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Film Reviews: New Releases for Nov. 22
Gladiator II, Wicked, The Piano Lesson, Blitz, Bonhoeffer, Black Box Diaries and more
Paul Mescal in Gladiator II Black Box Diaries ***1/2 "Issue documentaries” sometimes feel like they can only take you so far emotionally; this one packs a real wallop because it's also such a powerful character study. That character is Shiori Itô, a Japanese journalist who here chronicles her long battle for justice after accusing Noriyuki Yamaguchi—a high-powered journalist with connections to then-prime-minister Shinzo Abe—of drugging and raping her in 2015.
As a filmmaker, Itô's pretty savvy, understanding when she can wrestle tension out of the efforts to corner a police official who has…
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