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When it comes to playing a pop star, he’s more monkey than man

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How actor Jonno Davies and writer-director Michael Gracey went ape on superstar Robbie Williams for 'Better Man.'
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Ficks’ Picks: Best flicks of 2024, part two

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The big buff blaze of 'Love Lies Bleeding,' a shout-out to Sade, 'Megalopolis,' and more superlative reels.
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‘Nickel Boys’ has a horrific backstory, but ‘love is at the core of it’

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Director RaMell Ross on adapting Colson Whitehead's novel of systematic racism and abuse into a highly subjective film
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Screen Grabs: One monkey don’t stop no show

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Robbie Williams swings high, Pamela Anderson gets gritty, 'Sabbath Queen' follows a Radical Faerie rabbi, more new movies
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Ficks’ Picks: Best flicks of 2024, part one

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
Justice for 'Folie À Deux'! Plus nods to Harmony Korine, Clint Eastwood, M. Night Shyamalan, 'The Last Showgirl,' more
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Screen Grabs: Brace yourself for ‘The Brutalist’

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Plus: Almodóvar's 'Room,' Hitchcock's 'Manxman,' Leigh's 'Hard Truths,' Schrader's 'Oh, Canada,' more movie reviews
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Screen Grabs: Zut alors! The Count of Monte Cristo rides again

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: 'Nickel Boys.' 'The Girl with the Needle,' 'Porcelain War,' 'Harbin,' more new movie reviews
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Screen Grabs: Plugging into young Dylan’s raw mystique

Dennis Harvey -
'A Complete Unknown' embraces biopic cliches, yet also transcends them. Plus: Los Frikis rock out in a Cuban sanatorium.
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Screen Grabs: A little insatiable bloodlust (and just plain lust) for Christmas

Dennis Harvey -
Vampiric 'Nosferatu' and S&M-lite 'Babygirl' try to raise pulses—but it's 'The Fire Inside' that lands a knockout punch.
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Screen Grabs: Our favorite movies of 2024

Dennis Harvey -
Civil wars, papal intrigue, Irish rappers, disco boys, wandering saints, and hundreds of beavers topped our list.

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