Owen Gleiberman

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‘Honey Don’t!’ Review: Margaret Qualley Is Back, with Even More Panache, in the ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ Companion Piece No One Asked For. But It’s Throwaway...

Margaret Qualley swans through “Honey Don’t!” like a movie star who might have been born in the wrong era, but she’s going to make the most of it. Regally tall, in...

‘The History of Sound’ Review: Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor Star in a Gay Period Romance That’s Like ‘Brokeback Mountain’ on Sedatives

“The History of Sound” is a gay love story in which no one ever comes out and says what’s on their minds. We get why. The film is set in the...

‘Eagles of the Republic’ Review: An Egyptian Movie Star Is Forced to Make a Propaganda Film in Tarik Saleh’s Catchy but Muddled Age of...

“Eagles of the Republic” is a Cairo-set political thriller one can slot into the following category: movies about life under autocracy that feel different to watch — at least to Americans...

‘Nouvelle Vague’ Review: Richard Linklater’s Movie About the Making of Godard’s ‘Breathless’ Is an Enchanting Ode to the Rapture of Cinema

In “Nouvelle Vague,” Richard Linklater’s ingenious and enchanting docudrama about the making of “Breathless,” the 29-year-old Jean-Luc Godard (Guillaume Marbeck) never takes off his sunglasses. He wears them on the set...

Patricia Clarkson Shows What a Great Actor She Is in ‘Lilly,’ a Whistleblower Drama for Our Time

Patricia Clarkson is an actor who always hits the true note, but it’s been quite a while since she nabbed a movie role as full-scale and invigorating as the one she...

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Says He Loves Movies. Do You Believe Him?

It’s been a long time coming. Like Jack Nicholson’s Col. Nathan R. Jessup in “A Few Good Men,” finally admitting that he ordered the Code Red (“You’re goddamn right I did!”),...

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