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

The Other Fellow (Gravitas Ventures)

In “The Other Fellow,” real people named James Bond reveal the blessing and curse of the 007 moniker

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A Radiant Girl (Film Movement)

“She feels things deeply”: How “A Radiant Girl” slowly realizes the persecution of the Holocaust

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Monica Bellucci in "Irreversible: Straight Cut" (Emily De La Hosseray/Altered Innocence)

Revisiting Gaspar Noé’s rape and revenge film backward in impactful “Irreversible: Straight Cut”

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One Fine Morning (Sony Pictures Classics)

In “One Fine Morning” Léa Seydoux experiences the exquisite heartbreak and passion of everyday life

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Jonathan Majors in "Magazine Dreams." (Sundance Institute / Glen Wilson)

“You have a religious devotion to this sport”: Director on bodybuilding movie “Magazine Dreams”

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Slow (M-FILMS)

“Slow” director on creating an intimate, asexual romance: “We wanted this film to be very corporeal”

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Heroic (Sundance Film Festival)

“It is a civil war”: “Heroic” director on how the Mexican military makes ordinary men into killers

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Little Richard appears in "Little Richard: I Am Everything" by Lisa Cortes. (Sundance Film Festival)

From “Cat Person” to “Little Richard,” here are 12 Sundance Film Festival titles to watch online

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Bad Press (Sundance Film Festival)

“Free press supports tribal sovereignty”: The Muscogee reporter fight against tyranny in “Bad Press”

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A Man Called Otto (Sony Pictures)

As “A Man Called Otto,” Tom Hanks’ gruff yet noble curmudgeon will warm your heart

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Vicky Krieps in "Corsage" (IFC Films)

“Corsage” star Vicky Krieps says Austria’s Empress Elisabeth had a “darkness that attracted me”

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Guslagie Malanda in "Saint Omer" (Neon)

“Saint Omer” examines the darkest maternity taboos and the “language of the accused”

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Christian Bale as Augustus Landor in "The Pale Blue Eye" (Scott Garfield/Netflix)

“This film is Poe’s origin story”: “The Pale Blue Eye” director on his gothic whodunit at West Point

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Emma Thompson in "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande", Alexander Skarsgård in "The Northman" and Rory Kinnear in "Men" (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/A24/Focus Features/Hulu/Searchlight Pictures)

The year’s most powerful nudity in film

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Broker (Neon)

“Broker” is the absorbing slow-burn chase film with a baby, a cop and a makeshift family of liars

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Margot Robbie plays Nellie LaRoy and Diego Calva plays Manny Torres in "Babylon" (Paramount Pictures)

Why, Damien Chazelle, why?!: “Babylon” is a busy, bawdy and bad orgy of Hollywood nothingness

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Kate Hudson as Birdie, Jessica Henwick as Peg, Daniel Craig as Detective Benoit Blanc, and Leslie Odom Jr. as Lionel in "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" (John Wilson/Netflix)

Cozy up to “Glass Onion,” the droll “Knives Out” sequel that delivers all the murder mystery goods

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Bardo (Netflix)

Surrender to Alejandro Iñárritu’s Netflix movie “Bardo,” a surreal “chronicle of uncertainties”

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Ana de Armas in "Blonde," Harry Styles in "My Policeman" and Tom Hanks in "Elvis" (PHoto illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Warner Bros. Pictures/Amazon Studios/Netflix)

The worst film performances of 2022

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Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) in "She Said" (Universal)

Why aren’t cinephiles taking the Oscar bait? Salon conducted an unscientific survey

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Wildcat (Courtesy of Amazon)

“Wildcat” directors on shooting challenges: “How can you tell this story if you can’t film the cat?”

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2nd Chance (Showtime)

Meet the narcissistic inventor of the bulletproof vest who “endangered as many lives as he saved”

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Robert Downey Sr. and Robert Downey Jr. in "Sr." (Netflix)

Robert Downey Jr. reconnects with his filmmaker dad in Netflix’s poignant documentary “Sr.”

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Four Samosas (IFC Films)

Ravi Kapoor on his comedy “Four Samosas”: “I always wanted to make a lo-fi heist movie”

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