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Filmmaker Alex Garland says that he wants to prompt conversation, and by not making explicit what either side of the conflict represents, he perhaps allows for at least a tentative reach across the yawning divide

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Why does this feature directorial debut feel like such a breath of fresh air?

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These films have a tendency to evaporate from your memory once you’re done with the cinematic carnage

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For the fourth year in a row, the Ann Arbor Film Festival is able to pay filmmakers to show their films in competition

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Following the trailblazing 1972 presidential run of the first Black woman elected to Congress, the film often struggles to find the personal in the political

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The actress-influencer reunites with director Michael Mohan for this nasty, nutty nunsploitation flick

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While some may see the hijinks as enjoyable, computer-animated tomfoolery, this sequel doesn’t bring anything new to the table

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Even broadly speaking, this Netflix Original is unlike anything Sandler has done in his 35 years of film

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This year may not have been the year for Detroit to win the Super Bowl, but without a doubt, our time is coming

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The film includes interviews with techno pioneer ‘Mad’ Mike Banks

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This might be the most clear-eyed film about saviors and schisms since ‘Monty Python’s Life of Brian.’ (Seriously.)

Tags: Movies, Movies, Views & Opinions, Dune, sci-fi movies, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Denis Villeneuve, Video

The event will include a memorabilia raffle, illustrated prints available for purchase, and a pre-show DJ

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This sapphic jam puts lesbians in the driver’s seat

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Tran Ahn Hung has made a movie about gastronomy that is, at heart, a love story

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The upscale cinema announced the closure on Monday, and we’re sad

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‘Kingsman’ director Matthew Vaughn offers up another espionage romp

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The film draws from interviews with Mexican American historians, academics, artists, activists, cholos, and former law enforcement officers

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Not another teen temptress

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But the actors are all extraordinary

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‘Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971’ will include nearly 200 historical film posters, costumes, props, and excerpts

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