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John Magaro

Review: Day of the Fight (2024)

Good-looking film from a John Huston grandson could have used a better script

arranged marriage

Review: All We Imagine as Light (2024)

This Cannes Gran Prix winner centers working class women

tropes

Review: The Canyons (2013)

Unpleasant thriller-like artifact, starring Lindsay Lohan, that's less a movie than a curiosity

billionaires

Review: Demon Seed (1977) and Antibirth (2016)

Sci-fi fantasies of forced reproduction are common -- and reflect fascism today

time travel

Review: My Old Ass (2024)

My Old Ass (2024) Written and directed by Megan Park Even before I got out of my teenage years, I noticed that every time I tried to write a story about a teenager, that character would always be exactly one year older than me. It’s natural — you write about

good Germans

Review: Bonhoeffer (2024)

A biopic about an activist and martyr takes the opposite approach: playing it safe

romcom

Review: Compartment No. 6 (2021)

Yura Borisov enlivens this Finnish road movie

Queens

Review: Anora (2024)

Pawns of the billionaire class

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Review: The Outrun (2024)

Saoirse Ronan embodies an alcoholic before, during, and in recovery

architect

Review: Megalopolis (2024)

Spectacle is the main thing in this labor of love by an honored filmmaker

Hollywood

Review: The Substance (2024)

Why are horror movies?

noir

Review: LaRoy, Texas (2024)

John Marguro makes this Southwest Noir debut feature worth watching