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‘The New Girlfriend’ Review: Tame Trans Drama Is Too Beautiful to Dismiss
Haunted by death and idiosyncrasy, director François Ozon’s latest is about the loves and identities that dare not speak their names
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‘Breathe’ Review: Melanie Laurent’s Tale of Friendship Gone Wrong Is One of 2015’s Best Films
An intimate, naturalistic drama about obsessive friendship turns painfully claustrophobic in the actor-director’s marvelous second feature
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‘Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine’ Review: Stunning Peek at Apple Legend’s Dark Sides
Alex Gibney’s ace new documentary on the Silicon Valley giant chronicles Jobs’ path to greatness, trampling friends and foes alike
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‘Hitman: Agent 47’ Review: Video Game Adaptation is All (Messy) Plot, No Believable Characters
Don’t expect this reboot of the “Hitman” franchise starring Zachary Quinto and Rupert Friend to break the curse of bad movies made out of hit video games
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‘Fort Tilden’ Review: SXSW Favorite Invites You to Care About the Most Annoying People on Earth
Dark comedy doesn’t make it easy for you to like two Brooklyn hipsters on an ill-fated trip to the beach
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‘Shaun the Sheep’ Review: ‘Wallace & Gromit’ Spin-Off Is Pure, Wordless Entertainment
Aardman, the studio behind “Chicken Run,” offers another stop-motion treat, even if it’s more funny than memorable
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‘Best of Enemies’ Review: Gore Vidal, William F. Buckley Usher in Era of Insult-Driven Political Debate
A timely but unsatisfying exploration of a series of exchanges between conservative Buckley and liberal Vidal makes its case too little and too late
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‘Unexpected’ Review: Cobie Smulders Mopes Through Thoughtful, Sleepy Pregnancy Drama
Anders Holm, Elizabeth McGovern and newcomer Gail Bean costar in Kris Swanberg’s well-intentioned tale of a teacher and student who bond
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‘Pixels’ Review: Adam Sandler Schlumps Through Bland Action-Fantasy
Don’t put any coins in this numbing nostalgia ride, which costars Kevin James, Josh Gad, and Michelle Monaghan
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‘Irrational Man’ Review: Woody Allen’s Moral Fable is Confused – Even For a Humanities Professor
Joaquin Phoenix stars in a clumsily crafted romance-turned-mystery that doesn’t seem to know what story it’s supposed to be telling
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‘Lila and Eve’ Review: Viola Davis and Jennifer Lopez Tackle Loss in Powerful Vigilante Thriller
Actresses play grieving moms out for revenge in a film that makes up for its familiar beats with moments of deep insight
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‘Tangerine’ Review: Transgender Comedy Takes Chances, and Not Just by Filming on an iPhone
Two appealing newcomers star in this ebullient comedy about a pair of prostitute pals in search of a pimp who did one of them wrong
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‘Amy’ Review: Winehouse’s Fascinating Contrasts Surface in This Bio-Autopsy
Director Asif Kapadia’s excellent film asks if Winehouse, a beneficiary and fodder of the fame machine, ever really had a chance at survival
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‘A Little Chaos’ Review: Alan Rickman Directs Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts in Lazy Feminist Fantasy
Just about nothing works in this period romance set against the landscaping of Versailles
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‘Max’ Review: Old-Fashioned Tale of a Heroic Mutt Gets Surprisingly Dark
Starring Thomas Haden Church, Lauren Graham and Robbie Amell, this dutifully educational children’s story looks and feels like a Disney Channel movie
