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While watching 'En el Séptimo Día,' viewers rejoice in the hopes of immigrantsThe film – the title means 'On the Seventh Day' in Spanish – is an unassuming charmer about a hot-button subject.
First LookBrie Larson pushes for film criticism diversity at awards showWinners at the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards took the opportunity to advocate for diversity both in front of and behind the camera.
'Ocean's 8' has some spark and dazzleSandra Bullock plays Debbie, the sister of master con man Danny Ocean (who was played by George Clooney). Debbie’s assemblage of her crack team for a jewel heist has its sly amusements.
'Mister Rogers' documentary 'Won’t You Be My Neighbor?' is full of sentiment, affectionIn some not-quite-definable way, the film itself is all of a piece with Fred Rogers’s principled gentleness.
First LookLatino movie producer builds theaters in low-income California townsMoctesuma Esparza's $20 million project has already opened theaters in five California cities that lack entertainment options, including Delano, Salinas, Bakersfield, Pittsburg, and Fresno and the producer plans to expand to more rural communities in other states.
'Rodin' struggles with depicting the life of an artist'Rodin,' which is directed by Jacques Doillon, stars Vincent Lindon as the great Parisian sculptor.
Documentary ‘Mountain’ has glorious panoramasWhen it is not making us 'ooh' and 'ah,' 'Mountain' features all manner of adventurers, including ice climbers, parachuting mountain bikers, wingsuiters, and daredevil downhill skiers.
3 movies you should see in MayOur film critic Peter Rainer recommends titles including "The Seagull" and "On Chesil Beach."
'Mary Shelley' is a deeply conventional movie about ragingly unconventional peopleElle Fanning portrays the author of 'Frankenstein.'
Of all the 'Star Wars' movies, 'Solo' is the closest to a Saturday afternoon serialIt's unclear whether this origin story about Han Solo, played here with bland vim by Alden Ehrenreich, has any reason for being except as yet another moola machine.
'First Reformed' charts a young priest's slide into ecoterrorismMany of Paul Schrader's signature films involve the agonies of faith and redemption.
'On Chesil Beach' tells a tragic story of crossed loveIan McEwan’s resoundingly melancholy 2007 novel 'On Chesil Beach' has been respectfully adapted by McEwan, acting as screenwriter, with theater director Dominic Cooke.
'The Seagull' offers strong performances, Chekhovian sorrowSaoirse Ronan shines in a tender, wrenching performance as the lovelorn Nina.
'The Guardians' beautifully portrays the dynamics of a family farm in WWI FranceDirector Xavier Beauvois, best known for the 2010 film 'Of Gods and Men,' about Trappist monks in embattled Algeria, has a sensitivity to the ordeals of enclosed communities.
'Deadpool 2' is a wisecracking, chaotically staged action rompSome of the movie's jokes hit the target, but many miss the mark.
'Book Club' fails to make good use of a stellar castThings turn raunchy – and a bit silly – when members of a book club decide to read 'Fifty Shades of Grey.'
'Let the Sunshine In' is a bit more airy than it needs to beProtagonist Isabelle (Juliette Binoche) is flummoxed by her own gullibility and even more so by the subterfuges of the men (played by, among others, Xavier Beauvois, Nicolas Duvauchelle and, in a cameo at the end, Gérard Depardieu).
‘Tully’ gives the Mary Poppins story an unsentimental updateThe cynicism in the film about the supposed undiluted joys of motherhood rings true, or at least truer than in movies that don’t admit such a station in life can be less than paradise.
'After Auschwitz' follows the lives of six women survivorsThe film’s thesis is that the struggle to survive did not end with the camps. Each of the women profiled recounts, with varying degrees of intensity, the difficulties in creating a 'normal' life in a world where the concept of 'home' can no longer fully resonate.
'RBG' is a love letter to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgDirectors Betsy West and Julie Cohen trace Ginsburg’s life and career from girlhood through marriage and law school to her current position as perhaps America’s least likely pop icon.
