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Enjoy reviews of the latest movies on the international film market. In partnership with The Film Verdict, our reviews showcase talent and innovation from around the world, from the glitziest premieres at major festivals to gems we uncover in regional markets. The Film Verdict's team of expert reviewers treats every new film the respect it deserves.

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Cannes 2024: The Verdict

Women's films and issues held center stage at Cannes 2024, while outright political films and cinema's elder statesmen fell out of favor. read full review

Kinds of Kindness

Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe reunite with 'Poor Things' director Yorgos Lanthimos for this slight but fun triple-decker sandwich of macabre absurdism.

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Furiosa

Fails to meet the impossible task of matching, let alone surpassing, its legendary predecessor, but George Miller’s action sequences still pack a punch, even when they reek of déjà vu.

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IF

John Krasinski’s sledgehammer whimsy kills whatever charm this celebration of childhood imagination might have possessed.

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Wicked: Part I

This adaptation of the Broadway musical – the first half, anyway – offers a lot of craft but not enough magic.

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Gladiator II

Ridley Scott displays his prodigious gifts for violence and camp in this Roman sequel, but there’s a lot of filler.

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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

A cadre of feral siblings teach a small town the true meaning of Christmas in a rare faith-based film that doesn’t oversell its message.

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Red One

This search-and-rescue tale of a kidnapped Santa Claus doesn’t reinvent the action-movie wheel, but it’s a fun spin on holiday tropes.

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Here

Robert Zemeckis’ fixed-camera observation of the passage of time is a slick and profoundly shallow movie aching for depth.

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Venom: The Last Dance

Nothing means anything in the conclusion of Tom Hardy’s comic-book trilogy, which makes it either a complete waste of time or a superhero...

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Exhibiting Forgiveness

In his feature-film debut, painter Titus Kaphar exhibits his talents as a visual artist, if not as a screenwriter.

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Saturday Night

Jason Reitman’s print-the-legend look behind the scenes of the birth of a legendary comedy TV fixture succeeds on its breathless “let’s p...

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