‘Perfect’ Film Review: Beautiful, Pointless Sci-Fi Saga Remains Aggressively Skin-Deep
There’s so much to look at and listen to in this sumptuously crafted film, but almost nothing to think about
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‘Be Natural’ Film Review: Documentary Celebrates Influential Female Filmmaker, Erased by History
“The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché” reveals the influential work of a woman who was among the cinema’s very first, and best, directors
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‘Wild Nights with Emily’ Film Review: Molly Shannon Brilliantly Reimagines Emily Dickinson
Writer-director Madeline Olnek rescues Dickinson from biased history, painting the poet as a woman brimming over with love and life
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‘Captain Marvel’ Film Review: Brie Larson Packs a Punch in Effective, Sometimes Obvious, Marvel Saga
The film may not always own up to its own political implications, but the girl-power and 90s retro aspects are fun, even when overplayed
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‘Isn’t It Romantic’ Film Review: Rebel Wilson’s Rom-Com Satire Scores Laughs But Lacks Bite
The film has fun poking at cinematic clichés, but it too often plays it safe rather than risk alienating fans of the romantic comedy genre
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‘Stieg Larsson: The Man Who Played With Fire’ Film Review: Doc Explores ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Author’s Anti-Nazi Activism
Sundance 2019: This powerful portrait ensures that Larsson will also be remembered for predicting and combating the neo-Nazi resurgence
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‘Egg’ Film Review: Christina Hendricks and Alysia Reiner Carry Prickly Pregnancy Comedy
Director Marianna Palka (“Bitch”) continues her fascinating and insightful examination of the phases of adult womanhood
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‘Destroyer’ Film Review: Nicole Kidman Gets Grim in Karyn Kusama Cop Drama
This gritty procedural earns points for its bleak tone, but prepare to be distracted by Kidman’s deglamorization
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‘Shirkers’ Film Review: Search for a Lost Film Leads to Awkward, Illuminating Truths
Sandi Tan returns to Singapore to find the movie she directed at 19, bringing her to terms with old friends and old mentors
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‘Maximum Impact’ Film Review: Pro-Russian Action-Comedy Serves Up Misogyny Alongside Propaganda
Orange County’s own Alexander Nevsky forges U.S.-Russia bonds while the film constantly humiliates Kelly Hu’s Secret Service officer
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‘The Icarus Line Must Die’ Film Review: Punk Tale Takes a Gritty L.A. Snapshot
The Icarus Line’s Joe Cardamone is our guide through a punk scene that’s being supplanted by shiny, empty music
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‘Half the Picture’ Film Review: Women Directors Tell All in Illuminating, Infuriating Doc
Vets like Ava DuVernay and Catherine Hardwicke share stories from an industry that still suffers from a shocking gender disparity
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‘Revenge’ Film Review: Female-Gaze B-Movie Thriller Earns an A for Execution
Coralie Fargeat’s vengeance drama is blood-soaked and stylish — and in Matilda Lutz’s hands, revenge is sweet, indeed
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‘Let the Sunshine In’ Film Review: Juliette Binoche Looks for Love With All the Wrong Men
Director Claire Denis wonders if midlife crises aren’t limited to a certain age — and what if love, itself, is the crisis?
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‘Krystal’ Film Review: Rosario Dawson Bewitches in Baffling Farce
Director-costar William H. Macy’s confounding comedy defies logic to a near-surreal extent
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‘Blockers’ Film Review: John Cena, Leslie Mann Teen Sex Comedy Lands a Joke a Minute
Think “Porky’s” but less crude and with the parents’ own double-edged coming-of-age story
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‘Seeing Allred’ Film Review: Gloria Allred’s Fight for Rights Makes a Stirring Documentary
The controversial attorney gets a fair and robust hearing in this inspiring Netflix feature
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‘Bilal’ Film Review: Animated Saga Bogged Down by Historical Constraints
Subtitled “A New Breed of Hero,” this adventure tells the story of an Islamic legend in a way that may confound outsiders
