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Mission: Improbable, Interminable, Undecipherable

The “final” “Mission: Impossible” installment tramples its own tentpole into the ground.

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Review: ‘The Damned’ Keeps the Boredom Between Battles Ultrareal

Roberto Minervini’s no-budget Civil War saga is a beautiful, plotless meditation on the grit, light, violence, and landscapes of American ennui.

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Review: ‘Caught by the Tides’ Goes Back in Time to Arrive There and Now

Jia Zhang-ke collages his past films into a compelling patchwork of China since the turn of the century.

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Review: ‘Summer of 69’ Is a Coming-Of-Age Tale Filled with Cringe, Crass, and Sass

Sam Morelos and Chloe Fineman forge a heartfelt buddy comedy out of blunt lewdness and many, many penis jokes.

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Review: In ‘Henry Johnson,’ There’s No One But the Players and the Played

David Mamet pushes his sharp, deadly serious film to the brink of self-parody. 

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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: A ‘Bonjour Tristesse’ Update Swoons Amid Riviera Vacation Porn

First-timer Durga Chew-Bose substitutes style and surface for drama and emotion. 

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Review: ‘Thunderbolts*’ Finds Its Spark in a Solid Effort

A motley crew of metahumans and mercenaries face the usual suspects: a corrupt government, bad press, depression, and dwindling interest in the MCU.

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Review: ‘April’ Remains the Cruelest Month

Unflinching scenes of birth and abortion frame a complicated protagonist.

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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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