Manohla Dargis
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In 60th Year, New York Film Festival Stays True to Its Mission
Standouts like “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” and “Descendant” are still on tap in the second half of this marathon of cinematic art.
‘Blonde’ Review: Exploiting Marilyn Monroe for Old Times’ Sake
She was an actress of uncommon talent. But once again a director is more interested in examining her body (literally, in this case) than getting...
‘Petrov’s Flu’ Review: Roaming a Grim, Rowdy Underworld
In this fever dream of a movie by Kirill Serebrennikov, a Russian man wanders a wild urban landscape that he regularly hallucinates his way out...
‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Review: Burning Down the Dollhouse
Florence Pugh plays a seemingly happy housewife whose world starts to crack apart in Olivia Wilde’s wobbly feminist gothic.
In Toronto, Films by Women About Women, but That’s Where the Similarities End
The Toronto International Film Festival returns to business mostly as usual with throngs of excited attendees and some of the year’s most anticipated new movies.
‘God’s Country’ Review: A Solitary Woman Isn’t Left Alone for Long
In this simmering thriller, Thandiwe Newton plays a professor in rural Montana who confronts two hunters who say they’re just passing through.
‘The Woman King’ Review: Viola Davis Slays
Viola Davis leads a strong cast into battle in an epic from Gina Prince-Bythewood, inspired by real women warriors.
Godard Taught Me How to Watch Cinema, Even as He Kept Reinventing It
Jean-Luc Godard was a prophet of film’s future as an art form, layering images and sound that the body could sink into and the mind...
‘Dos Estaciones’ Review: A Tequila Factory’s Story, Sip by Sip
A woman tries to keep her family business running in this film that employs dreamlike rhythms and documentary-style realism.
Academy Museum’s Show on Black Cinema Raises Questions About Who It’s for
“Regeneration” is a worthwhile look at stars and films, but it presents a tale of difficulty and triumph that doesn’t always engage with Hollywood’s history...