‘Ailey’ Film Review: Enigmatic Dance Legend Gets His Due
Jamila Wignot’s portrait of the incomparable Alvin Ailey honors the work but remains mystified by the man
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‘Pig’ Film Review: Nicolas Cage Cooks Up One of His Finest Performances in Gourmet Vengeance Tale
Michael Sarnoski’s tale of a reclusive ex-chef out to retrieve his porcine pal mixes flavors you wouldn’t think would pair well, but they do
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‘Summertime’ Film Review: Spoken-Word Saga Offers a Vibrant Tour of the Real LA
Carlos López Estrada (”Blindspotting“) returns with a poetry slam that’s a feast for the senses
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‘The Loneliest Whale’ Film Review: Doc Explores the Universal Need to Be Understood
”The Search for 52“ focuses on a one-of-a-kind whale and what he can teach humans about humanity
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‘Boss Baby 2’ Film Review: Sequel Shares the First Film’s Few Charms and Many Problems
Alec Baldwin returns for another convoluted storyline in an executive-infant fantasy that could use a changing
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‘Fathom’ Film Review: Whale Documentary Falls Short of the Subject’s Grandeur
The director is less interested in the researchers than in the research itself, and the results are dry
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‘Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It’ Film Review: Documentary Honors a Showbiz Legend
From Puerto Rican roots to Hollywood stardom, Moreno strived, survived and achieved goddess status
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‘Creation Stories’ Film Review: A Muddled Look at Alan McGee’s Mythic Rise to Record Mogul-dom
Tribeca 2021: The founder of the label behind Oasis and Jesus and Mary Chain deserves better than this trippy, messy biopic
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‘The Conjuring 3’ Film Review: Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson Return as Demon-Hunting Lovebirds
”The Devil Made Me Do It“ maintains the series’ thrills and chills, even without James Wan directing
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‘Blast Beat’ Film Review: Debut Feature Captures the Messy, Imperfect, Sometimes Empowering Immigrant Experience
Colombian filmmaker Esteban Arango benefits from the casting of real-life brothers as siblings in rivalry
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‘Profile’ Film Review: Journalist Catfishes ISIS Fighter in Tense Online Thriller
Timur Bekmambetov’s portrait of a screen-to-screen relationship is timely, although it mostly scratches the surface
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‘La Llorona’ Film Review: Jayro Bustamante Examines Real-Life Historical Horror in Impressive Third Feature
The title may conjure up the supernatural, but this shrewd film contemplates the actual genocide perpetrated against Guatemala’s indigenous population
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‘Minari’ Film Review: Steven Yeun Leads Charming Drama About Korean Transplants in 1980s Arkansas
Yeun delivers another thoughtful performance in this effortlessly poetic tale of redefinition and resilience
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‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Review: Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield Bring Fred Hampton’s Betrayal to Life
Shaka King’s tale of the Black Panthers and the FBI is shockingly radical, particularly for a major-studio movie
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‘Flee’ Film Review: Afghan Refugee Shares His Journey in Empathetic Animated Doc
Sundance 2021: This Grand Jury Prize winner uses animation to tell a story haunted by memory in a way live-action never could
