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Film review: ‘The Dinner’

Tense conversation and high-end cuisine propel the plot of “The Dinner.” Stanley (Richard Gere), a congressman in the midst of a gubernatorial campaign, and his history-scholar brother, Paul (Steve Coogan), along with their wives Claire (Laura Linney) and Kate (Rebecca Hall), meet for dinner at a chic restaurant. As course after ostentatious course is served, […]

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Film Review: “The Gift”

Subtlety and restraint aren’t qualities one expects to find in most modern thrillers, but “The Gift,” whose marketing has suggested a sleazy domestic thriller in the vein of “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle” or “Single White Female,” finds ways to surprise its audience at every turn. Marking the impressive directing debut of actor Joel […]

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