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Sunday, June 7, 2026
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Dealing with divorce in ‘Marriage Story’

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From the very first scene of “Marriage Story,” you can tell you’re in good hands. If you go to the movies a lot, you know what I mean: that nameless, soaring feeling you get when you realize you’re watching something special. But what makes “Marriage Story” particularly exciting isn’t just that this realization comes so soon; it’s that it comes from a filmmaker well over a decade in waiting. Writer/director Noah Baumbach has plenty of indie gems on his résumé (including “Frances Ha,” a fantastic little film starring Greta Gerwig), but “Marriage Story” feels different, like a kind of second coming — a movie too good to be ignored.