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Terence Malick’s recent feature stars Christian Bale as a successful Hollywood screenwriter undergoing a spiritual crisis. He finds some solace in the women and excesses of Hollywood, but real meaningfulness proves elusive. Dismissed by many critics as mannered, sexist, and something of a self-parody, Malick’s lyrical but corrosive take on the movie industry also has its defenders, like The New Yorker’s Richard Brody, who calls it "one of the great recent bursts of cinematic artistry.” With Cate Blanchett, Antonio Banderas, Natalie Portman, Freida Pinto, et al. DCP. 118 min.