After the sudden death of her boyfriend, a young Berlin woman is taken in by a family she meets in the countryside. In showing the ache of love and loss, Miroirs No. 3 holds up a mirror to us all.
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Six seasons and a sequel: ‘Peaky Blinders’ is easy to consume and impossible to forget
Tommy Shelby’s estranged son has taken control of the old gang and is making new and dangerous moves and alliances. Cillian Murphy stars in this gripping movie-length Peaky Blinders sequel.
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Delightfully unhinged ‘Hoppers’ is a dam good time
A young environmental activist transforms herself into a beaver in this off-the-wall eco-themed comedy. It’s the liveliest film to emerge from Pixar in years.
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‘Pillion’ is a wildly entertaining dark comedy about sex and power
A mild-mannered young man enters into a dominant-submissive relationship with the leader of a gay biker gang. Pillion approaches the subject without judgment and with a great deal of sly humor.
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Timothée Chalamet brings a lot to the table in ‘Marty Supreme’
Chalamet stars as a scrappy shoe salesman who dreams of becoming the greatest table tennis player in the world — and is willing to steal, cheat, sweet-talk and hustle his way to the top.
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These 10 terrific movies emerged from a tumultuous year for the film industry
Fresh Air film critic Justin Chang says most of his favorite films this year were made overseas, including his No. 1 pick, Sirāt.
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‘Sirāt’ is a desert survival story — and one of the year’s most gripping films
Sirāt tells the story of a man searching for his lost daughter at a rave in the Sahara Desert. Though it carries echoes of earlier cinema, nothing about this film feels derivative or secondhand.
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‘Sentimental Value’ is a family drama that lets everyone off the hook too easily
Joachim Trier’s drama centers on the complicated relationship between a filmmaker and his grown daughters. But for every perceptive moment in the film, there’s another that feels coy, even complacent.
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28 new movies worth checking out this fall
Rom-coms, heist flicks, a sports/horror mashup, a pair of Broadway musicals, a biopic of The Boss, festival award winners and lots of showbiz sagas — here’s what NPR critics are watching this fall.
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In ‘Lurker’ a social striver squirms his way into a star’s inner circle
This new film about a fan who gets close with an up-and-coming pop star lingers on the ways a relationship that might seem parasitic is closer to symbiotic.
