Romance
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Musica
Reviews Musica In the romantic comedy “Música,” Rudy is a young man who experiences the world through sound. In his…
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The Beast
Reviews The Beast The launching pad for Bertrand Bonello’s new picture “The Beast” (“La Bete”) is a 1903 short story…
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The Greatest Hits
Reviews The Greatest Hits If you’re a genre nostalgic who’s looking for a romantic comedy that could’ve been made in…
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Challengers
Reviews Challengers Luca Guadagnino directs “Challengers,” a time-shifting drama about a love triangle between tennis pros, as if he’s a…
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Jeanne du Barry
Reviews Jeanne du Barry In 1761, a 24-year-old penniless woman named Jeanne Bécu wrote a letter to a “dear friend,”…
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Slow
Reviews Slow If I were to explain to you the setup of Marisa Kavtaradze’s “Slow,” my guess is that it…
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Turtles All the Way Down
Reviews Turtles All the Way Down In middle school, John Green novels were the quintessential YA diaries in which my…
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Solo
Reviews Solo Under the glare of fuschia neon lights Simon (Théodore Pellerin) is twirling. ABBA’s “Voulez-Vous” is blaring, and a…
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Just the Two of Us
Reviews Just the Two of Us Valérie Donzelli’s “Just the Two of Us” is reminiscent of the “women’s pictures” of…
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