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‘Citizen Ashe’ Film Review: Arthur Ashe Doc Movingly Chronicles Tennis Champ and Human Rights Activist
A wealth of archival footage and a powerful thematic thread of political evolution give power to this sports documentary
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‘Marcel the Shell With Shoes On’ Film Review: Jenny Slate Is the Voice of a Cinematic Hug
Director Dean Fleischer-Camp uses stop-motion animation with an open heart and a childlike sense of play
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‘Cyrano’ Film Review: Peter Dinklage Shines but the Songs Are Forgettable
Director Joe Wright’s adaptation of the Cyrano de Bergerac story is a bittersweet mixture of enjoyable highs and painful lows
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‘Becoming Cousteau’ Film Review: Respectful Doc Offers Nostalgic Look at Prescient Eco-Icon
Liz Garbus’ film burnishes the Jacques Cousteau legend, but it also reminds us how important his oceanic work remains to this day
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‘King Richard’ Film Review: Will Smith’s Turn as Venus and Serena Williams’ Dad Anchors Unconventional Sports Biopic
Until the sisters tell their own stories, this tale of the ambitious father who nurtured and coached them makes a powerful warm-up
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‘C’mon C’mon’ Film Review: Joaquin Phoenix Explores His Paternal Side in Humane Mike Mills Dramedy
Phoenix, Gaby Hoffman, and young Woody Norman build familial bonds as the film explores the hopes of the young for life on this planet
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‘Julia’ Film Review: Documentary on Beloved Culinary Revolutionary Goes Down Easy
The makers of ”RBG“ return with another ”Here’s a legend you love, and here’s why you love her“ doc
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‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’ Film Review: Benedict Cumberbatch Lights Up Eccentric Biopic
As an artist with a love of cats (but no head for business), Cumberbatch taps into his playful side, which fits the film’s oddball tone
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‘The Rescue’ Film Review: Thai Soccer Team Cave Rescue Doc Spins a Yarn So Wild It Has to Be True
The ”Free Solo“ directors slickly tell the unlikely story of the cave-diving hobbyists who saved the day
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‘Fauci’ Film Review: Documentary on COVID Fighter Emerges as a Portrait of Public Service
Whatever your political leanings, the film offers a look at a scientist who has made sacrifices fighting for the public good
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‘Bernstein’s Wall’ Film Review: Leonard Bernstein Doc Manages to Be Both Revelatory and Enigmatic
Telluride 2021: Douglas Tirola tells us plenty we didn’t know but still leaves some questions naggingly unanswered
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‘The Aeronauts’ Film Review: Felicity Jones Soars in Inspirational Tale for Young Women
Telluride Film Festival 2019: Starring alongside Eddie Redmayne, Jones plays a woman who is up for anything and ready to, as she says, ”find her seat at the table“
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‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Film Review: Edward Norton Mines the Rich Tradition of Film Noir
Telluride Film Festival: Director and star Norton adapts Jonathan Lethem’s novel in a film with echoes of ”Chinatown,“ ”The Big Sleep“ and many others
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‘The Two Popes’ Film Review: Fernando Meirelles Drama Takes a Delightful Look at the Coolest Pope Ever
Telluride Film Festival 2019: Jonathan Pryce and Anthony Hopkins help transform the story of Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI into something heartwarming and inspirational
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‘Waves’ Film Review: Trey Edward Shults’ Moving Drama Lets Love Rule
Telluride Film Festival 2019: The film starring Sterling K. Brown and Kelvin Harrison Jr. is about a choice we all make: Do we hold onto hatred or do we let go of past anger?
