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‘Expend4bles’ Review: The Latest Installment of the Action Series Is Dull and Tasteless
It’s perhaps time to retire the clumsy “Expendables” franchise starring Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham
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‘The Boy and The Heron’ Review: Hayao Miyazaki’s Final Animated Film Is Among His Deepest and Darkest
Toronto Film Festival 2023: Timeless and artful, the Japanese master’s farewell to cinema is an enigmatic rumination on death and creation
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‘The Bikeriders’ Review: Jeff Nichols’ Roaring and Star-Studded Ode to a ’60s Motorcycle Club
Telluride 2023: Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy deliver captivating performances in this entertaining and Scorsese-esque biker flick
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‘Origin’ Review: Ava DuVernay Crafts an Ambitious, Deeply Intellectual Exploration of Race and Class
Venice 2023: Elevated by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor’s bravura performance, DuVernay’s epic impressively spans continents and periods
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‘Priscilla’ Review: Sofia Coppola’s Lush and Compassionate Presley Biopic Is a Perfect Fit
Venice 2023: Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi shine in Coppola’s deeply feminine film committed to truth-telling instead of myth-making
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‘The Royal Hotel’ Review: Kitty Green Reunites With ‘The Assistant’ Star Julia Garner in Riveting Thriller
Telluride 2023: Garner and Jessica Henwick lead the way with guts and muscle in this unnerving and atmospheric genre exercise
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‘Rustin’ Review: Colman Domingo’s Searing Performance Rises Above a Middling Film
Telluride 2023: George C. Wolfe’s flat visuals leave a lot to be desired despite the powerful subject matter
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‘Janet Planet’ Review: A Textured Yet Wearisome Coming-of-Age Tale
Telluride 2023: Julianne Nicholson and newcomer Zoe Ziegler ably navigate an even-keeled mother-daughter story that feels hushed to a fault
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‘The Holdovers’ Review: Alexander Payne’s ’70s-Set Christmastime Movie Is Familiar and Cozily Beautiful
Telluride 2023: Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and newcomer Dominic Sessa play sad people who lift one another up over the holidays at a posh New England school
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‘Saltburn’ Review: Emerald Fennell Reinforces Her Cinematic Panache With a Delightfully Weird Drama
Telluride 2023: Barry Keoghan is brilliant in Fennell’s bold, if imperfect, ‘Promising Young Woman’ follow-up
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‘All of Us Strangers’ Review: Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal Break Your Heart in Andrew Haigh’s Sublime Masterpiece
Telluride 2023: A rumination on grief and love, Haigh’s poignant and understated ghost story is one of the best films of the year
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‘El Conde’ Review: Pablo Larraín Fashions a Fiercely Original Vampire Tale About Pinochet and Chile’s Authoritarian Legacy
Venice 2023: The auteur’s deliciously gothic political satire feels urgent
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‘Bottoms’ Review: Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri Burst With Female Rage in Punchy High School Comedy
Emma Seligman’s zippy yet broad ‘Shiva Baby’ follow-up renews the spirit of raunchy teen humor
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‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ Review: LGBTQ Rom-Com Is Frustratingly Generic
The adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s best-seller is saddled by overlong turns and a middling sense of humor
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William Friedkin’s Tough-as-Nails Cinema Leaves a Legacy as Unique and Resolute as He Was
Appreciation: From “The Exorcist” to “The French Connection,” the director’s films weren’t all financial successes but set the tone for a generation
