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

Margie Ratliff, participant of "The Staircase" (Photo by Adriel Gonzalez)

Beyond “The Staircase”: What happens when the documentary ends with subjects “left with the bill”?

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Mark Rylance in "Phantom of the Open" (Sony Pictures Classics)

“Phantom of the Open” is Mark Rylance’s winning film about the worst British Open golfer ever

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Johnny Flynn in "The Score" (Gravitas Ventures)

Johnny Flynn on making the crime musical “The Score,” in which characters perform songs he wrote

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"Butterfly Vision" (Wild Bunch)

“What can be scarier than death?”: Ukraine filmmaker on making a war film during wartime

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Men (Kevin Baker/A24)

“I used birth”: Alex Garland on creating the horror in “Men,” miscommunication and vicars

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Men (Kevin Baker/A24)

“Men” is Alex Garland’s glossy, gendered fever dream that bewitches as much as it befuddles

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Pleasure (Neon)

“Pleasure” is a gutsy, empathetic film about the ambitions of porn stardom

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The Vortex (Utopia)

Gaspar Noé on dementia in “Vortex,” witches in “Lux Æterna” and the “shamanic side to cinema”

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Black Box (Thibault Grabherr)

“Black Box” filmmaker on making a plane crash thriller that requires you to listen closely

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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Lionsgate)

“Massive Talent” filmmakers on Nicolas Cage’s weird authenticity and the hilarious line he ad-libbed

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Stephanie Hsu in "Everything Everywhere All at Once" (Allyson Riggs/A24)

“Everything” star Stephanie Hsu on playing all-powerful: “We would just unleash ultimate chaos”

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Nicolas Cage in "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" (Katalin Vermes/Lionsgate)

Give in to Nicolas Cage’s “Massive Talent,” a clever caper with the power to make anyone a fan

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Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent in "The Duke" (Sony Pictures Classics)

In “The Duke,” Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren make a real-life art heist charming

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(L-R) Karen Gillan as Sarah and Karen Gillan as Clone Sarah in the sci-fi film, "Dual" (Photo courtesy of RLJE Films)

“Dual” director on a world where Karen Gillan duels her own clone for survival: “Karen is a maestro”

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Naomi Watts in "Infinite Storm" (Bleeker Street)

Naomi Watts survives “Infinite Storm,” a harrowing mountain-climbing tale based on a true story

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All the Old Knives (Stefania Rosini/Amazon Studios)

Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton heat up Amazon’s sleepy thriller “All the Old Knives”

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Jim Bridenstine, Elon Musk, and Michael S. Hopkins in "Return to Space" (Netflix)

Netflix’s “Return to Space” filmmakers on why people follow Elon Musk: “He always sees the problem”

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Memoria (Neon)

Tilda Swinton moves through the dreamy and confounding “Memoria” at her own frequency

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Noomi Rapace stars in "You Won't Be Alone" (Branko Starcevic / Focus Features)

“You Won’t Be Alone” is a sensual and gory shapeshifting film that pushes back at society

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Caleb Landry Jones and Essie Davis in "Nitram" (IFC Films)

“Nitram” director was “terrified” of tackling mass shooting that changed Australian gun laws forever

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Rachel McAdams, Benedict Cumberbatch and Xochitl Gomez in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (Marvel Studios)

Celebrating Benedict Cumberbatch’s best movie misfits

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Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum in "The Lost City" (Paramount Pictures)

Sandra Bullock charms in “The Lost City,” which falls short of its screwball-comedy ambitions

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Mothering Sunday (Sony Pictures Classics)

“Mothering Sunday” director on challenging politics through intimacy: “Nudity levels out classes”

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Penelope Cruz in "Parallel Mothers" (Sony Pictures Classics)

“I decide with my heart”: Penélope Cruz on her marriage, career and working with Pedro Almodóvar

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