Sweet, sunny, and very silly, it’s a movie that unquestionably has no real reason to exist. But since it does, this is just about the best possible version we could have hoped for.
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Film review: ‘Sorry to Bother You’
“Sorry to Bother You” is an outrageous, wholly original, and dementedly weird feature directorial debut from hip-hop artist and activist Boots Riley. With a swaggering, anti-establishment, punk rock attitude, and fueled by a righteous anger, Riley’s film is an excoriation of late-stage capitalism and greed that plays like a fever dream.
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Film review: ‘Leave No Trace’
The film tells the story of a father and daughter happily living off the grid, squatting on public park land in Portland, Oregon. When a jogger spots the daughter and alerts the authorities, the pair are turned over to social services, who begin efforts to reintegrate them into society.
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Film review: ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’
Left free to veer from the straight man role he played in the first film, Paul Rudd gets to unleash his comedic prowess and gift for physical comedy, and remains an affable hero. The film comes loaded with clever gags and inventive size-shifting action.
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Interview: filmmaker Amy Adrion
In “Half the Picture,” women directors discuss their experiences navigating and finding success in a frequently hostile industry. Director Amy Adrion will be in town for a post-screening discussion on Tuesday, July 10.
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Film review: ‘Incredibles 2’
The highly anticipated sequel to the adored 2004 film had a lot to live up to. With plenty of humor, excitement, and heart, it’s still an exhilarating ride.
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Review: ‘The Seagull’
A tale of unrequited love and unfulfilled aspirations, Anton Chekhov’s bitterly tragic comedy gets an enjoyable — if mostly unremarkable — adaptation, boosted by strong performances from its spectacular cast.
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Film review: ‘Ocean’s 8’
The gender-swapped spin-off of the trilogy of “Ocean’s” films hits all the satisfying elements of a heist movie, while offering the distinct pleasure of watching its insanely talented cast have a blast and look great doing it.
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Film review: ‘On Chesil Beach’
The melancholic film follows newlyweds Florence and Edward during their disastrous first night together as man and wife, at a seaside hotel in Southern England in 1962.
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Film review: ‘Beast’
This psychological thriller sees Moll, a timid twenty-something, rebelling from her family by romancing danger. But “Beast” isn’t just a simple whodunit, moving beyond its premise as Peace peels back the layers of Moll’s own impulse toward destruction.
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Film review: ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’
Providing the origin story of roguish smuggler Han Solo, the film feels like the result of its writers being handed a checklist of events they had to include, and their job was simply to create a
narrative that could connect them. The results are messy and uneven.
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Film review: ‘Deadpool 2’
You know the sequel doesn’t measure up to the original hit film when even the fourth wall-breaking protagonist calls out the lazy writing.
