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Leila’s Brothers (2022)
In this searing look at a modern-day Iranian family in crisis, victims are many and answers are few
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Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
This hard-to-watch drama illuminates the harsh choices facing poor families in post-war Italy
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Off to See the Wizard – Again, and Again and …
Why did a childhood enchantment became an adult obsession?
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Spy Game (2001)
Robert Redford keeps you – and his colleagues – guessing as he races to save protégé Brad Pitt
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Trap (2024)
Josh Harnett is the only reason to see Trap, for a closing shot that evokes Norman Bates in that Hitchcock classic
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The Woman in the Window (2021)
Let this be a lesson to filmmakers trying to emulate a masterwork like ‘Rear Window’: Less is more
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Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Buckle up. Michele Yeoh is perfectly cast as the reluctant hero at the chaotic center of countless parallel lives
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Megalopolis (2024)
Even if this isn’t your type of movie, see it anyway. You want to be able to say: I was there when it happened
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Rebel Ridge (2024)
Jeremy Saulnier proves you can deliver a white-knuckle experience without the overworked gunplay and gore
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Hard Hit (2021)
Jo Woo-jin is terrific as the desperate father whose one wrong move could be the end of him and his kids
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Anna (2019)
Sasha Luss executes with intensity and grace in a fast-paced tale that’s more absorbing than expected
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Ashfall (2019)
This disaster extravaganza has the right dose of everything: special effects, high stakes, heroics, betrayal, comedy
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RED 2 (2013)
The RED team (well, most) are back in action, but Mary-Louise Parker once again delivers the chuckles
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RED (2010)
Mary-Louise Parker outshines a dozen other stars in this most watchable espionage-turned-caper tale
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Mission: Cross (2024)
Yum Jung-ah is terrific as the wise-cracking police woman investigating fraudsters … and maybe her husband