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Last Flag Flying

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French auteur Philippe Garrel returns with another consummately crafted relationship drama.

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The Commuter

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Liam Neeson and Jaume Collet-Serra join forces once more for this fast-paced and furiously entertaining actioner.

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Frances McDormand goes on the war path in director Martin McDonagh’s sensational latest.

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Brad’s Status

By Phil Concannon

Ben Stiller playing another self-pitying white dude? Yes, but this is thought-provoking and rewarding comedy.

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Persona (1966)

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Ingmar Bergman’s enigmatic masterpiece still shines with a piercing intensity after 50 years.

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The Greatest Showman

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Human Flow

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Ai Weiwei’s nuanced and fascinating portrait of global migration is one of the year’s most important films.

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Phantom Thread

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The Prince of Nothingwood

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Salim Shaheen, Afghanistan’s singular, strutting auteur, is the subject of this wonderfully entertaining doc.

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Manifesto

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Beach Rats

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A Brooklyn teen struggles to find his own identity in Eliza Hittman’s stirring ballad of sexual awakening.

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Mudbound

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