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Top Picks

Viet and Nam

Audacious, expressionistic, and evocative, Viet and Nam blends a secret romance between two young male coal miners with reverberations of the historic past.

Art for Everybody

The documentary chronicles the life of the complicated painter Thomas Kinkade in a respectful, though brutally honest, manner.

Misericordia

French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie’s latest: a sinister, bizarre, funny, and sexually charged farce.

The Actor

Duke Johnson’s film stands out primarily for its striking visual identity, the kind of that screams “director’s vision” in every frame with all the indulgence and fascination that entails.

Black Bag

A stylish, crackling, London-set tale of spies and duplicity, starring Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett.

A Complete Unknown

Director James Mangold focuses less on biographical details and more on Bob Dylan’s music, which might single-handedly bring the folk movement back into vogue.

Babygirl

It’s doubtful Nicole Kidman has ever been as emotionally and physically vulnerable as she is here.

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