‘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
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‘In the Same Breath’ Film Review: Explosive COVID-19 Doc Explores the US and China’s Botched Responses
Sundance 2021: Director Nanfu Wang (“One Child Nation”) follows the virus — and governmental propaganda — from Washington to Wuhan
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‘Jockey’ Film Review: Clifton Collins Jr. Runs for the Roses in Powerful Drama
Sundance 2021: Collins’ Sundance Best Actor-winning performance brings the talented actor to a new level
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‘Passing’ Film Review: Rebecca Hall’s Stunning Directorial Debut Provocatively Explores Race
Sundance 2021: 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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‘Ailey’ Film Review: Enigmatic Dance Legend Gets His Due
Sundance 2021: Jamila Wignot’s portrait of the incomparable Alvin Ailey honors the work but remains mystified by the man
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‘Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It’ Film Review: Documentary Honors a Showbiz Legend
Sundance 2021: From Puerto Rican roots to Hollywood stardom, Moreno strived, survived and achieved goddess status
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‘Sometimes Always Never’ Film Review: Bill Nighy Helps Lift Scatter-Brained Family Drama
The film from director Carl Hunter creates characters charged with latent resentment, unresolved loss and unhealthy defense mechanisms
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‘Shirley’ Film Review: Elisabeth Moss Has Monstrous Presence in Unconventional Drama
Director Josephine Decker uses a concoction of fact and magical realism in this bio-fiction about writer Shirley Jackson
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‘The Wolf House’ Film Review: Chilean Animated Film Depicts a Mind-Blowing Haunted House
Directors Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León mingle classic European fairytales in a potpourri of magical notes laden in eeriness
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‘I Still Believe’ Film Review: KJ Apa Croons His Way Through Another Saccharine Faith-Based Biopic
Directors Andrew and Jon Erwin bring polish to inspirational films, but the storytelling is sunk by the usual tropes
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‘Straight Up’ Film Review: Gay Boy Meets Straight Girl in Banter-Filled Comedy
Writer-director-star James Sweeney explores his star-crossed lovers from every angle of the Kinsey scale
