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RICHARD BILLINGHAM: RAY & LIZ (2018)

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ELLA SMITH, JUSTIN SALINGER AS THE YOUNGER RAY & LIZ IN RAY & LIZ

An eye for surfaces

"They will have a Costa...

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BI GAN: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (2018)

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TANG WEI AND HUANG JUE IN LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

Bi Gan's astonishing second feature is a...

ULRICH KOHLER: IN MY ROOM (2018)

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HANS LÖW IN IN MY ROOM

Muddling toward heroism

While I had trouble getting a grip on Köhler's previous film, the...

ALICE ROHRWACHER: HAPPY AS LAZZARO/LAZZARO FELICE (2018)

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ADRIANO TARDIOLO IN HAPPY AS LAZZARO

150% Italian

Exactly what Alice Rohrwacher is doing...

BARRY JENKINS: IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (2018)

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KIKI LAYNE AND STEPHAN JAMES IN IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

A fraught, beautifully filmed Harlem love...

JULIAN SCHNABEL: AT ETERNITY'S GATE (2018)

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WILLEM DAFOE IN AT ETERNITY'S GATE

Once round the sunflowers again

We didn't need another Van Gogh...

JOEL, ETHAN COEN: THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS (2018)

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JAMES FRANCO IN THE "NEAR ALGODONES" EPISODE OF THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS

The Coens' Western...

PAUL DANO: WILDLIFE (2018)

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CAREY MULLIGAN AND JAKE GYLLENHAAL IN WILDLIFE

Hard times in the West

For his directorial debut, the distinguished actor...

FREDEICK WISEMAN: MONROVIA, INDIANA (2018)

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What is happening here?

The 88-year-old master of meticulous observation turns his attention to a farming...

MARK BOZAK: THE TIMES OF BILL CUNNINGHAM (2018)

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More details about the ultimate street recorder of New York fashion

This film is entirely built...

CHRISTIAN PETZOLD: TRANSIT (2018)

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PAULA BEER AND FRANZ ROGOWSKI IN TRANSIT


Loneliness, fear, loss, alienation, suicide, fluid identity in a war story...

RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI: ASAKO I & II/寝ても覚めても NETEMO SANTEMO ("At all hours") (2018)

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ERIKA KARATA AND MASAHIRO HIGASHIDE IN ASAKO I & II

Wavering

The...

JIA ZHANG-KE: ASH IS PUREST WHITE / 江湖儿女 (Jiang hu er nv) (2018)

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LIAO FAN AND ZHAO TAO IN ASH IS PUREST WHITE

Gangster love in modern China

A...

PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI: COLD WAR/ZIMNA WOJNA (2018)

Love and war

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JOANNA KULIG IN COLD WAR

From the acclaimed director of the very fine 2013 Ida and...

HIRAKAZU KOREEDA: SHOPLIFTERS/万引き家族 (2018)

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KAIRI JYO, LILY FRANKY (BLURRED), MAYU MATSUOKA, ANDMIYU SASAKI IN SHOPLIFTERS

Humanity under duress;...

LOUIS GARREL A FAITHFUL MAN/UN HOMME FIDÈLE (2018)

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LOUIS GARREL AND LAETITIA CASTA IN L'HOMME FIDÈLE

Love and death: a quadrangle with a wise child
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ALFONSO CUARÓN: ROMA (2018)

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YALITZA APARICIO (LEFT) IN ROMA

Grandeur and helplessness in a portrait of Seventies Mexico City

ROMA won the top...

CLAIRE DENIS: HIGH LIFE (2018)

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ROBERT PATTINSON IN HIGH LIFE

Sex and violence in space

Claire Denis is a unique French filmmaker and one of the best...

LEE CHANG-DONG: BURNING/BEONING 버닝 (2018)

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JUN JONG-SEO AND YOO AH-IN IN BURNING

A resonant slow burner thriller

Burning, Lee Chang-dong's first...

YING LIANG: A FAMILY TOUR (2018)

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Moments of the pain of exile

I know Ying Liang only from his first feature, Taking Father Home. I saw it in San...

OLIVIER ASSAYAS: NON-FICTION/DOUBLES VIES (2018)

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JULIETTE BINOCHE AND GUILLAUME CANET IN NON-FICTION

A midlife-crisis comedy of adultery set against a...

TAMARA JENKINS: PRIVATE LIFE (2018)

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KATHRYN HAHN AND PAUL GIAMATTI IN PRIVATE LIFE

A brutal and overly realistic satire of middle-class, middle-aged...

CHRISTOPHE HONORÉ: SORRY ANGEL/PLAIRE, AIMER ET COURIR VITE (2018)

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PIERRE DELANDANCHAMPS AND VINCENT LACOSTE IN SORRY ANGEL

Gay in France in the age...

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Alice Tully Hall Sept. 2018 [photo CK]

New York Film Festival 2018 (Sept. 28-Oct. 14)

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