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3 HEARTS Humble tax collector Marc and the beautiful, mysterious Sylvie fall head over heels in love after a single night together — but happenstance of the most infuriating kind keeps them apart,...
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ANY QUESTIONS FOR BEN? Millennials are easy to make fun of, given our flighty, technology-obsessed natures. But this Australian film makes fun without being all that fun. Any Questions focuses on Ben,...
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FRESNO Shannon the sex addict (Judy Greer) gets a job working alongside her lesbian sister Martha (Natasha Lyonne) as a hotel maid in Fresno, Calif. She relapses with a hotel guest, and one comedy of...
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MY DARLING IS A FOREIGNER The mostly homogenous Japanese culture has a complex attitude toward interracial marriage — one that sadly does not get explored in this shallow, awkward film. Based on a...
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DOPE Three black kids end up dealing drugs to their friends except these studious, musical, Donald Glover-loving teens only got in this whole mess through a lot of happenstance and one party gone...
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CHAPPIE In this mostly unsuccessful amalgamation of every artificial intelligence movie ever, a man tries to create his own AI (yes, think Ultron, think RoboCop) in a world policed by machines, only...
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ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL Critics tend to find movies about movies endearing — but not this time. Greg is a cinephile and self-absorbed high-schooler who winds up befriending Rachel — a girl...
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AMY Amy is difficult to watch because this story’s ending hangs over every scene: Singer Amy Winehouse died at 27 of alcohol poisoning. The documentary lovingly, gently paints a portrait of Winehouse...
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DELI Man This love letter to the Jewish deli is both charming and repetitive. Director Erik Greenberg Anjou focuses on the Jewish deli as both a business enterprise and cultural hallmark, interviewing...
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GEMMA BOVERY Gemma Bovery is a film based on a graphic novel based on a book — and it seems something has been lost in all those adaptations. Bakery owner Martin is delighted to find out that his new...
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DRAGON BALL Z: RESSURECTION ‘F’ It’s been 31 years, and Dragon Ball‘s Goku is still one of the most iconic anime characters of all time — no wonder he’s still getting feature films. The resurrected...
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THE GIFTAt first, The Gift seems like a conventional “stalk the yuppie” ‘90s flick. The handsome, successful Simon (Jason Bateman) and his lovely wife, Robyn (Rebecca Hall), find themselves slowly...
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RETURN TO SENDER The fastidious, self-sufficient Miranda (Rosamund Pike) finds her stable lifestyle ruined when a blind date goes horribly wrong — she is raped in her own kitchen by William (Shiloh...
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EX MACHINA Nathan (Oscar Isaac), an unquestionably immoral search engine CEO, has created the world’s ultimate artificial intelligence — Ava (Alicia Vikander). He hires programmer Caleb (Domhnall...
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HAPPINESS NEVER COMES ALONE Sacha and Charlotte meet by chance one rainy Paris night, jump into bed and fall in love — but the path to happiness in this French romantic comedy is lined with three...
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FANTAIL Tania, a white girl who identifies as a Maori, is devoted to her sickly mother and her rambunctious brother Pi — who quickly runs off and gets himself entangled with a bunch of bad-news...
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CHARLIE’S COUNTRY Serving as a reminder that indigenous peoples often have turned into outsiders within their own countries, Charlie’s Country tells a sobering story, yet never devolves into finger...
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EVEREST Even 20 years ago, Mount Everest was merely a challenge, not an impossibility. But one fateful day in May 1996, a glut of climbers attempting to scale the world’s most famous peak were caught...
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99 HOMES As the housing bubble bursts, some get evicted — and others get rich. Rick Carver (Michael Shannon) evicts people and makes a bundle selling their homes back to the government. In a cruel...
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A BRILLIANT YOUNG MIND Troubled geniuses are a popular cinematic topic of late. This take on the genre is less pleasing than others, though. Autistic math prodigy Nathan Ellis (Asa Butterfield) is a...
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