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Family ties (and lies) in dark comic masterpiece ‘Parasite’

South Korean filmmaking master Bong Joon-ho delivers his funniest, most biting, and bleakest work to date.

Flint graduation, ‘Alien’ investigation, schlock celebration

A preview of three upcoming documentaries

Disney has serious stream dreams

Debuting Nov. 12, Disney+ wants to be the new lion king of streaming.

In ‘The Lighthouse,’ director Robert Eggers finds humor in the supernatural

It’s his second period piece, after “The Witch” (2015).

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Coming up: the Boston Palestine Film Festival and Boston Asian American Film Festival.

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Unfolding in so many kinds of limbo
In the documentary “Midnight Travler,” an Afghan family chronicles its flight to Europe.

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Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson shine amid the darkness of ‘The Lighthouse’

Robert Eggers, whose previous film was “The Witch,” directed and cowrote.

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Angelina Jolie is back as Maleficent — and Michelle Pfeiffer better watch out

“Maleficent: Queen of Evil” is a sequel to the 2014 reworking of “Sleeping Beauty.”

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In Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Pain and Glory,’ a filmmaker is on the verge of a nervous comeback

Antonio Banderas plays a famous director working his way through a creative impasse.

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‘The Addams Family’ proves that some families are scarier than others

The latest take on Charles Addams’s signature creation might make for passable Halloween-season viewing, but it works too hard to assert its ghoulish brood’s relevance.

Will Smith in ‘Gemini Man’ isn’t the first actor to play lookalike characters

Twins and clones are sure to test an actor’s mettle.

Coming Attractions

Movie openings and special screenings coming soon to Boston

What’s coming up on the local movies scene.

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10 of pop culture’s legendary self-absorbed monsters

From Captain Queeg to Captain Ahab: making megalomania great again.

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In Focus: Eyes on Gaza at the MFA’s Boston Palestine Film Festival

A preview of two documentaries at the annual festival.


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