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Charlotte Gainsbourg began her professional career as an entertainer when she was only 12 but she was already a member of French pop culture royalty before that, being the daughter of the enormously popular French singer...

Mariama Diallo’s “Master” does not work as a horror movie. It is not even remotely scary, its story and lore are confusing and underdeveloped, and the real-life microaggressions it throws at its characters are so familiar...

Israeli director Nadav Lapid’s fourth feature is an imaginatively directed psychodrama about a director’s artistic and emotional crisis, done in the spirit of such navel-gazing auteurist classics as “8 1/2,” “All That Jazz,” “Day for Night,” and “Contempt.” That probably makes...

It feels like the general consensus around this year’s South by Southwest Film Festival has been that the non-fiction portion of the program was stronger than usual. I’ve certainly been luckier on that side of the...

Movies rarely come as chic as “The Outfit,” a thrifty, continually unpredictable whodunit, fashioned with the same meticulousness found in the bones of a deceptively simple suit. (If you will pardon the immediate puns.) It’s surprising...

Jubilation comes to mind when describing the atmosphere of the 27th Critics Choice Awards—win or lose, all were celebrating being together in person this past Sunday evening, March 13. Airing live on The CW and TBS...

Despite universal acclaim, I know many people who couldn’t bring themselves to watch HBO Max’s “Station Eleven” because of the how close it hit home regarding the pandemic. There may be a similar “too much timeliness”...

South by Southwest is seen by many as a music event as much as a film one. Austin, Texas has long been a hot spot for emerging talent and a home for renowned veterans. And so...

Damian Marcano’s vibrant and kaleidoscopic “Chee$e” is the kind of directorial effort you always want to find at a festival—its paint-splattering filmmaking shows a new talent working on all cylinders, making clear their own voice. Marcano comes into...

A 40-ish woman, deeply unsatisfied with her life and over-reliant on alcohol, returns to her hometown in the wake of a family tragedy. Reconnecting with old acquaintances from her youth, she faces old wounds from her...