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George C. Wolfe’s screen adaption of the seminal August Wilson play also stars a stunning Chadwick Boseman, in his final film role, as ambitious horn player Levee
A fire at a Bucharest nightclub kicks off an investigation into deep systematic rot in this nonfiction procedural-cum-masterpiece
The director’s ‘Small Axe’ series focuses on the black British experience — and the first of five is now streaming on Amazon Prime
Thriller about a sickly young woman — and her loving and extremely suspicious mother — is one empty exercise in maternity-run-amuck camp
Story of a drummer navigating life after deafness immerses you in a noiseless world — but it’s the star that makes it speak volumes loudly and clearly
Charlie Hunnam and Jack O’Connell are two down-and-outers pinning their hopes on one last bareknuckle bout in this familiar drama
This sequel-of-sorts to the 1996 cult classic updates the coven empowerment for a new era — but it’s still a witches’ brew that tastes like weak tea
Robert Zemeckis takes Roald Dahl’s dark, macabre novel for a spin, and winds up with a lot of sound, fury, and an over-the-top Anne Hathaway
Fourteen years after the comedian turned a fake foreign journalist into a cultural touchstone, his gonzo character comes back to take on Trump’s America — and wins
Documentary on the making of a new Bruce & the E Street Band album is part love letter, part eulogy and part joyous rock ‘n’ roll celebration
