This essayistic documentary explores the city of New York in the month of August 2017 and the hopes and fears of the people in it.
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A quietly critical documentary exploring the spectacle around Sudan, the last male Northern White Rhino who died in 2018.
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Earth is visually arresting, but also repetitive, which dulls its overall message.
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The Brother dig into the Star Wars Original Trilogy and focus on the expansion of the story world, Michael Kaminski’s The Secret History of Star Wars, nostalgia, and the Special Editions.
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David Gordon Green revives the Halloween films with this satisfying horror sequel that returns to the original’s strengths.
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Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix weaponize our familiarity with comic book narratives to paint a portrait of personal evil and social dysfunction.
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It Chapter Two is effective and scary if a bit muddled.
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Return of the Jedi is both a technological marvel and one of cinema’s most powerful redemption narratives.
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A rare sequel that goes in a different direction, darker and deeper, The Empire Strikes Back permanently transformed what the Star Wars saga would be.
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The Safdie Brothers continue to mine chaos and momentum in the riveting Uncut Gems.
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Terrence Malick has crafted his most political and religious work yet.
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One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk is a rewarding film and a microcosm of Inuit-settler relations.
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Makoto Shinkai’s follow-up to Your Name is a similarly high-concept exercise in empathy.
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The Platform is both an allegory for class warfare and a seriously entertaining science-fiction horror film.
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The simplicity and iconicity of Star Wars obscures its remarkable formal achievement.
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Sound of Metal has one of the most astounding sound designs in recent memory.
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A gruesome, funny B-movie to end the summer movie season.
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A remarkable documentary that gets at the inherent tensions of a globalized economy.
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In the wake of the new trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the Brothers point out pertinent issues with the Disney Trilogy that need addressing.
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The Great Hack is an addictive primer on the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but it avoids delving into the muddier waters of its subject matter.
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