Wicked
A rare specimen: an unabashedly wholesome family musical with added appeal for tweens.
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The Apprentice
The biopic traces Trump’s rise as an ambitious real estate mogul in the 1970s and ’80s under the tutelage of the bombastic lawyer Roy Cohn.
The Room Next Door | NYFF 2024
This is Pedro Almodóvar at his most straightforward, a modest film without flash, save for the color-coordinated art direction.
No Other Land | NYFF 2024
An illuminating and incisive account of Israel’s control of the West Bank.
Anora | NYFF 2024
If directing is 90% casting, then that is the main reason why Anora remains engaging through its ups and downs.
Diciannove | TIFF 2024
The debut film by Giovanni Tortorici, a spry filmmaker, has moxie.
Anywhere Anytime | TIFF 2024
Director Milad Tangshir’s feature debut expands upon a certain Italian neorealism classic, Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves.
Saturday Night | TIFF 2024
The movie certainly gets one thing right: Many on the original Saturday Night Live were stoned and/or coked-out of their minds.
The Mother and the Bear | TIFF 2024
A sweet, amicable, and droll comedy that honors nosy, overprotective, and concerned mothers everywhere.