All articles by Tim Grierson, Senior US Critic – Page 13
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‘Champions’: Review
Woody Harrelson stars as the coach of a disabled basketball team in Bobby Farrelly’s well-meaning, broad-strokes comedy
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‘Punch’: Glasgow Review
Tim Roth stars in this New Zealand-set story about a teenage boxer struggling with his sexuality
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‘Here’: Berlin Review
Two solitary souls find comfort in the natural world in Bas Devos’ Encounters-winning feature
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‘The Klezmer Project’: Berlin Review
Docu-fiction exploring the enduring legacy of Yiddish klezmer music won the first feature award at Berlin
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Features
In conversation: Baz Luhrmann and Austin Butler look back on their wild ride making ‘Elvis’
The pair bonded through an extended casting process, Covid lockdown in Australia, the film’s eventual shoot, and its long aftermath since Cannes last year.
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‘Creed III’: Review
Michael B. Jordan directs and stars in this slick, by-the-book Rocky sequel which hints at more but retreats to formula
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‘Cocaine Bear’: Review
Elizabeth Banks’ real-life tale of a drug-fuelled rampaging bear doesn’t deliver much of a high
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‘Reality’: Berlin Review
Sydney Sweeney stars as real-life American whistleblower Reality Winner in Tina Satter’s claustrophobic drama
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‘Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania’: Review
The third installment in the low-key MCU sidebar amps up the stakes with Jonathan Majors at his villainous best
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‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’: Review
Channing Tatum bows out gracefully in Steven Soderbergh’s muted farewell to the stripper franchise
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‘Knock At The Cabin’: Review
M. Night Shyamalan is back on form with this apocalyptic thriller starring Dave Bautista
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‘A Thousand And One’: Sundance Review
A mother and son struggle to survive in a gentrifying New York City in this Focus Features release
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‘Radical’: Sundance Review
Eugenio Derbez is as an inspirational teacher working in a deprived part of Mexico in this sincere, conventional drama
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‘Infinity Pool’: Sundance Review
Brandon Cronenberg lets loose on the idle rich in this disturbing Neon release
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‘Jamojaya’: Sundance Review
An up-and-coming hip hop musician faces professional and personal struggles in Justin Chon’s Hawaii-set drama
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‘Theater Camp’: Sundance Review
Likeable hit-and-miss Christopher Guest-style comedy will be cat-nip to musical theatre lovers everywhere
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‘Fair Play’: Sundance Review
High-stakes financial thriller in which a sexy young couple go to war after she is promoted over him
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‘Past Lives’: Sundance Review
Celine Song’s beautiful romance immediately draws comparisons to Linklater’s ‘Before’ trilogy
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‘Cat Person’: Sundance Review
A ‘New Yorker’ short story becomes a feature-length examination of a young woman’s dating fears starring CODA’s Emilia Jones
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‘Judy Blume Forever’: Sundance Review
The groundbreaking author is a compelling tour guide through her life’s work in this ’accomplished and polished’ Amazon doc