Watch List Weekly Recap 10/13/23

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Good Movies 📽

One Good Film: "Benediction"

Ty Burr • Oct 10, 2023

For Terence Davies, 1947-2023, and for Israel.

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Good Movies 📽

What To Watch: "Once Within A Time"

Ty Burr • Oct 13, 2023

The strangest movie opening today is also the most eerily beautiful: “Once Within A Time” (in theaters, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 1/2) is a cinematic parable, just under an hour long, from our wayward Jeremiah of the movies, Godfrey Reggio. Reggio, you may recall, is the Christian Brotherhood monk who took time out from working with youth gangs and the ACLU to make "Koyaanisqatsi" ...

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