A Father’s Relentless Search Haunts ‘Closure’
Michał Marczak’s documentary explores grief and uncertainty with artful sensitivity.
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Mr. Sousa has written marketing content for publications, websites, and corporations, including the New Yorker, ELLE, Vulture.com, and General Motors, for over 20 years. Immersed in old world culture and contemporary entertainment as a Portuguese-American dual citizen, and having studied the history of the arts at Rutgers University, he specializes in film and music criticism.
Michał Marczak’s documentary explores grief and uncertainty with artful sensitivity.
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‘One in a Million’ follows a young refugee and her family as they build a new life in Germany.
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An engagingly gruesome origin story subjects an obscure adversary of Batman to a monstrous makeover, though the Dark Knight is absent.
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Set against the backdrop of the Yellow Vest protests, Dominik Moll’s ‘Case 137’ supplies a superb showcase for Léa Drucker.
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Despite Lesley Manville’s best efforts, Kasia Adamik’s thriller grows increasingly implausible.
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Reed Van Dyk’s Iraq War drama achieves its greatest power in Hiam Abbass’s extraordinary portrait of grief, resilience and uneasy forgiveness.
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Dave Boyle’s ‘Never After Dark’ delivers a spirited twist on the familiar haunted-house genre.
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The director of the seminal 1995 fashion documentary, Douglas Keeve, on Isaac Mizrahi, chronicling a more carefree era, and John Galliano.
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A leading man’s star turn powers a 1930s survival thriller.
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Giselle Bonilla’s film aims to cynically prick liberal sensitivities, but ends up unfunny and scattershot.
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Despite melodramatic and manipulative flourishes, ‘The Runner’ finds its footing.
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Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock’s bond saves a film with a thin plot and uninspiring visuals.
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