Reviews
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Emily the Criminal

"You're a very bad influence." Who says this line, and why, and when, is a testament to the power of "Emily the Criminal," written and directed by
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Day Shift

Dollar theaters were venues where people could see movies for just a few bucks in their "second run," after their initial buzz petered out and first-run theaters kicked...
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Girl Picture

The history of women directing teen sex comedies is longer and more robust than one might initially think. There’s Amy Heckerling’s foundational “Fast Times At Ridgemont High,”...
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The Princess

Over footage of Princess Diana visiting India, a commentator remarks, “When you put a modern person in an ancient institution, they will be destroyed.” This statement, which appears...
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Fall

Scott Mann’s “Fall” belongs to the trapped horror subgenre of films like “The Shallows” and “Open Water,” but it takes a dynamic that usually unfolds...
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Secret Headquarters

“Secret Headquarters” is as bland and forgettable as its title would suggest. It’s so generic, it almost sounds like the name of a better movie translated awkwardly from...
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Inu-oh

It takes a while, but eventually the Japanese animated fantasy “Inu-Oh” becomes a by-the-numbers tragedy about two unsung performers. That’s frustrating given the fundamental disconnect between the movie’s...
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Let the Little Light Shine

“I feel like people are puzzles. A piece of my puzzle is missing.” This is one of countless eloquent observations made by the young people unforgettably featured in...
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Free Chol Soo Lee

“Free Chol Soo Lee,” the new documentary by Julie Ha and Eugene Yi, tells the tragic story of an immigrant wrongfully convicted of murder in San...
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We Are Living Things

With her head resting on a cushion—eyes open and neck exposed—a Chinese woman named Chuyao (Xingchen Lyu) waits for a tattoo artist to implant a tracking device inside...
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