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Red, White and Blue (2020)

Drama Rated NR

“Boyega gives the somewhat routine proceedings a jolt of magnetic star power.”

Lovers Rock (2020)

Drama Rated NR

“…a work of freedom.”

Mangrove (2020)

Drama Rated NR

“…the story of a man rightly radicalized.”

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)

Drama Rated R

“…a double showdown—of characters and supreme acting talents.”

Mank (2020)

Drama Rated R

“When it settles down, which is rare, the movie works as an exercise in cinephile time travel…”

Gunda (2020)

Documentary Rated G

“Charlotte’s Web meets slow cinema…”

Emma. (2020)

Romantic Comedy Rated PG

“…a cheerful confection—brightly colored, briskly consumed.”

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (2020)

Drama Rated NR

“…traces a bar’s final bleary, belligerent, occasionally beautiful 24 hours.”

Possessed (1947)

Drama Rated NR

“…a portrait of a woman for whom logic and reason has washed away, lost in a spreading ocean of mental illness.”

Olive Kitteridge (2014)

Rated NR

“McDormand delivers a fearless portrayal of someone who is fully human.”

Recent Reviews

Out of the Past (1947)

Thriller Rated NR

“Mitchum holds the screen in the palm of his hand without appearing to even try…”

The Bride! (2026)

Horror Rated R

“The fun here is in the audacious attempt and the performances.”

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Comedy Rated NR

“A bit of a whiff for Frank Capra…”


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