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

Limbo (A Brainstorm Media/Music Box Films)

“Indigenous people rarely make it into the headlines”: “Limbo” probes an aboriginal cold case

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Emma Stone in "Poor Things" (Searchlight)

The Oscar underdogs that deserve to win (but probably won’t)

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Seydou Sarr in "Io Capitano" (Cohen Media Group)

“Io Capitano” and migrant reality: “There is a lot of violence, but there is also a lot of humanity”

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"The Taste of Things" (Courtesy of Carole Bethuel and IFC FIlms)

“Cuisine is an art”: Juliette Binoche and “The Taste of Things” director make magical movie meals

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The Zone of Interest (A24)

“There will always be Holocaust deniers”: How “Zone of Interest” reveals unsettling truths about us

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Conbody vs Everybody (Participant)

Conbody workouts give the formerly incarcerated “an opportunity to get employment right away”

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Ariana DeBose in "I.S.S." (Bleecker Street)

“I.S.S.” filmmaker on US-Russian space conflict: “I’ve never seen a better argument for a mutiny”

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Kurt Yaeger (Photo by Kyrani Kanavaros)

“A disabled person is not a character trait”: Vampire film star Kurt Yaeger talks representation

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Timothée Chalamet in “Wonka” (Warner Bros. Entertainment)

The worst film performances of 2023

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The Boys in the Boat (Laurie Sparham © 2023 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.)

“It was grueling”: “The Boys in the Boat” director George Clooney and star Callum Turner on rowing

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Adam Driver in "Ferrari" (Lorenzo Sisti/Neon)

“Ferrari” delivers on style and speed but even Adam Driver can’t fuel this biopic with passion

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Occupied City (A24)

“People do forget, and that is OK: “Occupied City” challenges how we recall the Holocaust

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The Iron Claw (A24)

“They perform pain”: “Iron Claw” filmmaker on the contradictory emotional life of wrestlers

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2023 most impactful nude scenes (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Greenwich Entertainment/Columbia Pictures/Prime Video)

The year’s most impactful nudity in film

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Carole King, James Taylor and Danny Kortchmar in "Immediate Family" (Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)

“Musicians hear chemistry”: “Immediate Family” director on artist and session player collaborations

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Jennifer Grant, 3 1/2-months-old, wears a big smile for the cameraman as she makes her debut with her famous parents, Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon. (Getty Images/Bettmann)

“He took my breath away”: Dyan Cannon on loving Cary Grant and making his biopic series “Archie”

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Mahershala Ali as G.H., Myha’la as Ruth, Julia Roberts as Amanda and Ethan Hawke as Clay in "Leave the World Behind" (Courtesy of Netflix)

Julia Roberts and Mahershala Ali are wary strangers in Netflix thriller “Leave the World Behind”

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Emma Stone in "Poor Things" (Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight)

Emma Stone is astonishing in “Poor Things,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ smart and bonkers masterpiece

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Julianne Moore and Charles Melton in "May December" (Netflix)

“May December” is Todd Haynes’ seductive puzzle that challenges viewers to unpack moral decisions

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Jacob Elordi as Felix in "Saltburn" (Amazon Studios/MGM)

“Saltburn” director on bad behavior, Jacob Elordi’s eyebrow piercing and many “types of seduction”

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Michael Fassbender as an assassin in "The Killer" (Netflix)

David Fincher cast the wrong “Killer” in the Netflix thriller that lacks the auteur’s usual edge

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Cailee Spaeny in "Priscilla" (A24)

“Priscilla”: Sofia Coppola delivers a sympathetic but ultimately suffocating portrait

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Four Daughters (Photo courtesy of Kino Lorber)

“Four Daughters” seeks to understand radicalization by ISIS: “People can go to the side of darkness”

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Anatomy of a Fall (Neon)

“Anatomy of a Fall” inverses the formulaic whodunit and shows the “limitations of a courtroom”

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