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May 24, 2018 — A series in New York celebrates an illustrious, multifaceted talent.
May 23, 2018 — About halfway through Cristian Mungiu’s Graduation (2016), Dr. Romeo Aldea (Adrian Titieni) finds himself in a patch of woods in the middle of the night, crying. It’s a surprisingly vulnerable moment for a protagonist who is usually all business. We’re...
May 21, 2018 — Beyond the Hills (2012) tells the story of a real-life Romanian tragedy that attracted international media attention in 2005: the death of a young woman submitted to a shockingly medieval exorcism at a small monastery in Moldavia. The monastery was...
May 18, 2018 — Improvising to Jim Jarmusch’s film in real time, Neil Young created a rich parallel environment that sounds like a force of nature.
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May 18, 2018 — The young Chinese director transports critics to a state of “melancholic bliss.”
In Theaters
May 17, 2018 — Repertory Picks On Sunday afternoon and Wednesday evening, at Film Streams’ historic Dundee Theater in Omaha, Nebraska, Ettore Scola’s 1977 film A Special Day will show on the big screen. Anchored by against-type turns by screen icons Sophia Loren and...
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May 16, 2018 — Workers and management face off in a French factory, and the reviews are so-so.
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May 16, 2018 — Critical reception is subdued compared to the raves for Happy Hour (2015).
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May 16, 2018 — Joachim Trier’s jury goes for a satire about a Portuguese soccer star.
May 15, 2018 — Critics come down hard on this portrait of a serial killer, but the film does have its champions.