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F1 (Theaters)
High-Octane Style, Low-Impact Storytelling
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Gabriel Frieberg
Blood, Faith, and Fallout: '28 Years Later' Finds God at the End of the World
Boyle and Garland reunite for a zombie epic that trades brute horror for spiritual reckoning—and still leaves you breathless.
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Gabriel Frieberg
The Rewind: Sunshine (2007)
Like Interstellar on MDMA
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Gabriel Frieberg
1
Sly Lives! aka The Burden of Black Genius (Hulu)
Questlove's new documentary has a compelling lead and a provocative thesis
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Gabriel Frieberg
Why is everyone turning on Wes Anderson? A defense of 'The Phoenician Scheme'
the reports of Wes Anderson’s demise have been greatly exaggerated
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Gabriel Frieberg
5
The Life of Chuck (Theaters)
soggy, squishy, and somehow an audience award winner
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Gabriel Frieberg
Mountainhead (Max)
Jesse Armstrong's first project since 'Succession' is dead-on and dehumanizing
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Gabriel Frieberg
4
2025 Cannes Report Part 4: The Past
Reaching back with mixed results: Nouvelle Vague, Sound of Falling, The Mastermind, The History of Sound
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Gabriel Frieberg
2
2025 Cannes Report Part 3: The Personal
Getting intimate: Die My Love, The Phoenician Scheme, Splitsville, Highest 2 Lowest, Sentimental Value
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Gabriel Frieberg
2025 Cannes Report Part 2: Politics
Speaking truth to power on the world stage: It Was Just an Accident, Yes!, The Secret Agent
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Gabriel Frieberg
2025 Cannes Report Part 1: Plagues
Afflictions are on the mind: The Plague, Eddington, Sirât, Alpha
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Gabriel Frieberg
The Surfer (Theaters)
A delirious, unhinged Nic Cage surfer Western that crashes through humiliation, revenge, and gonzo chaos.
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Gabriel Frieberg
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