Category: Drama
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Despite impressive performances by Adam Sandler and George Clooney, Jay Kelly suffers from a crisis of identity, not unlike the main character. In one scene in Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly (2025), the eponymous movie star is dancing in a room full of people celebrating his legacy and presence at a film festival in Italy. The…
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In this evocative and tragic portrayal of a little girl’s imagination in the wake of Francisco Franco’s ascent, The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) provides an understated look into a horrific part of Spain’s history. Do you remember the place? That place that all the kids spread rumors about when you were a kid. Maybe…
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With stellar performances from Stellan Skarsgard and Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value examines how art and life can imitate each other, in both tragic and poetic ways. When I saw director Joachim Trier’s previous film The Worst Person in the World (2021), I wasn’t moved. I don’t know why, but there was something about the film…
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This story of folk songs and fateful queer romance is both a tearjerker and a clumsily structured narrative. 2025 has been a year full of cinema that has touched on music as a force of community and identity. In Sinners (2025), blues became a symbol of shared pain during the Jim Crow era that connected…
