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Miles Teller, left, and Beulah Koale ...

“Thank You for Your Service” offers acknowledgment of, and empathy for, the veteran’s experience

October 27, 2017 at 1:00 a.m.

That's a small piece of the wisdom behind "Thank You for Your Service," an observant drama about returning veterans based on the nonfiction book by David Finkel, an editor and...

In "Breathe," Andrew Garfield, foreground, portrays ...

Movie review: Andrew Garfield shines as an ordinary man who became a disability-rights champion in “Breathe”

October 17, 2017 at 6:08 p.m.

"Breathe" is meant, no doubt, as a sincere homage to the late disability advocate Robin Cavendish, who died, after living with polio for 36 years, in 1994.

“Woodshock”: An accidental killing, viewed through a pot-induced haze

September 29, 2017 at 1:00 a.m.

For most of "Woodshock," the feelings of its heroine remain obscure. Whether at a party or at home, where she seems to be in a haze, it's as if she's...

The mood of "In This corner of the World" shifts, underscored by the percussion of distant bombs.

The atomic bomb drop, as seen by people below it

August 18, 2017 at 1:00 a.m.

Set against the backdrop of pre-atom-bomb Hiroshima, the Japanese animated film "In This Corner of the World" proceeds under the dreadful weight of what is to come, as the calm...

Menashe Lustig and Ruben Niborski in ...

“Menashe” looks, with tenderness and equanimity, at a Hasidic community in Brooklyn

August 15, 2017 at 4:44 p.m.

Walking around Borough Park must feel, to some, like time travel. Residents of the southwest Brooklyn neighborhood are predominantly Orthodox Jews, whose 18th-century traditions still govern everything from custody disputes...

“Churchill” drags, as both history and entertainment

June 2, 2017 at 1:00 a.m.

In terms of both narrative and nuance, "Churchill" has a limited scope.

Omara Portuondo, Gilberto 'Papi' Oviedo and ...

“Buena Vista Social Club: Adios” is an imperfect elegy to a vanishing musical art form

May 26, 2017 at 1:00 a.m.

Documentary looks at the traditional "Son Cubano" style of music.

“Buster’s Mal Heart” takes the metaphor of heartbreak literally

May 10, 2017 at 5:51 a.m.

Film cleverly interweaves elements of the supernatural with conspiracy theories and a possible psychotic break.

Lucas Till plays Tripp in "Monster Trucks."

“Monster Trucks” is a fun-fueled hybrid of live action and CGI

January 13, 2017 at 1:00 a.m.

This is a film where adults needn't count the minutes until the end credits.

Movie review: “Don’t Think Twice” zeros in on the existential crisis of a comedy troupe

August 5, 2016 at 3:00 a.m.

There is no wiggle room in comedy, and the payoff is immediate. Unlike musicians or actors, comics knows immediately whether a joke works or doesn't. Such instant gratification -- 聽and...

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