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Lawrence Garcia
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Dec 17
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For one blissful month, it seemed like the defining moment of movie culture this year might be the most joyful one,…
Dec 9
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Any movie can achieve a moment of greatness. We’re talking about those few minutes that stick with you for a…
Dec 7
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To The Ends Of The Earth is the sort of film that’s too easily tagged as a “departure” for its veteran director.…
Nov 4
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Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Oct 6
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Note: The writer of this review watched Yellow Rose from home on a digital screener. Before making the decision to…
Aug 12
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Just about everyone agrees that 1999 was a great year for movies. We here at The A.V. Club do not beg to differ: We…
Jul 9
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A few weeks ago, the Academy announced that it would be extending the eligibility window for next year’s Oscars by a…
Jul 6
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Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Jun 23
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Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Apr 29
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In the year 1774, some time before the French Revolution, a group of aristocratic libertines exiled from the court…
Mar 4
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C+
It takes less than 10 minutes for The Banker to establish its hack-biopic, based-on-a-true-story credentials. After…
Jan 21
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I Wish I Knew, a 2010 documentary shot in Shanghai, closes with two starkly contrasting views: one from the…
Dec 18 2019
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At the beginning of Invisible Life, Brazil’s official submission for next year’s Foreign Language Oscar category,…
Dec 3 2019
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Daniel Isn’t Real, a new horror movie from director Adam Egypt Mortimer, explicates its title almost immediately.…
Nov 11 2019
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In Mati Diop’s Atlantics, discontent reigns over the port city of Dakar, where a futuristic high-rise towers like…
Nov 5 2019
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“I miss the clout of being First Lady,” admits Imelda Marcos, the widow of former Philippine president Ferdinand…
Aug 27 2019
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The Load is a movie in which little is said, but a lot is implied. Set during the Kosovo War, at the height of…
Aug 6 2019
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In 1979, China launched its one-child policy, which legally prohibited most parents from having more than a single…
Jul 30 2019
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To make a movie about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is, necessarily, to work with volatile materials. And from…