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Hamnet (2025)

Hamnet (2025)

An Oscar-winner for the lovely and introspective Nomadland, director Chloé Zhao is back in her wheelhouse with another visually lovely, emotionally intimate drama. Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s novel of...

Linda
The Running Man (2025)

The Running Man (2025)

Years before The Hunger Games, there was The Running Man, Stephen King’s 1982 futuristic dystopian novel about a reality-TV game show where contestants must survive for 30 days while...

Linda
Sentimental Value (2025)

Sentimental Value (2025)

Sentimental Value starts with a narration of the history of a house, a gorgeous piece of  Norwegian folk architecture that looks like a relic in modern Oslo. Generations of...

Linda
Nuremberg (2025)

Nuremberg (2025)

Several Hollywood movies have been released in recent months that seem to serve as neon-arrow warnings to the American public. Superman warned of a tech genius using his influence...

Linda
I Wish You All the Best (2025)

I Wish You All the Best (2025)

What the world needs now are movies like I Wish You All the Best—gentle stories filled with kindness and acceptance, showing that society will not collapse when young people...

Linda
Frankenstein (2025)

Frankenstein (2025)

It doesn’t take a film critic to see aspects of Mary Shelley’s horror classic Frankenstein bountifully sprinkled throughout Guillermo del Toro’s career—from misunderstood creatures (The Shape of Water), to...

Linda
Die My Love (2025)

Die My Love (2025)

Die My Love is a scene-exploding showcase for Jennifer Lawrence, portraying a first-time mother unraveling in her isolation. At times, it’s uncomfortable to watch for its sheer rawness; other...

Linda
Ballad of a Small Player (2025)

Ballad of a Small Player (2025)

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone sweat in a movie as much as poor Colin Farrell in Ballad of a Small Player. Whether it’s from the constant, shirt-soaking...

Linda
Hedda (2025)

Hedda (2025)

First off, it must be said: Hedda certainly looks gorgeous—both the movie and Tessa Thompson as the titular character Hedda Gabler. Writer/director Nia DaCosta has taken Henrik Ibsen’s classic...

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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025)

Anyone who has been a caregiver—whether taking care of a child, caring for someone who is seriously ill, or parenting an elderly parent—will absolutely relate to the character at...

Linda
After the Hunt (2025)

After the Hunt (2025)

Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt efficiently introduces the main players of this entangled, moralistically murky tale. We are dropped into any Ivy League house party hosted in a professor’s...

Linda
Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025)

Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025)

When first I heard that Kiss of the Spider Woman (originally brought to the screen in 1985, winning an Oscar for William Hurt) was being turned into a Broadway...

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