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April 2020

April 04, 2020
This story of a small-town teenager’s journey to a legal abortion is quietly devastating.

March 2020

March 29, 2020
Fans of “12 Monkeys” and “Brazil” will feel back in familiar territory with this brilliant...
March 28, 2020
This fictionalized take on the Polish phenomenon of impostor priests incisively considers whether the ideals...
March 26, 2020
Jesse Eisenberg and a superb international cast bring to life a little-known tale of WWII...
March 25, 2020
Indulge me in a digression from film criticism.
March 24, 2020
This HBO documentary isn’t great shakes stylistically, but it still delivers a worthwhile overview of...
March 22, 2020
Now streaming on Amazon, this tale of murder and missing money plays out enjoyably against...
March 20, 2020
An announcement, plus recommendations for home viewing during social distancing and shelter in place.
March 17, 2020
This documentary celebrating “the Jane Goodall of giraffes” would make for enjoyable, enlightening viewing during...
March 15, 2020
Eight years after “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” director Benh Zeitlin is back with an...
March 10, 2020
Visually lush and stuffed with terrific performances, this made me smile more than any new...
March 08, 2020
The setting and themes are hardly innovative, but an exciting, heartfelt final act compensates for...
March 02, 2020
A few minutes of concluding redemption don’t compensate for 110 minutes of watching Elizabeth Moss...
March 01, 2020
Winner of the Ophir (Israel’s Oscar), this feature meticulously, insightfully shows the stepwise radicalization of...

February 2020

February 25, 2020
This unsettling feature debut, by writer/director Carlo Mirabella-Davis, stars Haley Bennett as a pregnant housewife...
February 23, 2020
Julia Garner’s performance is one of the few bright spots in this otherwise drab film.
February 20, 2020
This second feature collaboration by Rashaad Ernesto Green and Zora Howard leaves me hoping for...
February 15, 2020
The American remake of the tense, darkly comic Swedish drama “Force Majeure” boasts some good...
February 13, 2020
Available for home viewing, Denis Do’s award-winning debut is based on his mother’s stories of...
February 09, 2020
And that’s nearly the only thing going for these further adventures of Harley Quinn, still...
February 05, 2020
Now streaming on Netflix, this film dramatizes in real time a life-changing encounter between two...
February 01, 2020
If you’re looking for an insubstantial action movie to tide you over till the next...

January 2020

January 31, 2020
Available for home viewing, this gem is the rare film that honestly focuses on the...
January 26, 2020
Guy Ritchie’s latest film is stuffed with strong performances, and boasts a witty screenplay that...
January 21, 2020
In this engrossing documentary (available to watch at home), five experts traverse 1200 miles of...
January 18, 2020
In this sunny anime, now available for home viewing, a grieving girl finds comfort among...
January 14, 2020
Anime director Makoto Shinkai (“Your Name”) is in top form with his latest teen-centered tale,...
January 08, 2020
Now available for free home viewing, this documentary intimately shows a family’s flight from a...
January 07, 2020
After the racism and Islamophobia of “The 15:17 to Paris” and “American Sniper,” Clint Eastwood...
January 01, 2020
The hardest part of this critic’s work? Narrowing down a superb year at the movies...
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