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Movie Reviews

Dan Webster and Nathan Weinbender give short movie reviews.

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    “Hard Truths” is the latest drama from master British filmmaker Mike Leigh, about a very angry woman and the family who puts up with her. It’s a challenging watch about a challenging person, but Nathan Weinbender says it’s one of the director’s best.
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    “The Room Next Door” is Pedro Almodóvar’s first, and at times awkward, English-language feature film, Dan Webster says in his review.
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    With “The Last Showgirl,” Pamela Anderson makes a comeback as an effective dramatic actress and a surprise Oscar hopeful. Nathan Weinbender looks at the new film from director Gia Coppola.
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    The recent documentary “From Darkness to Light” includes the most footage ever shown of the lost Jerry Lewis film “The Day the Clown Cried.” Like the movie at its center, it’s not available currently. Nathan Weinbender says you should keep your eyes peeled for it.
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    “Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever” the millionaire Bryan Johnson preaches, but Chris Smith’s biopic tells a more complex story, Dan Webster says in his review.
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    Critics everywhere are sharing their lists of the best films of 2024, and Nathan Weinbender has compiled his 10 favorite movies of the last 12 months.
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    James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown” is an effective, if abbreviated, study of Bob Dylan’s early rise, Dan Webster says in his review.
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    “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World” is a comic-serious look at Romanian life, Dan Webster says in his review.
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    Daniel Craig recently received a Golden Globe nomination for his work in “Queer,” Luca Guadagnino’s second feature of 2024. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a ravishing, dreamlike and obtuse film, in keeping with its source novel by William S. Burroughs.
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    Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation “Queer” gives Daniel Craig a chance to make us forget he ever was James Bond, Dan Webster says in his review.