Layla practices Baha’i while Sasan is Muslim, so the coming societal conflict is predictable and carries heavy emotional weight.
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Blu-ray Review: ‘Song Sung Blue’ Starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson
When it features its stars singing the Neil Diamond songbook, this biopic delights. Otherwise, it's a depressing slog.
Read More »Movie and Music Reviews: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,’ plus Pavlov’s Dog and the Dream Syndicate
It's far from the exhilarating, upbeat tale that some fans might expect. Though we see a few snippets of Bruce in concert, rocking out in front of adoring fans, the lion’s share of this movie captures a very different offstage persona.
Read More »New York Film Festival Review: Bradley Cooper’s ‘Is This Thing On?’
In Bradley Cooper's third outing as director, Will Arnett and Laura Dern portray a couple whose separation leads to an unpredictable midlife catharsis.
Read More »New York Film Festival Review: ‘Anemone,’ Daniel Day-Lewis’ Exceptional Return
'Anemone' is a family drama about lives upended by political and personal violence. The characters receive a second chance at reconciliation through one brother's love for the other.
Read More »New York Film Festival Review: ‘After the Hunt’ with Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield
In 'After the Hunt,' a professor's life upends after a Ph.D. student accuses another professor of sexual assault.
Read More »New York Film Festival Review: ‘Miroirs No. 3’
Director Christian Petzold explores questions about spiritual consciousness, broken humanity, inner dislocation and the slow road to recovery after trauma.
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘Re-Creation’
In a nod to jury drama 'Twelve Angry Men,' 'Re-Creation' sets up a fictional jury to examine the true murder of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier.
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘Inside’
'Inside,' directed and written by Charles Williams, is more than a prison narrative. It is an incredible, memorable examination of our humanity.
Read More »Athena Film Festival Review: ‘Lilly’ Starring Patricia Clarkson
'Lilly' is based on the true story of Lilly Ledbetter who fought Goodyear and initiated passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
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