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Movie Review: ‘God’s Own Country’

By Alexandra Brunjes October 27, 2017

★★★★★ Set in the blustery, gray Yorkshire countryside, “God’s Own Country,” the debut film of writer and director Francis Lee, is magical in its intentional harshness, poignantly...

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Movie Review: ‘Paris Opera’

By Maddie Finn October 27, 2017

★★☆ ☆ ☆ Opera is like very expensive wine. You feel obligated to like it, and often pretend you do, but often you are not sure if you actually enjoy it or just want to enjoy it. “The Paris...

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Movie Review: ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’

By Kiera Geraghty October 24, 2017

★★★★☆ As its title seems to suggest, “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” by Yorgos Lanthimos, director of the Oscar-nominated film “The Lobster,” takes an unsettling – yet balanced...

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Rory Kennedy on Filmmaking, Being a Woman in the Film Industry

By Rachel Linton October 24, 2017

Best known for making documentaries about important social issues, like “Ghosts of Abu Ghraib” in 2007 and “Last Days in Vietnam” in 2014, director Rory Kennedy has moved in a new direction with...

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Movie Review: ‘The Pathological Optimist’

By Arden Fitzpatrick October 22, 2017

★★★★☆ Whatever your preconceived notions of the anti-vaccination movement are, “The Pathological Optimist” will make you question them entirely. Directed and produced by Miranda Bailey,...

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Movie Review: ‘Breathe’

By Dhruv Johri October 22, 2017

★★★☆☆ Any film with big Hollywood names like Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy and acclaimed actor Andy Serkis is bound to face high expectations. This was especially the case with Serkis’...

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Movie Review: ‘Dina’

By Alexandra Brunjes October 20, 2017

★★★★☆ Telling an ordinary story with extraordinary subjects, “Dina” boldly defies the conventions of nonfiction film. The winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for documentaries at the...

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Movie Review: ‘Happy Death Day’

By Megan Shapiro October 17, 2017

★★★☆☆ With its premiere Friday, Oct. 13, “Happy Death Day” has branded itself as one of the scariest films of the fall. Created by Blumhouse Productions, the company behind films such...

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Movie Review: ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’

By Noah Levesque October 17, 2017

★★★★☆ While “Goodbye Christopher Robin” provides a meticulous history of A.A. Milne’s popular children’s series “Winnie-the-Pooh,” it also leaves the audience with much more...

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Movie Review: ‘Marshall’

By Juliette Silvain October 17, 2017

★★★★☆ “Marshall” is a social commentary on segregated America in the 1940s. Set in affluent Greenwich, Conn., the story recreates the 1941 Supreme Court case Connecticut v. Spell and...

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Movie Review: ‘Blood Money’

By Charlotte Lindsay October 16, 2017

★★☆☆☆ Despite what its name may suggest, “Blood Money” does not live up to its status as a thrilling action flick. The film follows three high school friends who find millions of dollars...

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Miles Teller, Jason Hall and Adam Schumann on ‘Thank You for Your Service’

By Olivia Jimenez October 6, 2017

Oct. 27 will mark screenwriter Jason Hall’s directorial debut with “Thank You for Your Service.” Starring Miles Teller as real-life veteran Adam Schumann, the film explores the difficult transition...

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