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Avatar: Fire and Ash
For the first time since the 90s, James Cameron has released two movies in the same decade.
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The Housemaid
"Juice is a privilege, and we don't drink it out of a dirty glass."
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Ella McCay
"The problem with being a tight ass is you never know when your ass is right."
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Wicked: For Good
"It's not lying. It's looking at things another way."
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100 Nights of Hero
“Nothing much was supposed to happen to me. I was supposed to get married, have children, do needlepoint, I guess, then die.”
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Nuremberg
"We are able to do away with domestic tyranny only when we make all men answerable to the law, so that it can never happen again."
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Sisu: Road to Revenge
Sisu has had a strange life. Made by the same team that gave us Rare Exports, it landed fairly quietly at TIFF 2022. Its reception was warm enough, however, to be picked up for distribution. And although its US release didn't light the box office on fire, it
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Hamnet
While the 21st century has been marked by impressive auteurs getting sucked up by a Hollywood obsessed with franchises, never to return to their prior form, this year has already provided a few counterpoints. Although Chloé Zhao was probably always more likely to emerge than most, given just how much
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Keeper
With Longlegs, director Osgood Perkins burst onto the scene. It may have been his fourth movie, but it represented a stark evolution of his style into something more technically precise, more tonally playful, while still staring into the darkness. That shift, combined with Neon's brilliant marketing and audience
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The Running Man
"Bloodlust Is our birthright. Set it free!"
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Die My Love
"Babies are hard. I feel like we don't talk about that enough." "It's all people ever talk about."
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IFFBoston Fall Focus 2025 Wrap-Up
The most frustrating element of the codification of "awards season" is that it unbalances the rest of the movie release calendar. The first half of the year usually sees a couple splashy releases, such as Challengers, Sinners, and Everything Everywhere All At Once. But the bulk of the