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Chuck Wilson

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Review: In ‘The Life of Chuck,’ the World Might Be Going to Hell, But the Dancing’s Terrific

Mike Flanagan’s take on Stephen King’s novella foregrounds graceful moves over narrative reveals.

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Review: ‘The Friend’ Is More Than Man’s – Or Woman’s – Best Friend

Don’t expect ‘Marley and Me’ when Bill Murray and Naomi Watts share the screen with a Great Dane that doesn’t do cute.

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Review: ‘Bring Them Down’ Is a Downer that Might Keep You Watching

Christopher Andrews’s first feature relies on its lead actors’ deep emotional dives to hang onto its audience.

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Review: ‘Nickel Boys’ Shifts POVs to Tell a Disquieting Coming of Age Tale 

RaMell Ross brings Colson Whitehead’s novel to acute life.

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Review: ‘High Tide’ Drives Its Protagonist to Find Himself

Marco Calvani’s characters find that days at the beach are not always a day at the beach. 

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Review: ‘Between the Temples’ Goes From the Head to the Heart

Nathan Silver gives his actors plenty of room for wit, pain, and surprise.

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Still from the 2024 film, Crossing.

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Review: ‘Crossing’ Traverses Borders and Boundaries

Levan Akin’s latest lets the natural flow of life dictate the action.

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Review: ‘Janet Planet’ Revolves Around a Mother Who Eclipses Her Daughter

Writer/director Annie Baker observes the relationship as the daughter observes the mother.

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Review: ‘Camp Snoopy’ Brings Pathos and Joy to a Boy and His Dog Tale

Charles Schulz’s Peanuts gang still offers LOLs but never loses sight of the human condition. 

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2024 movie Sting

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Review: ‘Sting’ Brings Some Serious Bite

With a meta opening sequence and visceral puppetry instead of CGI, Aussie Kiah Roache-Turner delivers more gotcha than gore. 

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