drama
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Beside Still Waters
Chris Lowell's directorial debut plays with nostalgia as old friends gather for a weekend getaway.
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Goodbye to Language 3D
Another anomalous concoction by Godard that pushes the limits of 3-D viewing to uncomfortable, astonishing effect.
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Foxcatcher
A chilling true crime tale makes for some of the year's most compelling performances.
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The Theory of Everything
Famous theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is an extraordinary man with monumental achievements, advancing our understanding of how the universe...
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Interstellar
A jaw-dropping spectacle of sci-fi filmmaking weighed down by incoherent plot mechanics.
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Force Majeure
The absurdity of familial archetypes are underscored to hilarious effect in Ruben Östlund's provocative new film.
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Young Ones
Jake Paltrow's post-apocalyptic Western will dazzle you with style, underwhelm you with melodrama.
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White Bird in a Blizzard
A teenager full of sexual angst is impassive at the disappearance of her mother, but grows to find...
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23 Blast
A truth-based football melodrama that fumbles 50 yards short of the end zone.
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Listen Up Philip
If you can bear it, Perry and Schwartzman's misadventures of a misanthrope is an intriguing study in misery.
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Damien Chazelle: We’re Too Narrative-Focused When It Comes to Movies
As we emerge on the other side of the long film festival season and move into awards season,...
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MVFF37 Days 10 & 11: After The Fall, Timbuktu, & Wild
Closing weekend of the Mill Valley Film Festival just proves the authority of this small festival. It’s rare...
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Camp X-Ray
Camp X-Ray opens like a tense thriller, with the capture of Ali Amir (Peyman Moaadi) and his transportation to...
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It Was You Charlie
The moment near the end of a film that puts everything you have just watched into perspective is...
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MVFF37 Day 7: Charlie’s Country, Nightcrawler, Black and White
We’re at the midpoint of the Mill Valley Film Festival and this is where I jump in. Having...