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‘Ghost Boy’ Review: A Haunting Look at One Man’s Long, Devastating Struggle to Come Out of His Shell
The latest documentary from Rodney Ascher ('Room 237,' 'A Glitch in the Matrix') revisits the harrowing life of locked-in syndrome survivor Martin Pistorius.
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‘It Ends’ Review: A Road Trip Takes a Dark Turn in a Well-Crafted if Repetitive Indie Thriller
Writer-director Alexander Ullom's feature debut is a conceptual horror flick that's much more about the journey than the destination.
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The 10 Best Baseball Movies of All Time, Ranked
With Carson Lund’s ‘Eephus’ — about the final game in an amateur league of aging players — hitting the big screen, a THR film critic ranks 10 other movies that took viewers out to the ballgame.
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Why ‘Emilia Pérez’ Was Oscar Snubbed But Conquered France’s César Awards
Karla SofÃa Gascón's resurfaced tweets torpedoed the film's Oscar campaign — it won just 2 Academy Awards out of 13 nominations — but didn't impact the French honors, where 'Emilia Pérez' won best film. "Cancel culture plays less of a role here than it does in America," says one producer.
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‘My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow’ Review: Julia Loktev’s Piercing Chronicle of Russian Journalists Targeted by Their Own Government
The 324-minute documentary, the first in a two-part series, follows a handful of female reporters in the months leading up to the invasion of Ukraine.
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‘The Safe House’ Review: A Whimsical French May ’68 Dramedy That Never Cuts Deep
Bowing in Berlin's competition, Swiss director Lionel Baer's latest follows a Jewish family bunkered down in an apartment while student protests rock the city of Paris.
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‘Hysteria’ Review: Religion, Immigration and Ambition Collide on a Movie Shoot in This Shrewdly Scathing German Whodunit
Director Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay’s new feature follows a second assistant director trying to save a production that spins out of control when a copy of the Koran is burnt on set.
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‘Timestamp’ Review: Powerful Ukrainian Documentary Captures Both Pain and Resilience of Children During Wartime
Director Kateryna Gornostai chronicles schools around Ukraine following Russia's invasion, revealing how students and teachers have managed to adapt.
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‘Holding Liat’ Review: Emotional Darren Aronofsky-Produced Israeli Hostage Doc Doesn’t Shy Away From a Complex Situation
Brandon Kramer's Berlin-bowing film is a bracing account of an Israeli-American family whose lives were upended when two of them were taken hostage by Hamas on October 7th, 2023.
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‘Kontinental ’25’ Review: Romanian Auteur Radu Jude Delivers Another Caustic Modern Morality Tale
The latest feature from the director of 'Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World' follows a woman dealing with her guilt after her actions drive a homeless man to suicide.
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‘The Message’ Review: A Minimalist, Beautifully Shot Argentine Road Movie That Celebrates Both Nature and the Supernatural
Writer-director Ivan Fund's roving black-and-white feature, which played competition in Berlin, follows a little girl who claims she can read the minds of animals.
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‘What Marielle Knows’ Review: In This Darkly Clever German Comedy, a Teenage Girl Can See Right Through Her Parents
Writer-director Frédéric Hambalek's second feature follows a family of three whose life is upended when their daughter suddenly gains telepathic powers.
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