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Lovie Simone (from left), Zoey Luna, Cailee Spaeny and Gideon Adlon in a scene from "The Craft: Legacy."

‘The Craft: Legacy’ review: Conjuring the right elements but losing the magic in the end

October 28, 2020 at 8:27 a.m.

The legacy of Andrew Fleming's 1996 film "The Craft" still looms large, its goth-lite aesthetic of baby tees and black lipstick the epitome of cool for a certain generation of...

‘Bad Hair’ review: Horror comedy adds layers to race-based workplace discrimination tale

October 21, 2020 at 11:34 a.m.

Whip-smart cultural criticism delivered in an appealing package is what writer-director Justin Simien does best, as he demonstrated in his first feature film, "Dear White People," and the spinoff Netflix...

‘Synchronic’ review: A unique, sci-fi-tinged drama rooted in real-world stakes and emotion

October 20, 2020 at 12:02 p.m.

The skies in "Synchronic" are never quite the right color. Bearing down on New Orleans in shades of sickly gray green and sometimes pinkish, they seem to be in a...

‘The Devil Has a Name’ review: Clumsy melodrama as environmental legal thriller

October 14, 2020 at 1:04 p.m.

The environmental legal thriller is a reliable subgenre, especially since the success of Steven Soderbergh's "Erin Brockovich." They're classic David and Goliath stories with a human-interest angle and anti-corporate twist,...

<p>Directors: Julie Cohen, Betsy West
- Letterboxd user rating: 3.70
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Metascore: 71
- Runtime: 98 min</p>

<p>As the second American woman nominated to the Supreme Court, 87-year-old Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg remains a feminist trailblazer and cultural icon. Here's her story in all its breadth, which goes from her birth in Brooklyn up to her current achievements on the bench. It features interviews with everyone from childhood friends to former presidents.</p>

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What to stream: The best of Alex Gibney

October 13, 2020 at 3:16 p.m.

The award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney is known for being prolific. He has 30-plus feature documentaries, plus many episodes of both fiction and nonfiction television under his belt, as well as...

‘Martin Eden’ review: A love letter to a century of Italian cinema

October 13, 2020 at 11:42 a.m.

Pietro Marcello's sweeping historical Italian epic "Martin Eden" is a whole lot of movie. It possesses a weight and heft, both cinematically and philosophically, that make it a rare treat....

Sibil Fox Richardson, left, and her husband Robert in a scene from "Time."

‘Time’ review: A powerful nonfiction exploration of what long-term incarceration does to a family

October 7, 2020 at 11:02 a.m.

Fox Rich has a voice that lilts with a Louisiana accent dipped in honey, simultaneously sweet and elastic. She softens her tone when calling the secretaries of judges who lazily...

Eva Noblezada in a scene from "Yellow Rose."

‘Yellow Rose’ review: Following love, loss in country music through the life of an undocumented Filipina singer

October 6, 2020 at 11:23 a.m.

Just who is country music for? Anyone for whom it strikes a chord. In last year's rousing "Wild Rose," star Jessie Buckley and director Tom Harper made the argument that...

Kaitlyn Dever plays Toni, a down-and-out waitress in "Monsterland."

What to stream: Getting ready for spooky season

October 1, 2020 at 9:06 p.m.

This may come as a shock, but it's October this week, which means for some, it's pumpkin spice season, while for others, it's the start of spooky season. Though Halloween...

Radha Blank in "The Forty-Year-Old Version."

‘Forty-Year-Old Version’ review: Cultural sendup is funny, wry, incisive, sexy and sincere

September 30, 2020 at 6:48 p.m.

What does it mean to be an artist? What does it mean to sell out? Who do we make art for, especially in a capitalist market? These are just a...

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