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Why Was Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway’s New Movie Buried?

Mothers’ Instinct is a perfectly solid domestic thriller with two Oscar-winning movie stars that barely got a North American release.
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Deadpool & Wolverine Finds the Fun in Corporate Compliance

In his new film, the Marvel world’s resident bad-boy makes nice with his new corporate overlords.
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Influencer Romance Goes to Dizzying Extremes in Skywalkers: A Love Story

A new Netflix documentary explores the risks and rewards of death-defying clickbait.
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Longlegs Is a Grueling Collage of Far Better Films

The buzziest horror movie of the summer is artfully filmed but otherwise disappointing.
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The Agony and Ecstasy of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Show

Netflix’s hit docuseries packs an emotional punch, despite the limits of its scope.
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A Quiet Place: Day One Is a Prequel Done Right

The director of Pig makes a franchise film that would be worthy on its own.
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The Bear Leaves Us Hungry in Season 3

In all its shifts in style and focus, the Emmy-winning juggernaut does not seem to be building to much of anything.
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The Best Movies of 2024, So Far

Dune: Part Two, La Chimera, and more of 2024’s best movies.
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In Janet Planet, a Brilliant Playwright Makes a Promising Film Debut

Pulitzer winner Annie Baker moves into movies in this poignant look at a mother and daughter.
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The Bikeriders Belongs to Jodie Comer

Comer bests all the boys in Jeff Nichols’s low-key period piece.
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Inside Out 2 Gives Us Mixed Feelings

Pixar’s latest sequel is bright and entertaining, but is maybe too cute about complicated matters.
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The Boys Is Bleaker Than Ever in Season 4

In a new run of episodes, Amazon’s popular comedy tries to get serious about America’s troubling future.
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House of the Dragon Season 2 Takes Its Time

War is coming to the Game of Thrones prequel—but it's not here quite yet.
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The World Needs Films Like The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Mohammad Rasoulof had to flee his native Iran after being sentenced to prison for making films like this courageous drama.
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Anora Is a Raucous Good Time With a Gut-Punch of an Ending

Sean Baker, director of Tangerine and The Florida Project, investigates another under-examined corner of America.
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A Fearless Demi Moore Faces the Horrors of Aging—or Not—in The Substance

Moore goes for broke in this mean and clever film about a former movie star who finds a way to turn back the clock, for a price.
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The First Part of Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga Bodes Poorly for Parts 2, 3, and 4

It’s more like Waterworld than Dances with Wolves.
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Zoe Saldaña Stars in Emilia Pérez, a Movie Unlike Any Other

It’s a musical about a trans cartel boss forsaking her old life and beginning anew, and Selena Gomez is in it too.
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Kinds of Kindness Collects Three Nasty, Brutish Shorts

After the stately detours of Poor Things and The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos is back in provocation mode.
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Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis Is a Passion Project Gone Horribly Wrong

Maybe some cinephiles will see value in the Godfather director’s long-gestating epic. Many more, though, will be left scratching their heads.
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In Bird, Barry Keoghan Navigates a Tricky Parent-Child Bond

Director Andrea Arnold returns to territory she knows well for her new feature, which also stars newcomer Nykiya Adams and Franz Rogowski as her imaginary friend.