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Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)

Drama Rated PG-13

“…as if the masterful Romanian abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days had been remade as a piece of scruffy American neorealism.”

Beach Rats (2017)

Drama Rated R

“…an intimate portrait of the cost that is paid when a teenager feels societal pressure to remain closeted.”

Following (1998)

Thriller Rated R

“Appropriately, the first shot in Christopher Nolan’s feature debut is of a wooden box full of clues…”

Jezebel (1938)

Drama Rated NR

“Does Jezebel chart Bette Davis’ redemption, or punishment?”

Mulan (1998)

Family Rated G

“…the show tunes and sidekicks are largely unnecessary.”

Purple Rain (2020)

Musical Rated R

“Transcendent music can cover a multitude of sins…”

This is Spinal Tap (1984)

Comedy Rated R

“Little riffs of comic genius can be heard amidst the heavy-metal cacophony of This is Spinal Tap…”

Of Human Bondage (1934)

Rated NR

“What makes Of Human Bondage interesting is how unapologetic Davis is.”

First Cow (2020)

Drama Rated PG-13

“In First Cow, history is at once engrossing and mundane.”

Onward (2020)

Family Rated PG

“…a combination of Dungeons & Dragons and The Simpsons.”

Recent Reviews

Toy Story 5 (2026)

Family Rated PG

“If Toy Story 5 doesn’t quite rise to the challenge of its conceit, it still offers plenty of familiar fun.”

Rose of Nevada (2026)

Horror Rated NR

“…a work of oblique horror, a ghost story that’s something of an apparition itself.”

Z (1969)

Drama Rated NR

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


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