The flawed but deeply-felt domestic drama is essentially two movies in one, split into a harrowing first half and an elegiac second.
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Of film and honey
One might be tempted to dismiss “Honey Boy” as navel-gazing, but there’s a vulnerability to what LaBeouf is doing.
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Film review: ‘Marriage Story’
At the center of the film is the idea that it takes the tearing apart of a loving relationship for its players to become conscious of how that relationship worked (or didn’t) in the first place.
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The game’s afoot
Rian Johnson’s ingeniously witty “Knives Out” is released on Friday.
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Feeling neighborly
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” is a story about the real work it takes to manage one’s emotions, and be considerate of others.
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Film preview: ‘Ford v Ferrari’
Matt Damon and Christian Bale play a car designer and race car driver enlisted by Henry Ford II in 1966 to build a car fast enough for the Ford Motor Company to overtake those of Enzo Ferrari at the world’s oldest and most prestigious sports car race.
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Film preview: Anomaly — The Rochester Genre Film Festival
The inaugural festival’s lineup showcases independent films from the genres of horror, science fiction, fantasy, action, dark comedy, and some titles that blend more than one genre (namely supernatural thrillers and, yes, supernatural rom-coms).
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Film preview: ‘The Lighthouse’
“The Lighthouse” sits comfortably within the recent trend of films that plumb the psyches of men, and drudge up all manner of insanity. Lonely and horny, the characters alternate between seemingly wanting to tear each other to shreds, kiss, or violently screw. In its way, “The Lighthouse” is its own sort of love story.
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Film preview: Rochester Polish Film Festival
Spotlighting some of the best that contemporary Polish cinema has to offer, this year’s Polish Film Festival includes an eclectic mix of subjects and genres. Moral ambiguity is deeply explored in stories about love triangles, war, and who is worthy of redemption.
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Film preview: High Falls Women’s Film Festival
Spotlighting movies made by or about women, this year’s festival presents eight narrative features, six documentary features, and four shorts programs by filmmakers from around the world.
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Film review: ‘Joker’
It’s one-note, overly serious, and self-satisfied, making for a film that’s alternately tense and kind of tedious. “Joker” so desperately wants its story to be viewed as holding a mirror up to our violent, empty society.
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Film preview: Witness Palestine Film Festival
Each year the Witness Palestine Film Festival turns our eyes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and to a place where barriers have caused incalculable harm over the course of decades. The festival presents a series of films, talkbacks, and events that seek to foster change and cultivate empathy.
