‘Jumbo’ Film Review: Offbeat Love Story Joins Woman and Park Attraction For an Unusual Ride
Whether you’ve heard about object sexuality or not, this gung-ho Belgian debut feature is less than the sum of its parts
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‘The Painted Bird’ Film Review: Jerzy Kosiński Adaptation Is Gruesome, Poetic Epic of Inhumanity
Anchored by breathtaking visuals and a powerful child performance, Václav Marhoul’s three-hour film is a worthy endurance saga
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‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ Film Review: Eliza Hittman’s Powerful Teen Abortion Drama Explores Access and Friendship
A young girl’s trip to New York with her best friend to terminate a pregnancy is told with sensitivity and urgency
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‘Crip Camp’ Film Review: Stirring Documentary Recalls Training Ground for Disability Rights Activists
A little-known story of political awakening is the subject of this eye-opening, powerful non-fiction film
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‘Bloodshot’ Film Review: Vin Diesel’s Revamped Warrior Is a Franchise Fumble
Outside of one decent story twist, this is a run-of-the-mill stab at a new comics universe
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‘Hope Gap’ Film Review: Divorce Drama Showcases Annette Bening and Little Else
Writer-director William Nicholson’s look at the aftermath of a decades-long British marriage gives Bening plenty to act but not much to chew on
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‘Young Ahmed’ Film Review: The Dardennes’ Tale of Teenage Radicalism Feels Both Suspenseful and Confounding
Social realists Jean-Pierre and Luc tell a gripping story of youthful extremism, with a perplexing mystery at its center
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‘Greed’ Film Review: Steve Coogan Shines in Uneven Comedy About the Filthy Rich
Michael Winterbottom’s politics are in the right place, but the mix of laughs and outrage doesn’t always gleam
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‘Emma.’ Film Review: Classic Jane Austen Novel Becomes a Sumptuous, Smart Big-Screen Treat
Beneath the lush English surfaces and romcom dazzle are nuanced touches and rich performances, most notably from Johnny Flynn
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‘Bad Boys for Life’ Film Review: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Go Over the Top, Again
It’s an improvement over “Bad Boys II,” but this late-in-the-game sequel still traffics in slick, loud carnage
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‘Cats’ Film Review: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Feline Fantasy Musical Becomes a Garish Hairball
It’s hard to “ruin” Webber’s already strange musical, but Tom Hooper’s wrongheaded attempt certainly tries
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’63 UP’ Film Review: Michael Apted’s Grand Documentary Experiment Still Compels
After nearly six decades, it’s still a rewarding visit with the every-seven-year subjects of this British non-fiction series
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‘Richard Jewell’ Film Review: Clint Eastwood’s Wrong-Man Docudrama Muddles Harrowing True Story
Despite a committedly eccentric turn by Paul Walter Hauser as the Atlanta Olympics bombing hero-turned-suspect, this true story is mostly underwhelming
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10 Best Documentaries of 2019, From ‘Apollo 11’ to ‘One Child Nation’ (Photos)
Best of/Worst of 2019: “For Sama” and “Honeyland” rank among the year’s finest non-fiction films
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‘Dark Waters’ Film Review: Mark Ruffalo and Todd Haynes Team Up for Brooding Environmental Docudrama
The fight to expose DuPont’s malfeasance becomes a tense and surprisingly straightforward thriller in Haynes’ hands
