Justin Chang

March 8, 2019

06:07

'Captain Marvel' Falls Short Of Instilling Its Heroine With A Distinctive Personality

The first female-led superhero movie from Marvel Studios is a pleasant, sometimes bland, feature-length introduction to a character who feels more sketched-in than fully realized.

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February 28, 2019

08:58

'Transit' Offers An Extraordinary Vision Of Nazi-Occupied France

A new film by German director Christian Petzold is set in a suspended-in-time version of the present. Critic Justin Chang calls it "a piercingly sad lament for the lost and forgotten souls of Europe."

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February 15, 2019

07:24

An Indigenous Community Is Drawn Into The Drug Trade In 'Birds Of Passage'

Justin Chang reviews the new film 'Birds of Passage' about a family corrupted by the Columbian drug trade.

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'Captain Marvel' Falls Short Of Instilling Its Heroine With A Distinctive Personality

'Transit' Offers An Extraordinary Vision Of Nazi-Occupied France

An Indigenous Community Is Drawn Into The Drug Trade In 'Birds Of Passage'

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