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Tag: Capsule Reviews
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Soundcloud Rappers Ride Out the Apocalypse in the Desert
The fact-and-fiction-bending documentary Crestone is an offbeat look at friendship and creativity.
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Two Women Fall in Love in 1800s Upstate New York
The World to Come distinguishes itself from the recent spate of historical queer romances with poetic dialogue and a dreamy tone.
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When UK Punk Rock Fought White Supremacy
In chronicling the Rock Against Racism movement of the ’70s, White Riot sounds a warning for our own times.
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A Slippery Drama About the Uncertainty of Memory
In Hungary’s Oscar submission Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time, a woman is thrown into turmoil when the man she loves apparently doesn’t recognize her.
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How Autistic People See the World, in Their Own Words
The Reason I Jump immerses viewers in the experiences of those on the spectrum.
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A Japanese TV Host Searches for Meaningful Experience in Uzbekistan
In To the Ends of the Earth, Kiyoshi Kurosawa uses the techniques of horror movies to depict the alienation of being a tourist.
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True Crime From a Family’s Point of View
Finding Yingying avoids exploiting a young woman’s abduction and murder by handling her case with compassion and delicacy.
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Four Teachers Decide to Just Be Drunk All the Time
The Danish dramedy film Another Round is a dark but very funny movie about alcoholism.
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A Tale of Colonial Development Versus Primeval Magic
The gorgeous Irish animated feature Wolfwalkers is perfect holiday family viewing.
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A More Personal View of the Killing of Jamal Khashoggi
This year’s second documentary about the Saudi Arabian journalist, The Dissident focuses more on his life story.
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An Elderly Painter Rediscovers His Passion in a Moving Animated Short
Canvas shows how art can connect different generations.