All posts by Zach Schonfeld
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2AM Ricky Breaks Barriers as Black Trans Rap Star
The chart-climbing artist opens up about grief, identity, and breaking barriers in hip-hop ahead of his WorldPride DC debut.
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Nicolas Cage Goes Wild in ‘The Surfer’
Nicolas Cage goes down under in the hallucinatory yet half-baked psychological thriller "The Surfer."
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Cronenberg’s ‘The Shrouds’ Turns Mourning Into Morbid Spectacle
With "The Shrouds," master of body horror David Cronenberg creates an unsettling mediation on loss and decay.
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‘Love Me’ is Imaginative and Tedious in Equal Measure
In "Love Me," Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun find themselves adrift in a profoundly boring distant-future romance.
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‘A Complete Unknown’: Can a Biopic Capture Dylan’s Contradictions?
Timothée Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown," a biopic that struggles to make the folk legend knowable.
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‘Megalopolis’ Is a Gloriously Ambitious Mess
Francis Ford Coppola's $120-million misfire presents an ambitious vision of the future with a vagueness at its core.
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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ is a Solid Slice of Fan Service
Michael Keaton is in fine form in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," a morbid, fitfully funny feast for the eyes.
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‘Janet Planet’ is an Evocative and Heartfelt Wonder (Review)
"Janet Planet" captures the nuanced rhythms of everyday life through the eyes of a young girl in western Massachusetts.
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‘Drive-Away Dolls’ Is An Obscenely Funny Delight (Review)
Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke serve up an outlandish, hilarious lesbian road comedy with "Drive-Away Dolls."
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‘American Fiction’ Mixes Sharp Satire with Maudlin Family Drama
"American Fiction" undermines its comic momentum by shifting between biting literary satire and maudlin family drama.
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‘Dream Scenario’ Review: Dream Boat
In the trippy brain-bender 'Dream Scenario,' Nicolas Cage stars as a man who keeps turning up in everyone’s literal dreams.
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‘Strange Way of Life’ Review: Mild-to-Wild West
Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke star as cowboys with a romantic past in Pedro Almodóvar's breathtaking queer short, "Strange Way of Life."
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‘Bottoms’ Review: Fighting for Sex
Emma Seligman's sardonic and thrillingly dark teen sex comedy is driven by a pair of manipulative high school lesbians.
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‘Renfield’ Review: Drained
Nicolas Cage plays the infamous Count Dracula in 'Renfield,' an overcooked clash of genre and tepid grasps at modernization.
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‘Showing Up’ Review: Exhibitionism
Kelly Reichardt's new sharply-woven drama, 'Showing Up,' pairs the director once again with her brilliant muse Michelle Williams.
