MANOHLA DARGIS
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‘Mean Girls’ Review: ‘Get in, Loser,’ Regina George Is Back
Still puffily padded but no longer particularly tart, this shape-shifting classic about the girls you love to hate retains its ingratiating charms.
The Grim Heartbeat Propelling ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
In a short but fast-moving sequence built around a children’s primer, Martin Scorsese lays out all the themes of this terrible true-crime tale.
‘Ferrari’ Review: Michael Mann Puts You in the Driver’s Seat
The director’s portrait of the Italian racecar impresario roars to life on the road, but home is a torment. Adam Driver stars with Penélope Cruz...
‘Napoleon’ Review: A Lumpy, Grumpy Little Man
Joaquin Phoenix is oddly mesmerizing as the French emperor in Ridley Scott’s historical epic charting his rise and ruin.
‘The Marvels’ Review: You’ve Seen This Movie 32 Times Before
Brie Larson stars alongside two Disney+ stars in this trope-ridden franchise installment, the 33rd movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Review: An Unsettling Masterpiece
Martin Scorsese’s three-and-a-half-hour epic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is a romance, a western, a whodunit and a lesson in the bloody history of the Osage murders...
How Strikes Reflect Longstanding Battles for Control in Hollywood
Striking actors and writers fear A.I. Executives don’t seem to. It’s a longstanding battle over technology and control in Hollywood that plays out onscreen, too.
‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: A Disney Ride to Nowhere Fun
Starring LaKeith Stanfield and Rosario Dawson, this movie plays like a feature-length ad for Disney’s theme-park attraction of the same name.
‘Oppenheimer’ Review: A Man for Our Time
Christopher Nolan’s complex, vivid portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb,” is a brilliant achievement in formal and conceptual terms.
‘Barbie’ Review: On the Road and Out of the Box
She’s in the driver’s seat, headed for uncharted territory (flat feet!). But there are limits to how much dimension even Greta Gerwig can give this...
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