A Portuguese explorer leads expeditions that promise discovery and glory but instead reveal conquest as a brutal collision of cultures, faiths, and unchecked ambition, experienced from the inside as a slow, corrosive descent into violence and madness.
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‘Magellan’ Review: Gael García Bernal in Lav Diaz’s Dark Chronicle of Conquest
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‘Turbulence’ Review: A B-Movie That Never Takes Off
A CEO, his wife, and a mysterious woman share a hot air balloon ride that spirals into blackmail, survival chaos, and increasingly absurd high-altitude danger.
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‘The Comeback’ Season 3 Review: Lisa Kudrow Takes On AI—and Hollywood Itself (HBO)
A fading TV star lands a comeback role on an AI-written sitcom, forcing her to confront obsolescence, ambition, and a rapidly changing Hollywood she barely recognizes. Streaming on HBO Max.
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‘Two Seasons, Two Strangers’ Review: The Poetry of Fleeting Encounters
In summer, Nagisa and Natsuo meet by the sea. In winter, Li, a screenwriter, travels to a snow-covered village. There, she finds a guesthouse run by Benzo.
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‘The Plastic Detox’ Review: A Disturbing Investigation Into the Health Effects of Microplastics (Netflix)
This documentary follows couples struggling with infertility while exposing the growing scientific evidence linking microplastic exposure to hormonal disruption and serious health risks. Available on Netflix.
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‘Imperfect Women’ Review: Elisabeth Moss Leads a Glossy but Familiar Murder Mystery (Apple TV)
After a wealthy woman is murdered, her two best friends uncover secrets, betrayals and hidden desires that threaten their carefully constructed lives. Premieres March 18 on Apple TV+.
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‘The Madison’ Review: Michelle Pfeiffer Anchors Taylor Sheridan’s Fish-Out-of-Water Drama in Montana (Paramount+)
After a family tragedy, a wealthy New York clan relocates to rural Montana, where culture clashes, survival challenges and unexpected relationships reshape their lives.
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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in a Sequel That Questions the Myth
Todd Phillips’ unusual sequel turns Arthur Fleck’s story into a prison musical and courtroom drama that questions the violent mythology created by the Joker. Starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga.
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‘That Night’ Review: Three Sisters, One Dead Cop, and a Vacation Gone Very Wrong (Netflix)
During a Dominican Republic vacation, Elena accidentally hits a man with her car. With her sisters’ help, she hides the accident, testing family loyalty.
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Money, Love and Survival: Melodrama and Modernity in the Films of Vlasta Lah
Two rediscovered films by pioneering Argentine director Vlasta Lah portray women navigating love, money, and ambition in a changing Buenos Aires. Starting Tuesday, March 17, the Sala Leopoldo Lugones.



