Saturday, May 16, 2026

A look behind the Kremlin's walls

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   It's easy to see why director Olivier Assayas may have been drawn to Giuliano Da Empoli 's novel about the machinations behind ...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

On the road to nowhere in Italy

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Two wide-sodden thieves ( Sergio Romano and Pierpaolo Capovilla ) wander the Veneto region of Italy in The Last One for the Road .  Romano...

His wish for love is granted, but ….

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  Bear ( Michael Johnston ), who works at a store that sells musical instruments, has a major crush on Nikki ( Inde Navarrette ), a co-work...
Thursday, May 7, 2026

Billie Eilish powers 3D concert film

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      I am not a  Billie Eilish  fan. I'm also not a Billie Eilish detractor. Put another way,  I've had limited exposure to the wor...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

'Sheep Detectives' on the case

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  What a preposterous idea. Who wants to watch a movie about a flock of sheep intent on discovering who murdered their beloved shepherd? Di...

Bob's Cinema Diary: 'Hokum' and 'One Spoon of Chocolate'

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  Hokum  Director  Damian McCarthy  tries to turn familiar ingredients into something unexpected in  Hokum , a horror movie about an embitte...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

A family story seen obliquely

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    Blue Heron , an absorbing debut film from Canadian director  Sophy Romvari , begins as if it's going to be an idyl about the joys of...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

A road movie ends with heartbreak

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   In the movie,  Omaha , a recently widowed father  (John Magaro ) takes his nine-year-old daughter Ella ( Molly Belle Wright ) and his si...

'Prada 2': Less devlish but still amusing

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    It has been 20 years since The Devil Wears Prada became a box-office hit. The Devil Wears Prada 2 , a belated sequel, reunites the princ...