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Poor Things (2023)

Comedy Rated R

“A signature achievement and utterly exhausting.”

The Boy and the Heron (2023)

Family Rated PG-13

“As urgent, immediate, and imaginative as anything Miyazaki has made…”

Monster (2023)

Drama Rated PG-13

“…takes the long way around to get to the movie it ultimately wants to be.”

Fallen Leaves (2023)

Romantic Comedy Rated NR

“…won’t change your world—but it’s nice watching two lost people experience a hopeful change in theirs.”

Saltburn (2023)

Rated R

“The Talented Mr. Ripley for the cool kids.”

For Sama (2019)

Documentary Rated NR

“A shockingly raw combination of first-person reporting and personal video diary…”

Four Daughters (2023)

Documentary Rated NR

“The more avant-garde it becomes, the more interesting Four Daughters is.”

Napoleon (2023)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“Vigorously made, but still feeling creakily of another filmmaking era…”

The Killer (2023)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“A master class in hitmanship given by a deluded teacher…”

The Holdovers (2023)

Drama Rated R

“…about the hard, hard work of small acts of kindness.”

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Z (1969)

Drama Rated NR

“. . . a bitter, brilliant pill to swallow.”

Power Ballad (2026)

Drama Rated R

“If you weren’t a dad before seeing Power Ballad, you’d likely be transformed into one by the movie’s end.”

Backrooms (2026)

Horror Rated R

“Parsons proves to be an expert manipulator of space with the camera.”


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