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Bob Trevino Likes It
In “Bob Trevino Likes It,” directed by Tracie Laymon, there are two Bob Trevinos. Robert Trevino (French Stewart) is a narcissistic father, one who holds love at a conditional arm’s length and provides his daughter with an itemized list of every expense it took to raise her. Lily (Barbie Ferreira), his daughter, is a bubbly,…
Misericordia
A death in a small town raises some uncomfortable questions in “Misericordia,” a wryly amusing French neo-noir about obvious, slippery people. Jérémie (Félix Kysyl), a former resident of picturesque Saint-Martial, returns there after the death of his estranged mentor, a beloved local baker. Everybody wants Jérémie, but before they can admit it, they also want…
The Assessment
Deciding whether you’re ready to become a parent is hard enough. Having someone decide for you is even harder, especially when that person is a representative of the state who makes you jump through all kinds of crazy hoops without needing to explain her reasoning. Such is the vexing premise of “The Assessment,” a dystopian…
Secret Mall Apartment
“Secret Mall Apartment” is a Search Engine Optimization-friendly title for a documentary that’s about a lot of things that cannot be captured in three words. Directed by Jeremy Workman, it tells the story of a group of friends from a rundown, artist-friendly neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island who got pushed out of their homes by…
Snow White
To be fair—and fair is a word of double importance in Disney’s live-action remake of its first animated feature—a 2025 version of “Snow White” is as thorny as those wildly gnarled trees that keep grabbing Snow White (Rachel Zegler) when she’s trying to run away from the huntsman ordered to kill her. The Grimm brothers’…