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October 15, 2026
Spoiler Alert: Keeping Movies Under Wraps
Why do so many new films have plots and structures that make reviews a delicate dance of hints and secrets?
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October 9, 2026
The Vertiginous Revelations of “You Can See Everything”
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s interrogation of Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced Theranos founder, is a compelling spectacle of manipulation, suspicion, and apparent sincerity.
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October 9, 2026
“Lincoln in the Bardo” Gets an Opera at the Met
Also: an Animal Collective reunion, the reverent art of Malcolm Peacock, a new jazz documentary from 1972, and more.
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October 8, 2026
“The Social Reckoning” Leaves Out the Human Element
In Aaron Sorkin’s overwritten sequel to “The Social Network,” inspired performances by Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White can’t bring the main characters to life.
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October 2, 2026
The New York Film Festival, Week Two: Loose Talk, Bold Action
New movies from around the world treat sharp-minded talkers of all ages as agents of drama and danger.
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October 2, 2026
Justine Kurland’s Photographs Keep Us on Edge
Also: the progressive R. & B. of Kelela, the art of Jessica Lange, the Australian Ballet on Oscar Wilde, and more.
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September 30, 2026
“Verity” Is a Criminal Waste of Talent
The melodramatic power of Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway is squandered in a romantic tale that’s ludicrously muddled by suspicions of monstrous misdeeds.
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September 25, 2026
The New York Film Festival, Week One: Better Late Than Never
This year’s prime offerings include the festival début of an overlooked great director and startling new work by acclaimed filmmakers.
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September 25, 2026
The Sublime Somi Bridges African and Western Jazz
Also: David Greenspan and Lupita Nyong’o onstage, the found-object art of Narcissister, a Hong Kong-born filmmaker’s exploration of family history, and more.
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September 23, 2026
“NAZA” Puts Israel Face to Face with the War in Gaza
In this documentary, Israeli military and intelligence sources reveal systems, policies, and practices that have resulted in high numbers of civilian deaths and widespread destruction.
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September 19, 2026
Lena Dunham’s “Famesick” Is a Cautionary Tale of Filmmakers Doing TV
In chronicling the making of “Girls,” Dunham’s memoir reveals the cost of moving from the freedom of independent filmmaking to the corporate demands of television.
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September 18, 2026
New York Film Festival’s World of Cinema
Also: the punk-rock ruckus of Bikini Kill, New York City Ballet’s fall season, the Australian solo comedy “Garry Starr: Classic Penguins,” and more.
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September 16, 2026
“The History of Concrete” Humanizes the Material World
John Wilson’s whimsical first documentary feature reveals the social essence, and the political stakes, of the ubiquitous stuff of construction.
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September 11, 2026
The Sartorial Riches of the Silent-Film Era
Also: the neo-soul of Erykah Badu, a festival of Indian classical dance, John Wilson’s ode to concrete, and more.
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September 9, 2026
In “The Sun Never Sets,” Joe Swanberg Strips Romance to Its Bones
The filmmaker’s first feature in six years turns a love triangle in Anchorage into a philosophical experiment.
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September 4, 2026
Jocelyn Bioh’s “Mean Girls” at a Ghana Beauty Pageant
Also: Harry Styles takes up residence at M.S.G., “Paranormal Activity” terrifies Broadway, Dakota Fanning and Jake Johnson star in a new movie, and more.
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September 4, 2026
The Principled Cynicism of “By Any Means”
Elegance Bratton’s second feature, starring Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, brings a gangland perspective to the legal battle for civil rights in the nineteen-sixties.
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September 1, 2026
“Days and Nights in the Forest” Emerges from the Shadows
This passionate melodrama by Satyajit Ray, about four middle-class men on a heedless spree in a rural village, is a teeming panorama of social divisions and inequities.
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August 28, 2026
Kacey Musgraves, Crossover Queen
Also: John David Washington plays a tech bro in “Disruption,” Samara Joy and Christian McBride perform at Central Park, Jacob Elordi’s stars in Ridley Scott’s latest movie, and more.
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August 26, 2026
Shirley Clarke Lived Her Art to the Fullest
A new biography of this crucial New York filmmaker, whose work confronts racial and economic divisions, reveals her furiously inventive activity away from public view.
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August 19, 2026
“Dreams in Nightmares” Turns the Art Life Political
Struggles for personal and creative freedom fuel Shatara Michelle Ford’s second feature, about three women’s search for a friend gone missing.
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August 14, 2026
What to Do in New York City This Fall
Culture preview: what’s coming this season in TV, movies, art, theatre, dance, and music.
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August 11, 2026
Could “Fast” Be, at Long Last, Rob Tregenza’s Breakout Film?
A young auto racer brings speed and passion to small-town life in an unsung American auteur’s latest work.
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August 7, 2026
The Modern R. & B. of Olivia Dean and Baby Rose
Also: Cat Cohen’s one-woman musical comedy, the Anthony Bourdain bio-pic “Tony,” Battery Dance Festival by the water, and more.
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August 5, 2026
What Makes an Adaptation Good?
The kerfuffle over Christopher Nolan’s fidelity to Homer’s Odyssey reflects major questions in the history of cinema.
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July 31, 2026
Wendy Wasserstein’s Prescient Play
Also: Misty Copeland’s Ballet Festival, the cogent poetry of Noname, the films of Otar Iosseliani, and more.
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July 31, 2026
In “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” Desire and Terror Meet
Jane Schoenbrun’s latest film, which follows a celebrated young filmmaker tapped to reboot an old horror franchise, is a cinematic manifesto that examines how art can inspire both love and fear.
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July 24, 2026
Julio Torres’s Sea Wench, Qween Jean at Little Island
Also: Flaco the Owl gets a documentary, Debra Winger and Arliss Howard play “The Gin Game,” Broken Social Scene and friends drop in on Brooklyn, and more.
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July 23, 2026
“Lost Chapters” Weaves Literary Mysteries Into Family Bonds
The Venezuelan director Lorena Alvarado’s first feature, starring her own relatives in a fictional drama, connects a young woman’s homecoming and her artistic ambitions.
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