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Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)

Comedy Rated NR

“…just when it seems to settle in as a black comedy, the movie turns grisly.”

20th Century Women (2016)

Drama Rated R

“…for most of these characters, this is a season of life in which everything seems to be happening too quickly.”

Nocturnal Animals (2016)

Drama Rated R

“…has no compelling center.”

Paterson (2016)

Comedy Rated R

“…exudes something that eludes so many of us: contentment.”

Hidden Figures (2016)

Drama Rated PG

“…a rare glimpse of the black experience as it pertains to wider American history.”

Fences (2016)

Drama Rated PG-13

“…depicts a man whose entire world exists in a tug-of-war between the Civil War and Civil Rights.”

Toni Erdmann (2016)

Drama Rated R

“…hilarious, bizarre, and oddly sweet.”

Jackie (2016)

Drama Rated R

“…a psychodrama more than a standard biopic.”

Julieta (2016)

Drama Rated R

“…unfolds with a Hitchcockian sense of mystery and Almodovar’s usual bursts of color.”

A Monster Calls (2016)

Family Rated PG-13

“…has some arresting creative flourishes, as well as enough genuine emotion to forgive the more maudlin touches.”

Recent Reviews

The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026)

Drama Rated PG-13

“… a ‘let them eat cake’ distraction for the multiplex crowd.”

Silkwood (1983)

Drama Rated R

“Streep is as loose as she’s ever been…”

Mother Mary (2026)

Drama Rated R

“A collage of religio-goth gestures…”


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