacy…

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Review of Phantom Thread (2017)

By Andrew Crump (271) for The Playlist (3,871) on 07 Dec 2017

[Anderson's] unobtrusive aesthetic, calibrated to highlight his actors and, of course, the fashion, belies its deceptive luxuriousness…

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Review of Quest (2017)

By Bradley Warren (32) for The Playlist (3,871) on 07 Dec 2017

It is Olshefski’s humanist portraiture of one family’s quotidian lives that is certain to stir audiences…

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Review of Phantom Thread (2017)

By Andy Crump (279) for The Playlist (3,871) on 07 Dec 2017

This is a movie you'll want to live in for the pure joy of reveling in Paul Thomas Anderson's effortless mastery…

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Review of The Post (2017)

By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 06 Dec 2017

Spielberg ever-so-gently presses on the gas of nostalgic idealism enough times that he blemishes what might have been a pitch-perfect movie…

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Review of The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017)

By Gary Garrison (43) for The Playlist (3,871) on 05 Dec 2017

The trouble with figures like Bradlee, though, is that they loom so large, their actions so monumental, that it feels impossible to merely…

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Review of Arthur Miller: Writer (2017)

By Joe Blessing (34) for The Playlist (3,871) on 04 Dec 2017

Arthur Miller: Writer does not radically reappraise Miller’s life or work, but the personal details will make it intriguing for long time…

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Review of Permission (2018)

By Ally Johnson (17) for The Playlist (3,871) on 01 Dec 2017

Despite a slightly silly premise and a script that plays it fast and loose with increasingly ridiculous scenarios, director Brian Crano‘s…

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Review of Mr. Roosevelt (2017)

By Lena Wilson (121) for The Playlist (3,871) on 29 Nov 2017

This film might not blow you away, but it is unique, and it will make you laugh. And ultimately, that’s all you really need from an indie comedy…

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Review of The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

By Will Ashton (75) for The Playlist (3,871) on 23 Nov 2017

Too mediocre to become a new classic, it’s easy to be dismissive of the film’s cheap pleasures, but through its good heart and giving spirit,…

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Review of La Belle Noiseuse (1991)

By Andy Crump (279) for The Playlist (3,871) on 23 Nov 2017

Long takes, slow zooms, and deep focus give 'La Belle Noiseuse' a sense of disciplined stillness, all the better to record the meticulous efforts…

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Review of This Is Congo (2017)

By Andy Crump (279) for The Playlist (3,871) on 16 Nov 2017

It's not every day that a documentary shakes the ground as surely as the average blockbuster, or keeps us on the edge of our seat like a good…

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Review of Justice League (2017)

By Kevin Jagernauth (311) for The Playlist (3,871) on 15 Nov 2017

By time Justice League gets to the finish line and credits — stick around, there is an abysmal mid-credits scene, and a decent enough post-credits…

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Review of Wonder (2017)

By Will Ashton (75) for The Playlist (3,871) on 14 Nov 2017

Wonder promotes the benefits of human decency in a time when those virtues feel limited, and wins you over by being a pretty good film about…

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Review of Bitch (2017)

By Eli Fine (27) for The Playlist (3,871) on 12 Nov 2017

Bitch is about as confrontational a piece of work as anything else to come out this year…

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Review of Bitch (2017)

By Elazar Fine (28) for The Playlist (3,871) on 12 Nov 2017

Bitch is about as confrontational a piece of work as anything else to come out this year…

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Review of Bitch (2017)

By Eli Fine (27) for The Playlist (3,871) on 12 Nov 2017

Bitch is about as confrontational a piece of work as anything else to come out this year…

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Review of Bitch (2017)

By Elazar Fine (28) for The Playlist (3,871) on 12 Nov 2017

Bitch is about as confrontational a piece of work as anything else to come out this year…

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Review of Green White Green (2016)

By Will Ashton (75) for The Playlist (3,871) on 12 Nov 2017

As winning as it is clumsy, Green White Green is a misshapen debut, but it's one with promise and heart in each step. Sometimes, that's all you need…

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