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‘Natchez’ Review: Shrewd Doc Explores a Southern City’s Struggle to Acknowledge History
In her Tribeca award winner, Suzannah Herbert observes a Mississippi city known for its antebellum celebrations.
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Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 10 Best Films of 2025 So Far
Faves from the first half of the year include a bracing take on the New York rom-com, an intimate John Lennon doc and a Steven Soderbergh-helmed ghost story.
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‘F1: The Movie’ Review: Brad Pitt and Damson Idris Power Joseph Kosinski’s Exhilarating Motor Racing Drama
The 'Top Gun: Maverick' helmer's feature, which counts Lewis Hamilton as a producer and features Javier Bardem and Kerry Condon, is about the late-career return of a once promising Formula 1 driver.
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‘Just Kids’ Review: Tender and Informative Doc Examines Impact of Gender-Affirming Care Bans Sweeping the U.S.
Gianna Toboni's Tribeca-bowing feature follows a handful of trans kids and their families as they navigate the hostile environment of conservative states in America.
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‘Tow’ Review: Rose Byrne’s Committed Performance Grounds a Compassionate Portrait of Homelessness
The actress plays an unhoused Seattle woman who goes to battle against a tow company in Stephanie Laing's feature, co-starring Octavia Spencer, Ariana DeBose and Demi Lovato.
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‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Review: DreamWorks Live-Action Remake Retains Charm but Plays It Safe
Original 'How to Train Your Dragon' screenwriter Dean DeBlois solo-directs this take on the popular franchise, which follows the adventures of a young Viking and the creature he befriends.
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‘Straw’ Review: Taraji P. Henson and Teyana Taylor in Tyler Perry’s Reliably Overwrought Netflix Thriller
Sherri Shepherd also stars in this feature about a single mother who gets caught up in a robbery scheme while caring for her sick daughter.
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‘Rosemead’ Review: Lucy Liu Plays a Desperate Mother in a Harrowing Portrait of the Asian American Mental Health Crisis
The actress plays a Chinese immigrant battling a terminal illness while navigating her son's worsening schizophrenia in Eric Lin's Tribeca-bowing directorial debut.
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‘Echo Valley’ Review: Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney Star in Apple TV+’s Satisfyingly Tense Domestic Thriller
A bereaved mother must decide how far she will go for her daughter in Michael Pearce's film, also featuring Domhnall Gleeson, Fiona Shaw and Kyle MacLachlan.
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‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ Review: A Writer Confronts the Terrors of Romance and a Blank Page in Laura Piani’s Charming Debut
Camille Rutherford plays a French bookseller who gets the opportunity of a lifetime to attend a writing residency named after her favorite author.
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‘The Wave’ Review: Sebastián Lelio’s Rousing but Elementary Feminist Musical
The latest film from the Chilean director ('A Fantastic Woman,' 'The Wonder') is a musical drama inspired by a protest movement that swept Chile in 2018.
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Gay Kink, Godard (Via Linklater) and German Girlhood: THR’s Critics Pick the 20 Best Films of Cannes 2025
The new Spike Lee joint, an inventive Brazilian political thriller and a Scandinavian family drama spiked with humor were among other standouts from the world's pre-eminent film festival.
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