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Five Cent Cine: Elle
The film “Elle” is remarkably complex and fascinating. Its underlying subject matter — rape, sadomasochism, and physical violence — will disturb some viewers and keep […]
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Five Cent Cine: The Green Knight
When his uncle King Arthur asks him to tell his story to the Knights of the Round Table, Gawain knows that he has none to […]
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Five Cent Cine: The Truffle Hunters
The white truffle, the gourmet’s prized subterranean fungal tuber, found among the roots of trees and selling for $250 an ounce (more in a restaurant), […]
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Five Cent Cine: Zola
It may be too early to anoint director (and co-writer) Janicza Bravo as the next Quentin Tarantino, but most of that inventive director’s ingredients are […]
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Five Cent Cine: In the Heights
Anthony Ramos’s breakout as leading man Usnavi—lover, dreamer, entrepreneur, surrogate father, dancer, singer—is an electric performance in the team effort that produced the first post-lockdown […]
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“I just wanted three days off.” That’s the reason Javad (Mohammad Valizadegan), who is serving an obligatory 2-year term in the Iranian army, gives for […]
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FYOV You know you’re in for something special when the main character—39-going-on-40 Radha—experiences something akin to an epiphany, riding on the New York subway, as […]