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Unpoetic Injustice: “Queen & Slim” Treats Its Outlaws as Misguided Political Symbols

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Love is a War: “If Beale Street Could Talk” Presents a Warped Fairytale

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In “The Nightingale,” Rape is a Tool of Colonialism

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Hide or Fight: “Cam” Volleys Effortlessly between Terror, Fascination, and Righteous Anger

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Family Ties: “Hustlers” Promises Crime, but Delivers Matriarchy

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“Can You Ever Forgive Me?” is an Achingly Honest Portrait of a Writer’s Life

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This is Us: In Jordan Peele’s New Film, the Tormentors Look All Too Familiar

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Man Down: “The Power Of the Dog” Is a Brutal Meditation on Masculinity

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Ms. Jackson If You’re Scary: “Shirley” Is a Biopic in the Form of a Domestic Ghost Story

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“Promising Young Woman” Aims to Redeem the Rape-Revenge Tale. Does It?

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Controlling Interest: “The Favourite’s” Sympathetic Take on Power and Pain

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You’ve Heard This One Before: The Zero-Sum Legacy of “A Star Is Born”

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Forever Your Girls: “Little Women” Is a Film in Conversation with Its Own History

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