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Reviews

Deep Focus: Macbeth

By Michael Sragow
December 3, 2015
Strangling Shakespeare: an oversimplified adaptation leaves Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard with too little to work with

Film of the Week: Arabian Nights

By Jonathan Romney
December 2, 2015
Miguel Gomes's six-hour, three-part reimagining of 1001 Nights is a magnificent, one-of-a-kind reckoning with hard times

Film of the Week: The Good Dinosaur

By Jonathan Romney
November 27, 2015
Old world charm: Pixar's latest animated feature brings the wonders of nature (and its many beasts) to life but lacks personality

Deep Focus: Creed

By Michael Sragow
November 25, 2015
Comeback kid: Michael B. Jordan—and Ryan Coogler—come out swinging in this new tale of the ring

Review: Legend

By Graham Fuller
November 20, 2015
Criminal element: Brian Helgeland’s portrait of the Kray twins' rise and fall emphasizes substance over style

Film of the Week: Mustang

By Jonathan Romney
November 20, 2015
What it's like for a girl: Deniz Gamze Ergüven crafts an inside view of the sheltered life for a band of sisters in Turkey

Deep Focus: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

By Michael Sragow
November 19, 2015
Matter of trust: Jennifer Lawrence takes flight in Francis Lawrence's gritty conclusion to the franchise, which doesn't go upbeat for the downstroke

Review: Carol

By Amy Taubin
November 19, 2015
Women in love: Todd Haynes finds his voice in this slow-burn adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's taboo-breaking novel

Deep Focus: The 33

By Michael Sragow
November 12, 2015
Way down in the hole: the star-studded retelling of the Chilean mining accident in 2010 leaves its character development in the dark

Film of the Week: Out 1

By Jonathan Romney
November 12, 2015
Society of the double: Jacques Rivette's rarely seen monster-sized opus plays with post-'68 radicalism and narrative itself