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Messy reality makes for deft comedy from director Rebecca Miller
Great acting, but unconvincing story in modern fairy tale
Jane Austen adaptation wickedly funny
Class warfare runs amok in Ben Wheatley’s Ballard adaptation
Banking games spark hostage drama in fleet thriller ‘Money Monster’
Comedy duo Key and Peele play with race, kittens in ‘Keanu’
JTC ends its season with a story that reflects its own time of transition
CHANELLING CHET Ethan Hawke plays Chet Baker in Robert Budreau’s ‘Born to Be Blue.’
Bon voyage to Nancy Raney, an icon of the Santa Cruz film community
Science denied to humans in fanciful alt-fantasy ‘Extraordinary World’
Tragedy, comedy, destruction odd mix in ‘Demolition’
Hank Williams inspires flat biopic ‘I Saw the Light’
L.A. food critic crusades for diversity in lively ‘City of Gold’
Tarot card symbolism trumps story in inert ‘Knight of Cups’
An opera icon battles her students in Jewel Theatre's vibrant and surprising 'Master Class'
A culture fades on the Amazon in haunting 'Embrace of the Serpent'
Psychological dread amps up eerie ‘The Witch’
Underdog appeal vs. schmaltz in ‘Eddie the Eagle’
Predicting Oscar gold in a 50-Shades-of-White year
Time, longing infuse moving marital drama ‘45 Years’
Coen brothers salute vintage Hollywood in sly comedy ‘Hail, Caesar!’
Jewel Theatre Company shines with fizzy ‘20s farce ‘Fallen Angels’
Puppets act out human malaise in clever, uneven ‘Anomalisa’
Man vs. man vs. nature in bloody spectacle ‘The Revenant’
Forbidden female love story unfolds in lush ‘Carol’
Wall St. crash predicted, ignored, in wry exposé ‘Big Short’
Fact-based tales top my fave films of 2015
Actors soar in tender, fact-based transgender story ‘The Danish Girl’
A brief history of how the Nickelodeon transformed Santa Cruz’s movie culture
Stirring story, despite some floundering, in Moby-Dick prequel ‘In the Heart of the Sea’