film reviews

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  Questlove Fearlessly Humanizes a Musical Enigma in 'SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)'

  Directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

  PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2025

  After the massive success of his directorial debut, 'Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),' multi-award...

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  Season 3 of 'The White Lotus' Gets Darker and Freakier in Thailand

  Created by Mike White

  PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2025

  There were two main talking points when Season 2 of 'The White Lotus' aired almost three years ago: who's going die, and how good is that...

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  'DISCO'S REVENGE' Gets the Last Laugh

  Directed by Omar Majeed and Peter Mishara

  PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2025

  Disco was a dirty word, at least when I was a teenager in the 1990s. It was an exiled musical style from a bygone era, only spoken about to...

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  'Heart Eyes' Finds True Love Amidst the Bloody Hellscape of Modern Dating

  Directed by Josh Ruben

  PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2025

  Dating in the current technological moment is its own gruelling circle of hell. It's not just courtesy of the motley web of apps...

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  'Mo' Season 2 Brings Mo Problems, Mo Laughter

  Created by Mohammed Amer and Ramy Youssef

  PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2025

  We return to the luckless Mo Najjar (played by comedian Mohammed Amer) in the second and supposedly final season of Netflix's 'Mo,' the...

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  'Love Hurts' Like a Kick in the Head

  Directed by Jonathan Eusebio

  PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2025

  It's the season of love, and what better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than with a swift roundhouse kick to the head? In his first...

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  Netflix's 'Apple Cider Vinegar' Exposes the Poison of Wellness Influencers

  Created by Samantha Strauss

  PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2025

  All six episodes of 'Apple Cider Vinegar' begins with a tongue-in-cheek disclaimer read by one of the limited series' characters: "This is a...

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  'Bring Them Down' Will Bring You Down — in the Best Way

  Directed by Christopher Andrews

  PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2025

  Some people go to the movies to be whisked away by romance, others for laughter, many for an adrenaline rush. Me though, I like having my...