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‘Christy’ Turns the Story of a Groundbreaking Fighter into an Average Boxing Flick
David Michôd’s movie rests on too many clichés to find the unique aspects of Christy Martin’s story.
Matt Goldberg
Former Editorial Manager at TCM and Chief Film Critic at Collider; still a movie nerd.
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There Is No Xbox
Microsoft is nixing a successful brand and community to chase profits it will never acquire.
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‘Bugonia’: Let’s All Have a Chuckle at Our Utter Powerlessness in the Face of Certain Doom
Director Yorgos Lanthimos remains a master of dark comedy, but his latest feature struggles under its shallow fatalism.
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‘Nouvelle Vague’ Is a Love Letter to Cinema. It’s Weird That It’s on Netflix.
Richard Linklater’s latest will send you hunting for New Wave movies that aren’t available on the biggest streamer.
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‘Hedda’: Nia DaCosta Threw a Lavish Party I Desperately Wanted to Leave
DaCosta’s update of ‘Hedda Gabler’ is an exhausting whirlwind of deception, lust, and status.
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‘Ballad of a Small Player’ Overplays a Weak Hand
The bluster and bombast of Edward Berger’s direction can’t overcome a cliché-ridden, silly script.
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‘Anniversary’: A Knockout Cast Can’t Salvage Jan Kosama’s Poorly Drawn Autocracy
The dramatic thriller features a collection of amazing performances, but they’re undercut by a bland setting.
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‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ Has Too Much Love for The Boss to Respect Him
The film never takes a single chance as it celebrates the creative risks and emotional vulnerability Bruce Springsteen showed on ‘Nebraska.’
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‘Orwell: 2+2=5’: That’s Totalitarianism, Alright
Raoul Peck’s documentary uses Orwell’s writings to explain totalitarianism but does little to expand or unpack the famous author’s observations.
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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Shambles Like a Shadow of His Better Creations
The scariest aspect of his adaptation is that one of our best directors may have run out of things to say.
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‘Good Fortune’: We’re Going to Need a Miracle to Solve This Affordability Crisis
Aziz Ansari’s light comedy may come to familiar conclusions, but sometimes it’s enough to just feel seen.
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‘It Was Just an Accident’: Jafar Panahi’s Brilliant Revenge Story Explores the Prisons We Create
The Iranian director, a victim of his country’s detention policies, wrestles with the impossibility of catharsis.