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June 24, 2026 · by Evan Miller

‘Toy Story 5’ Review: Pixar Delivers Another Worthy Entry in Their Most Beloved Franchise

As Randy Newman sang more than 30 years ago in “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”: “Our friendship will never die,” — and neither will the Toy Story...

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June 24, 2026 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: 'Stand Up' is Beautiful, Resilient Coming of Age Drama

How does one make peace when the only way of living that made you seem invincible is suddenly taken away? That’s the core dilemma in Mari San...

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June 24, 2026 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: 'A Mosquito in the Ear' is a Heartfelt Family Drama of Miscommunication

Miscommunication has never felt more pronounced than in the directorial debut of Nicola Rinciari’s A Mosquito in the Ear. The barrier of comm...

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June 23, 2026 · by Claire May Lewis

Review: ‘Girls Like Girls’ Brings Hayley Kiyoko’s Hit Song to New Life

In 2015, pop artist Hayley Kiyoko released the song that would become her biggest hit: “Girls Like Girls.” The song is from the perspective o...

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June 18, 2026 · by Sara Ciplickas

Review: ‘Mother Future Self’ Exorcises Pain Through Movement

Tori Lancaster’s debut feature film, Mother Future Self, recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and with it, Lancaster has announce...

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June 12, 2026 · by Kasey Dunifer

‘Disclosure Day’ Review: Spielberg Returns to His Sci-Fi Roots in Buzzy Summer Blockbuster

Starting a two-and-a-half-hour movie about aliens from the POV of a wrestler getting thrown around in the ring might seem random. But with St...

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June 12, 2026 · by Kasey Dunifer

‘Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders’ Review: How William Friedkin’s 1980 Film Went From Rejected to Revered

If the community doesn’t accept a film it aims to represent, does it float away forever into the ether of the cinematic zeitgeist? It’s a que...

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June 10, 2026 · by Sara Ciplickas

Review: ‘One Woman One Bra’ is a Quiet Masterclass that Paints Beautiful, Tragic Portraits in the Kenyan Countryside 

Last year at the Tribeca Film Festival, I had the opportunity to chat with Zippy Kimundu about her documentary Widow Champion, which focuses ...

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June 8, 2026 · by Kasey Dunifer

'Crooks' Review: Melora Walters is the Secret Weapon in Mickey Keating’s Crime Thriller out of Tribeca

Premiering at the 25th Tribeca Film Festival, the small-scale crime thriller, Crooks, clocks in at just under eighty minutes as it follows tw...

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June 7, 2026 · by Nadia Arain

Review: The Scariest Thing About ‘Scary Movie 6’ Is How Unfunny It Is

Years ago, after The Exorcist: Believer (2023) bombed critically and financially, I thought a return from the Wayans brothers with another it...

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June 7, 2026 · by Matthew Allan

‘Ultras’ Review: A Romanticized Look at the Sub-Culture of Ultras that Feels Selective in Its Perspective

Ragnhild Ekner's documentary Ultras takes audiences across the globe from England all the way to Indonesia, trying to understand the subcultu...

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June 7, 2026 · by Jacob Diedenhofer

Review: ‘Pressure’ Tries to Build Up to a Perfect Storm

What do you get when you combine Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Kerry Condon, the weather, and history? You get Pressure, the latest from Anth...

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