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    Sheep in the Box

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    A rare disappointment from Hirokazu Kore-Eda, whose work is otherwise reliably moving. 

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    Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass

    Zoey Deutch shines in director David Wain’s latest comedy.

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    Romería

    Carla Simón’s new film is a familiar but moving look at a teen who investigates her parents’ lives to find closure. 

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s heartbreaking melodrama examines the effect of social pressure on love.

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