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Gary M. Kramer is a writer and film critic based in Philadelphia. Follow him on Twitter.

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Benedict Cumberbatch in "The Courier" (Liam Daniels/Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions)

Benedict Cumberbatch is a tense & meticulous spy in Cold War thriller “The Courier”

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Leonard Nam in "Phobias" (Vertical Entertainment)

“Phobias” horror film stars discuss tapping into fears, playing tortured, and anti-Asian attacks

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Pablo Ibar in "The Miramar Murders: The State vs. Pablo Ibar" (Miami Film Festival)

In the provocative “Miramar Murders,” a suspect is apprehended but justice still remains in question

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Jena Malone and Pablo Schreiber in "Lorelei" (Vertical Entertainment)

“Lorelei” star Jena Malone: Lower-income stereotypes have always been “stigmatized but romanticized”

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Jack Kesy in "Dark Web: Cicada 3301" (Lionsgate)

Jack Kesy is a chatty hacker in comic thriller “Dark Web,” in which the truth is loosely defined

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Lou Diamond Phillips in "Prodigal Son" (Phil Caruso/FOX)

Lou Diamond Phillips: “My entire career has been fighting against those labels”

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Noée Abita in "Slalom" (Kino Lorber)

“Slalom” director on pushing limits & the abuse of a skier by her coach: “This film is about bodies”

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The Truffle Hunters (Sony Pictures Classics)

“The Truffle Hunters” filmmakers on the fungi’s mystique: “Everything about this world is a secret”

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Michelle Rodriguez and Armie Hammer in "Crisis" (Quiver Productions)

“Crisis” boasts big names – Gary Oldman, Evangeline Lilly, even Armie Hammer! – and fails them all

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"Eremita" (Suzee & Cinema)

Experimental film “Erēmīta” is an inventive & vivid celebration of our pandemic hermitage life

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Rosamund Pike in "I Care a Lot" (Seacia Pavao / Netflix)

“I Care a Lot” is a darkly amoral joyride for Rosamund Pike and Peter Dinklage

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Shuya Chang and Louise Linton in "Me You Madness" (STX Films)

With “Me You Madness,” Steve Mnuchin’s wife creates a bold, bipartisan comedy to annoy us all

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Demián Bichir and Robin Wright in "Land" (Focus Features)

How “House of Cards” prepared Robin Wright to direct “Land,” a moving tribute to nature & resilience

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Tahar Rahim in "The Mauritanian" (STX Films)

“I wanted to be waterboarded for real,” says “The Mauritanian” star on playing a Guantanamo detainee

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At the Ready (Forward Facing Films)

In “At the Ready,” teens’ path to Border Patrol & law enforcement is “akin to military recruitment”

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Meera, Chief Reporter for news outlet Khabar Lahariya filming an interview in India’s Uttar Pradesh region in "Writing With Fire" (Black Ticket Films)

In “Writing With Fire,” reporters from India’s lowest caste defy the patriarchy to seek justice

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Ann Dowd in "Mass" (7 Eccles Street/ Sundance Film Festival)

The heartrending “Mass” is a somber and intimate look at the survivors of a horrific crime

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Mohammed Arif and Ibrahim Mohammed, two boys from Harar, Ethiopia in "Faya Deyi" (Merkhana Films)

“Faya Dayi” presents a luminous yet hazy day in the life of Ethiopia colored by khat

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Alvan from "Try Harder!" (Sundance Film Festival)

In the grueling doc “Try Harder!” Asian American students strive to meet “unreasonable” expectations

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Michael Greyeyes, star of "Wild Indian" (Logical Pictures/Sundance Film Festival)

“Wild Indian” filmmaker on repression and how “traumatized people tend to perpetuate trauma”

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Rita Moreno in "Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It" (Maramara Films)

Rita Moreno reflects on tenacity, her career and Latinx representation: “Where is our ‘Moonlight’?”

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Shahab Hosseini in "The Night" (IFC Films)

Why horror flick “The Night” is the first American film to be released in Iran in four decades

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Adarsh Gourav in "The White Tiger" (Tejinder Singh Khamkha/Netflix)

“The White Tiger” is a terrifically cynical tale of an ambitious man who games the system

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Carey Mulligan in "The Dig" (Larry Horricks/Netflix)

Netflix’s gorgeous “Dig” loses sight of its own discoveries in favor of soapy period melodrama

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