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Drive My Car (2021)::rating::5::rating::5::rating::5

F or much of Drive My Car, Misaki (Tōko Miura) chauffeurs Yusuke (Hidetoshi Nishikima) to and from his job as a theater director. He listens to cassettes of his late…

Encanto (2021)::rating::4.5

A s a parent to a toddler, I can now assess the landscape of children's movies with a much higher degree of confidence. My verdict: From a story standpoint, most…

West Side Story (2021)::rating::4.5

A s a lifelong Spielberg aficionado, I'm honestly a little shocked it's taken him this long to tackle a musical. His movies have always relied on elaborate, ambitious shots that…

Nightmare Alley (2021)::rating::3.5

W ithin Guillermo del Toro's ambitious, eccentric Nightmare Alley, two very different movies form an awkward coexistence: For much of its first half, we see the dark, sprawling topography of a…

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Infinite (2022)::rating::1

As is, Infinite is just loud, talky, and boring. Just like its titular logo, this movie seems to never end.

Spencer (2021)::rating::3.5

From the opening scene, Spencer announces itself as a sizzling slice of historical fiction. Put another way, this is an imaginative portrait of Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart), painted against the…

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)::rating::3

D espite that title, we never really see the world through the eyes of Tammy Faye Bakker. Instead, the film only serves up a superficial look at the eccentricities we…

The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)::rating::4.5

W ith The Tragedy of Macbeth, director Joel Coen and his longtime collaborators labor greatly to deliver a fresh take on the Shakespearean behemoth. Coen strips the legendary work down to…

Last Night in Soho (2021)::rating::3

Y our tolerance for this wacky, atmospheric thriller will depend on your affinity for the freewheeling era known as Swinging London. If the thought of a film built around the…