This 50th anniversary Muppets special recreates the show’s iconic 1970s format, with Sabrina Carpenter appearing as a guest star. Streaming on Disney+.
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‘The Muppet Show’ Review: Sabrina Carpenter Joins the Gang for a 50th Anniversary Throwback
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Modern Classics: ‘La La Land’ and the Limits of Musical Nostalgia
A jazz musician and an aspiring actress find love in Los Angeles, where artistic ideals and real-world compromises threaten their relationship. Winner of six Academy Awards.
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‘Arco’ Review: Natalie Portman Produces an Oscar-Nominated Animated Vision of the Future
Ten-year-old Arco, who lives in the year 2932, travels to the year 2075, where he meets Iris. His time-travel device is broken, and with her help he attempts to find a way to return to the future.
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‘The Summer Hit’ Review: A Zombie Comedy in a Post-Pandemic World
Three young thieves target a house on Uruguay’s coast, only to find that the dead don’t stay dead—and have returned as flesh-hungry zombies. Starring Malena Villa, Azul Fernández, and Débora Nishimoto.
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‘Kill the Jockey’ Review: Luis Ortega’s Surreal Descent Into the Underworld (MUBI)
An alcoholic jockey is locked away to clean up before the biggest race of his life. But when the plan implodes, he escapes into a world where he no longer recognizes others—or himself.
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Modern Classics: ‘Django Unchained’ and Tarantino’s Cinema of Revenge
Quentin Tarantino turns the Western into a violent, talkative revenge fantasy set against the brutal reality of American slavery.
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‘Oh, Hi!’ Review: A Twisted Rom-Com About Love, Fear, and Misunderstanding
What starts as a carefree vacation spirals into an absurd, unsettling standoff over love, control, and emotional honesty. Starring Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman.
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‘The Rainmaker’ Review: A Legal Thriller Stripped of Its Bite
A rising young lawyer is fired from an elite firm and joins a scrappy ambulance chaser and her shady paralegal, only to face his former employer in court over a wrongful death case.
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‘The Damned’ Review: An Icy Descent into Folk Horror
When a remote fishing station lets shipwrecked sailors die, an ancient folk legend resurfaces, turning hunger, guilt, and isolation into a slow-burning nightmare.
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Modern Classics: The Fragile Poetry of Sofia Coppola’s ‘Lost in Translation’
The American filmmaker’s movie quickly became an instant classic, capturing the unlikely friendship that forms in Japan between a seasoned actor and a much younger woman. With Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson.


