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Chad Byrnes

FILM

‘Materialists’ Looks to Bend the Rom-Com Into a New Shape

Celine Song’s characters are game for a change, but the genre resists.

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Review: ‘Friendship’ Plumbs the Human Condition Through Surrealist Satire

After you stop laughing, Andrew DeYoung’s comedy will have you contemplating the meaning of it all.

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Review: Although Saddled With Glitches, ‘On Swift Horses’ Just Crosses the Finish Line

Sharp performances and cinematography elevate a story that needed more impact.

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Review: ‘Death of a Unicorn’ Is a Creature Feature Satire that Needs Sharper Teeth

Sure, it’s nice to see loathsome billionaires get what’s coming to them, but you want to laugh too.

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Review: ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Tells a Raucous Story From Limited POVs

Bernard MacMahon’s film captures the hard rock band’s roots with galvanic footage and thunderous music, but with little personal drama.

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Review: ‘A Complete Unknown’ Follows Bob Dylan’s 1960s  Journey From the Village to Newport

James Mangold’s portrait of the complicated artist dives deep into celebrity and its trappings.

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Review: Halina Reijn’s ‘Babygirl’ Is a Study of Power, In and Out of the Bedroom

Nicole Kidman gives the performance of her career in this intelligent exploration of female longing.

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Review: ‘A Real Pain’ Stumbles Before Finding Its Footing

Kieran Culkin’s performance as a difficult character on a Holocaust tour repels even as his performance generates sympathy.

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Review: ‘We Live in Time’ Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Flawed Parts

Director John Crowley features humans being human, but struggles for more.

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Review: ‘Megalopolis’ Is a Terrible Place to Visit, But We Sort Of Live There 

Francis Ford Coppola’s bloated, self-indulgent train wreck must be seen to be believed.

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