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2025 TV and Film

2025 is one of the best years we’ve had in cinema for quite some time, so I made a Top 20—and no one can stop me.
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Godard Leaves Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Breathless

Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ pays tribute to director Godard’s 1960 film that inspired a vogue for French movies.
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In ‘Truth & Treason,’ a Teenager Defies Nazi Germany

‘Truth & Treason’ arrives on the heels of ‘Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5’—two anti-authoritarian films at a time when most of us need a wake-up call.
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Keep Rolling: Film Festivals Halloween, Diwali and More

Creative cinematic offerings will flicker across screens, but those who seek open-air family entertainment are also in luck.
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George Orwell Still Matters, Says Provocative New Doc

Raoul Peck’s biodoc, drawn from George Orwell’s diary and writings, proceeds in chronological fashion across a minefield of provocations.
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One-Night Stand: ‘The Occult’

There’s only one way to Peter Hyoguchi’s ‘old-fashioned, Hitchcockian thriller’: on the big screen Oct. 7 at the Pruneyard Dine-in Cinemas.
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The Failure of a Nazi Filmmaker’s Moral Will

With vast archival resources at his disposal, Andres Veiel has constructed an eviscerating response to Leni Riefenstahl’s life and career.

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