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Reviews

Deep Focus: Operation Finale

By Michael Sragow
August 24, 2018
Rendered to justice: the incredible story of Adolph Eichmann’s capture in Argentina keeps getting undermined by the filmmaker’s faulty vision

Short Take: Support the Girls

By April Wolfe
August 20, 2018
(Andrew Bujalski, USA, Magnolia Pictures, Opening August 24)

Deep Focus: Crazy Rich Asians

By Michael Sragow
August 17, 2018
High stakes: the energetic comedic romance tracks a woman who follows love but must reckon with the codes and cliques of the elite

Film of the Week: Notes on an Appearance

By Jonathan Romney
August 16, 2018
Dossier cinema: Ricky D’Ambrose’s feature debut maps out bookish deadpan visual scheme in tracing a New York vanishing

Review: Madeline’s Madeline

By Devika Girish
August 6, 2018
(Josephine Decker, USA, Oscilloscope, Opening August 10)

Deep Focus: Christopher Robin

By Michael Sragow
August 3, 2018
Flies in the honeypot: the world of A. A. Milne collides with grownup realities in a new screen portrayal

Film of the Week: Nico, 1988

By Jonathan Romney
August 2, 2018
These days: Susanna Nicchiarelli’s film brings out the warmth in a singer usually identified with wintry discontent

Short Take: Nico, 1988

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
July 30, 2018
(Susanna Nicchiarelli, Italy, Magnolia Pictures, Opening August 1)

Film of the Week: Cocote

By Jonathan Romney
July 27, 2018
Cycle of life: vengeance and injustice loom over a homecoming in a passionate new film from Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias

Deep Focus: Mission: Impossible – Fallout

By Michael Sragow
July 26, 2018
Can-do attitude: the latest entry in the action franchise wrings some more suspense out of its espionage hijinks