More from Caryn James
Best of the Fall Fests: THR’s Critics Picks
A cathartic tearjerker about Shakespeare’s family, Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear threat thriller and a wrenching Gaza docudrama are among THR reviewers’ 15 faves out of Venice, Telluride and Toronto.
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‘In the Hand of Dante’ Review: Oscar Isaac, Gal Gadot and Gerard Butler Star in Julian Schnabel’s Bonkers, Wildly Uneven Literary Adaptation
Premiering out of competition at Venice, the film — based on Nick Tosches' 2002 novel revolving around Dante's 'Divine Comedy' — also features Jason Momoa, Al Pacino and Martin Scorsese.
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‘Marc by Sofia’ Review: Sofia Coppola’s Marc Jacobs Doc Offers a Colorful but Unrevealing Insider’s Take
Premiering at Venice, the filmmaker's first non-fiction feature surveys the career and inspirations of the designer, who is also her close friend.
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‘The Souffleur’ Review: Willem Dafoe Is a Hotel Manager Forced Out of His Job in a Poetic, Vienna-Set Character Study
Director Gastón Solnicki also appears in a semi-comic role in this portrait of a man facing unwanted change.
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‘The Last Viking’ Review: Mads Mikkelsen Is Funny and Poignant in Danish Crime Comedy About Delusion and Brotherly Love
Revolving around an unusual pair of brothers, Anders Thomas Jensen's latest absurdist feature premiered in Venice out of competition.
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‘Hamlet’ Review: Riz Ahmed Tackles Shakespeare’s Most Famous Hero in a Shaky Contemporary Version
Set in London's South Asian community, the Telluride-premiering film relies (mostly) on the Bard's language.
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‘Rose of Nevada’ Review: George MacKay and Callum Turner Are Caught in a Time Loop in Mark Jenkin’s Haunting Drama
A fishing village in Cornwall is the setting for the latest eerie work from the director of 'Enys Men,' premiering in Venice.
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‘Caught Stealing’ Review: Austin Butler Stars in Darren Aronofsky’s Glossy Good Time of a Crime Caper
Zoë Kravitz, Regina King and Griffin Dunne are among the actors also wandering through a gritty New York in 1998.
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‘The Thursday Murder Club’ Review: Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan Bring Star Power to Netflix’s Conventional Old-Folks Mystery
Chris Columbus' film also features Ben Kingsley, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie and Celia Imrie in key supporting roles.
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‘Heads of State’ Review: John Cena and Idris Elba Bring Buddy-Comedy Spark to Otherwise Only Sporadically Diverting Amazon Flick
Cena plays the American president and Elba the British prime minister in Ilya Naishuller's film, also featuring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Paddy Considine, Jack Quaid and Carla Gugino.
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‘Deep Cover’ Review: Bryce Dallas Howard and Orlando Bloom Play Improv Actors Working an Undercover Police Sting in a Winningly Silly ComedyÂ
'Jurassic World' director Colin Trevorrow co-wrote and produced the Tribeca-premiering action farce, co-starring Nick Mohammed, Paddy Considine, Sean Bean and Ian McShane.
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‘The Best You Can’ Review: Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick Star in a Congenial but Unremarkable Dramedy About an Unlikely Friendship
He's a security guard and she's his urologist in Michael J. Weithorn's Tribeca-bowing film costarring Judd Hirsch and Brittany O'Grady.
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