Neither Hayao Miyazaki’s animation nor William Oldroyd’s psychological drama is very good, though both arise out of compelling scenarios.
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Writer-director Justine Triet’s psychological mystery is a meditation on our cultural predilection for interpreting women’s agency as deviant or offensive.
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Kenneth Branagh’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation is a richly satisfying murder mystery with emotional weight.
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David Fincher’s 2011 adaptation of the bestselling novel is queasily voyeuristic in its obsessive interest in a traumatized hacker’s experiences with sexual violence.
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This comedy-thriller of fine dining manners knows the world it’s parodying, but issues of plausibility make the confection a bit wobbly.
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Based upon Delia Owens’ bestseller, the latest from producer Reese Witherspoon is part of an ongoing trend in movies about women who exact revenge on abusive men.
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Based on a Stephen King novel about an abused housewife, director Taylor Hackford's film lags due to procedural storytelling and on-the-nose flashbacks.
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Returning to theaters for its fiftieth anniversary, Francis Ford Coppola’s gratuitous masterpiece maintains a strong influence on American cinema.
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