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Review of The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 21 May 2017

The Killing of a Sacred Deer is Lanthimos with the gloves off, and it makes the absurd, amazing “The Lobster” seem like a warm and cuddly…

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Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 21 May 2017

The film is not unlike a classic rock supergroup reuniting to play all the greatest hits, with the payday at the end as the only true motivation,…

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Review of The Boy Downstairs (2018)

By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 21 May 2017

The Boy Downstairs straddles a patchy line between comedy and drama with mixed results, but when all is said and done, the auspicious film…

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Review of Everything, Everything (2017)

By Will Ashton (75) for The Playlist (3,871) on 21 May 2017

Everything, Everything is appealing in its own way…

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Review of Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait (2017)

By Joe Blessing (34) for The Playlist (3,871) on 21 May 2017

While Corsicato treats his subject extremely gently – there’s barely a hint of criticism of Schnabel and interviewees tout how controversial…

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Review of Bobbi Jene (2017)

By Ally Johnson (17) for The Playlist (3,871) on 21 May 2017

Bobbi’s failures, goodbyes, successes and reconciliations are beguiling, often heartbreaking to witness, but ultimately, it’s the artist’s…

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Review of War Machine (2017)

By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 21 May 2017

With no plot to speak of, a baggy tangent across Europe in the mid-section, and no forward momentum, War Machine soon descends into the quicksand…

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Review of Okja (2017)

By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 18 May 2017

This is a gorgeously realized popcorn movie of the most satisfying, comforting, restorative kind: full as its heart is, it has a lot on its…

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Review of The Wall (2017)

By Will Ashton (75) for The Playlist (3,871) on 18 May 2017

Armed with commanding performances, striking cinematography and exceptionally well-calibrated direction, The Wall is a haunting, engrossing…

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Review of Wonderstruck (2017)

By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 17 May 2017

Wonderstruck lives in the glory of its filmmaking — its photography, its costuming, its set design, its brilliantly variegated Carter Burwell score…

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Review of Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2017)

By Kevin Jagernauth (311) for The Playlist (3,871) on 14 May 2017

While the film never reaches the kind of emotional peaks of James’ best work like “Hoop Dreams” or “The Interrupters,” Abacus: Small…

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Review of The Wall (2017)

By Will Ashton (75) for The Playlist (3,871) on 11 May 2017

Armed with commanding performances, striking cinematography and exceptionally well-calibrated direction, The Wall is a haunting, engrossing…

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Review of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

By Drew Taylor (218) for The Playlist (3,871) on 08 May 2017

Ritchie’s ‘King Arthur’ is a pleasing big budget spectacle, oddly aligned to the filmmaker’s thematic interests and startlingly compatible…

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Review of Alien: Covenant (2017)

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

Somehow, Scott manages to balance it all: meditations on being made in god’s own image, the fan service of “Alien Origins: Xenomorphs,”…

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Review of The Lovers (2017)

By Kimber Myers (423) for The Playlist (3,871) on 01 May 2017

The characters in The Lovers and the problems they face and struggle with feel entirely authentic, as does the magnetic chemistry between the leads…

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Review of Get Me Roger Stone (2017)

By Charles Bramesco (223) for The Playlist (3,871) on 30 Apr 2017

The filmmakers squander a boundlessly fascinating figure in service of yet another paint-by-numbers info-doc with all the dramatic heft of…

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Review of The Lovers (2017)

By Kimber Myers (423) for The Playlist (3,871) on 30 Apr 2017

The characters in The Lovers and the problems they face and struggle with feel entirely authentic, as does the magnetic chemistry between the leads…

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Review of A Gray State (2017)

By Chris Barsanti (896) for The Playlist (3,871) on 28 Apr 2017

Excepting a strangely off-key final scene, A Gray State is a compelling, highly dramatic piece of documentary filmmaking…

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Review of Sweet Virginia (2017)

By Ally Johnson (17) for The Playlist (3,871) on 28 Apr 2017

A movie that forgoes solid storytelling for an atmosphere that keeps you captivated, director Jamie M…

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Review of LA 92 (2017)

By Chris Barsanti (896) for The Playlist (3,871) on 27 Apr 2017

The broad-spectrum approach of LA 92 resists easy answers while still holding a strong editorial viewpoint about the overlapping institutional…

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