‘The Power of the Dog’ Film Review: Jane Campion Western Explores Cowboy Masculinity as Camouflage
Benedict Cumberbatch gives perhaps his best performance to date, as part of a powerhouse ensemble that includes Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons
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‘The Summit of the Gods’ Film Review: Breathtaking Mountain-Climbing Story Captured as Only Animation Can
Patrick Imbert’s solo directorial debut is a tribute to the obsessive devotion that drives people to conquer the insurmountable
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‘Encanto’ Film Review: Disney Goes to Colombia for a Moving but Overstuffed Family Comedy-Adventure
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s songs and a living, breathing house steal the show in a charmer that might have benefited from some streamlining
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‘C’mon C’mon’ Film Review: Joaquin Phoenix Explores His Paternal Side in Humane Mike Mills Dramedy
Phoenix, Gaby Hoffman, and young Woody Norman build familial bonds as the film explores the hopes of the young for life on this planet
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‘Zeros and Ones’ Film Review: Ethan Hawke’s Mission Is Murky in More Ways Than One
Director Abel Ferrara raises more questions than he answers, but the pursuit of the truth (for the protagonist and for the audience) proves compelling enough
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‘Sing 2’ Film Review: Animated Sequel Feels Even More Oppressively Soulless
AFI 2021: Follow-up to the box-office hit looks to make more money with its lazy barrage of recent-vintage pop tunes
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‘7 Prisoners’ Film Review: Brutal Brazilian Drama Examines Modern-Day Slavery and Exploitation
Rodrigo Santoro plays a cruel boss who’s merely part of a pyramid of economic abuse in this social-realist powerhouse
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‘Passing’ Film Review: Rebecca Hall Explores Race in Stunning Directorial Debut
Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga play characters who can pass for white, and the drama digs into the roots of their masquerade
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‘Son of Monarchs’ Film Review: Mexican Scientist, Like the Butterflies He Studies, Straddles the Border
Writer-director Alexis Gambis’ overambitious film makes perceptive points about how people who leave home always carry home with them
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‘At the Ready’ Film Review: Young Latino Students Groomed for Border-Patrol Jobs in Chilling Documentary
Director Maisie Crow examines how opportunity-starved youths are recruited and indoctrinated
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‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ Film Review: Teen-Drag Stage Musical Maintains Dazzle as a Movie
A star is born with Max Harwood’s absolutely fabulous yet thoroughly heartfelt turn as the unapologetic Jamie
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‘The Card Counter’ Film Review: Oscar Isaac’s Gambler Is Haunted by His Torturous Past
Paul Schrader once again plumbs the themes that typify his screen output, but he finds new grace notes along the way
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‘White as Snow’ Film Review: Isabelle Huppert’s Chic Villain Outshines Muddled Fable
Anne Fontaine’s lackluster spin on ”Snow White“ commits neither to realism nor fantasy
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‘In the Same Breath’ Film Review: Explosive COVID-19 Doc Explores the US and China’s Botched Responses
Director Nanfu Wang (”One Child Nation“) follows the virus — and governmental propaganda — from Washington to Wuhan
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‘Free Guy’ Film Review: Ryan Reynolds Plays to Win in Video-Game Rom-Com
As a non-player character, Reynolds breaks free of his programming in a comedy that’s not quite as clever as it thinks it is
