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‘Leave the World Behind’ Is the Ultimate Apocalypse-Karen Movie
Julia Roberts freaks the f*ck out over the end of the world in director Sam Esmail’s star-friendly Armageddon-lit adaptation
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‘Poor Things’: What If Emma Stone Was Frankenstein But Feminist and Horny?
The actor outdoes herself in Yorgos Lanthimos’ brilliant take on the Prometheus myth brimming with satire, female empowerment, and sex — lots of sex
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20 Best Movies of 2023
From historical tragedies to raucous raunch-coms, Oppenheimer to Barbie — these were the films that made us think the movies are alive, well, and possibly better than ever
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'Eileen' Is One Genuinely F-cked Up Psychological Thriller
Ottessa Moshfegh's first novel gets a properly dark, take-no-prisoners adaptation — and is a hell of a showcase for its actors
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‘Faraway Downs’: How Baz Luhrmann Turned a Movie Misfire Into a Magnificent Miniseries
Elvis director discusses why he chose to turn his 2008 film Australia, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, into a Hulu miniseries
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‘May December’: Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore’s Twisted Tabloid Scandal
Carol director Todd Haynes turns the story of an actor shadowing a Mary Kay Letourneau type into a brilliant, heartbreaking melodrama
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‘American Symphony’: Jon Batiste Gave Us the Best Music Doc of the Year
The singer-musician-composer writes his magnum opus while his wife battles cancer in a moving ode to love, creativity, and the art of survival
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‘Saltburn’: Sex, Lies, and a Very Naked Barry Keoghan
Emerald Fennell follows up Promising Young Woman with an equally provocative satire about the young, rich, and privileged — and turns the young Irish actor into a star
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‘Napoleon’: Ridley Scott’s Portrait of an Emperor as a Total Douchebag
The Gladiator director and Joaquin Phoenix turn an epic saga of love and war into a difficult-man drama. It almost works
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‘Thanksgiving’: Eli Roth’s Throwback Slasher Can Go Stuff Itself
What started as a feature-length take on an ingenious fake trailer is now just another messy, lazy horror film that strains to be merely mediocre
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