‘Mission: Impossible — Fallout’ and the Bliss of the Hyper-Human Tom Cruise
Mr. Cruise works hard in a movie that embraces the oldies (blonde with knife in garter) while pushing to greater spectacle-cinema extremes.
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Photo CreditBrian Stauffer Fictional Police Brutality, Real Emotional Toll
When movies and shows from “Blindspotting” to “Detroit” wrestle with the emotional toll of violence against black people, their creators’ intentions matter.
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Thrills, Tears and the Real Gone Girls of Cinema
Women have been behind the camera since movies were invented, but their work has often been ignored. A BAMcinématek series helps set the record straight.
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Photo CreditJonathan Prime/Universal Pictures Review: ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ Takes a Detour and Loses Its Kick
Almost every member of the original cast of “Mamma Mia!” is back for this sequel, except for one major player. And, boy, is she missed.
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Photo CreditGlen Wilson/Columbia Pictures Review: Denzel Washington Plays Judge, Jury and Executioner in ‘The Equalizer 2’
Antoine Fuqua directs this violent, indefensibly entertaining sequel about an avenger who dispenses pulverizing justice one broken bone at a time.
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Photo CreditAriel Nava/Lionsgate Review: ‘Blindspotting’ Walks a Tense Line in a Gentrifying Oakland
Written by and starring Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, the film struggles to balance its ambition as an entertainment with its social concerns.
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Photo CreditScott Patrick Green/Amazon Studios Anatomy of a Scene | ‘Don’t Worry’
Gus Van Sant narrates this scene from “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot’ featuring Joaquin Phoenix as the disabled cartoonist John Callahan. Here, Callahan operates an electric wheelchair for the first time. Mr. Van Sant discusses how the sequence was shot.
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Photo CreditDan Chung/Bleecker Street Review: ‘McQueen’ Reveals a Dazzling and Divisive Talent
A documentary from Ian Bonhôte explores the recurring motif of triumph over abuse in the fashion designer’s world.
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Photo CreditShisso Production The Hard Road of the Japanese Documentary Maker
Kazuo Hara, a leading figure in a little-known branch of the film world, brings his latest boundary-pushing documentary to the Japan Cuts festival.
