Is This Star Student A Saint Or A Sociopath?: 'Luce'
Where a teacher sees red flags in one popular student's behavior, his parents refuse to believe it. Director Julius Onah's film will keep you guessing, too.
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A High School Star Isn't What He Seems In The Psychological Drama 'Luce'
Kelvin Harrison Jr. plays a popular teenager who was adopted from Eritrea as a kid. But underneath Luce's charming smiles and polished speeches is the trauma of a former child soldier.
'Them That Follow' Is Not Sharper Than A Serpent's Tooth
Great performances from Walton Goggins, Olivia Colman and others only underscore the by-the-numbers story and shallowly observed setting of this drama set in an Appalachian snake-handling church.
'Love, Antosha': A Cinematic Love Letter To An Actor's Brief Life
A freak accident killed actor Anton Yelchin in 2016; Garret Price's documentary features archival footage and moving interviews with loved ones who remember the brilliant young man fondly.
In The Wake Of Horrific Brutality, Revenge Served White-Hot: 'The Nightingale'
Jennifer Kent follows up The Babadook with a controversial thriller that "grants its protagonist respect and dignity beyond mere victimhood, and frames her pain in both personal and political terms."
'Tel Aviv On Fire': Separated By A Border, United By A Soap Opera
In writer-director Sameh Zoabi's gentle satire, a Palestinian screenwriter and a Israeli checkpoint guard collaborate on a popular, low-rent soap opera.
Better Stunts & Actors, Just As Derivative: 'Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw'
The "genial flexfest" of a spinoff is the "most agreeable" of the franchise, which once again slickly repackages set pieces from other, better, more innovative action films.
'Double Indemnity' Is 75, But Anklets (And Film Noir) Are Forever
Double Indemnity is classic film noir: Men in fedoras walk mean streets shrouded in shadow and women are sometimes the sirens to beckon them to their doom. It's a film — and a genre — that endures.
'Motion Smoothing' Makes Films Look Different On Your TV And Hollywood Is Not Happy
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Bilge Ebiri who writes about a digital process called motion smoothing, a technical component of TV that "makes movies today, by and large, look like crap."
Russi Taylor, Voice Of Minnie Mouse For Over 30 Years, Dies At 75
Taylor also played Martin Prince on The Simpsons and a number of other iconic animated characters. Her husband, Wayne Allwine famously portrayed Mickey Mouse and died in 2009.