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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
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‘Meg 2: The Trench’ Review: A Dull Sequel That Plunges Into Boredom
Ben Wheatley’s “The Meg” follow-up is an outsized shipwreck with bad CGI and poor writing
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‘Dreamin’ Wild’ Review: Casey Affleck Plays a Tortured Artist in Gentle but Weary Musical Biopic
“Love & Mercy” director Bill Pohlad’s latest can’t find its rhythm despite an intriguing true story
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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ Review: Seth Rogen’s Passion Project Is Sweet and Spirited
In the ‘Spider-Verse’ style, this fun yet predictable animated film subverts the soulless CGI look
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‘Talk to Me’ Review: Danny and Michael Philippou’s Debut Is Promisingly Spooky
While it doesn’t fully work, A24’s Australian genre film offers some genuine scares from a duo evidently well-versed in horror
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‘Oppenheimer’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Epic Is Brainy and Grand in All the Right Ways
Elevated by Cillian Murphy’s exacting performance, Nolan’s biopic on the father of the atomic bomb is majestic and morally complex
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‘Barbie’ Review: Greta Gerwig Delivers a Fierce Feminist Statement Dressed in Pink
Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are born to play the stereotypical Barbie and Ken dolls
