For devotees looking to see Wicked explode on to the screen, Chu’s vision won’t disappoint.
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Paddington in Peru offers an idea of Britishness that’s multifaceted and modern.
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The film paints a vivid portrait of what life was like for Black South Africans under apartheid.
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Gints Zilbalodis’s animated feature is movingly attuned to its characters’ primal instincts.
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Kapadia discusses her influences, her exploration of language, and more.
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Red One tries to straddle the line of naughty and nice, and ends up being nothing as a result.
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Dream Team’s absurdist brand flirts with art-for-art’s-sake disengagement.
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Like so many latter-day Scott films, Gladiator II at once feels half-baked but overstuffed.
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Taormina discusses how “sonder” informs the shape and texture of his work.
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