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Review: Men In Black: International is an intergalactic dud
Reboot prioritizes clumsy plot beats and cheap spectacle over its comic and cosmically good-looking stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson Read more
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TV review: HBO's teen drama Euphoria is cynical and shallow
Sam Levinson's warmed-over stylistic maximalism does more to distance the audience from the issues it purports to explore than to elucidate them Read more
Review: Shaft is a waste of Samuel L. Jackson and straight-up awful
Nearly two full decades after the star and John Singleton reinvented the Blaxploitation icon for the 21st century, this inept sequel undoes everything they accomplished Read more
TV review: Jessica Jones: Season 3 goes out on a high note
The cancelled Netflix show lets Krysten Ritter’s superpowered PI be herself in all her bullheaded, resourceful, pissed-off glory Read more
Review: Rolling Thunder Revue is a watchable ramble through a turning point in Bob Dylan's career
Martin Scorsese mixes fact and fantasy in this doc, but the trove of beautifully restored 16mm footage with new and archival interviews is delightful Read more
Review: The Dead Don’t Die will have a cult following in five years
Jim Jarmusch’s often explosively funny zombie movie isn’t scary, but it’s as deadpan as they come Read more
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Review: Deepa Mehta's Netflix series Leila is the Indian Handmaid's Tale
Huma Qureshi and Siddharth star in a thriller that feels like a cross between dystopian Margaret Atwood and the Toronto filmmaker's masterpiece Water Read more
Review: Late Night is a funny and shrewd look at diversity in the entertainment industry
Writer/star Mindy Kaling’s workplace comedy looks at the growing pains that come with Hollywood’s slow pivot through a new climate Read more
Review: Mouthpiece beautifully captures the complexities of modern womanhood
Patricia Rozema's film adaptation of Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava's award-winning two-hander is funny, moving and fully cinematic Read more
Review: fawning Pavarotti documentary is saved by the singer's talent
Ron Howard's portrait of the life and career of operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti checks off all the usual boxes, but glosses over some personal details Read more
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Review: Dark Phoenix torches the X-Men franchise... again
Game Of Thrones’ Sophie Turner emotes a lot but she’s badly directed, and the starry cast from First Class phones it in for their swan song Read more
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TV review: Black Mirror: Season 5 embraces the audacity of hope
After four nihilistic seasons and a gimmicky interactive feature, Charlie Brooker’s dystopian series embraces optimism Read more
Review: Wild Nights With Emily looks at poet Emily Dickinson’s lesbian life
Madeleine Olnek directs a superb Molly Shannon in a funny and touching film that’s anything but a stuffy biopic Read more
Review: The Souvenir is a masterpiece that captures uncomfortable truths
Joanna Hogg’s fourth feature deals with the formation of her own artistic consciousness and refuses to mythologize any of the messy, complicated elements Read more
TV review: Big Little Lies can't justify a new season but there's promise
In Big Little Lies second season, Meryl Streep infiltrates a beautifully messy soap to make Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Laura Dern weak in the knees. Read more
Inside Out review: Queer Coolie-tudes
Academic essay film about queer Indo-Caribbeans in Canada explores identity and reclamation Read more
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Review: Octavia Spencer thrills, but Ma falls short
Ma, a Fatal Attraction-style horror thriller, feels like Taylor’s serving up a corrective to The Help while taking the most superficial notes from Get Out Read more
TV review: The Handmaid’s Tale takes a big turn in season three
There may be some light at the end of this series’ very dark tunnel Read more
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Review: Godzilla, King Of The Monsters gives the fans what they want: gargantuan smackdowns
The sequel to Gareth Edwards's masterful 2014 reboot (and to Kong: Skull Island, as well) pours on the kaiju smackdowns, but falls a little short on the human element Read more
Review: The Fall Of The American Empire marks a major Denys Arcand misstep
The acclaimed director deals with some of his favourite themes, but with no surprises or insights Read more