‘Marriage Story’ Film Review: Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver Break Apart in Noah Baumbach’s Devastating Drama
The writer-director’s streak of humane, heartbreaking films continues with this powerful and poignant tale
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‘The King’ Film Review: Timothée Chalamet Fights for the Crown, On and Off the Battlefield
David Michôd (“War Machine”) gives us a Henry V who plays fast and loose with both history and Shakespeare
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‘The Laundromat’ Film Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Panama Papers Tale Is a Messy Exposé
Not even Meryl Streep, Antonio Banderas and a miscast Gary Oldman can elevate this would-be “Big Short”
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‘Ad Astra’ Film Review: Brad Pitt Journeys to the Edge of Space and the Depths of His Character’s Soul
Pitt’s aloof astronaut sets out to find the father who paved his literal and emotional pathways
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‘La Llorona’ Film Review: Jayro Bustamante Examines Real-Life Historical Horror in Impressive Third Feature
Venice/Toronto Film Festivals 2019: The title may conjure up the supernatural, but this shrewd film contemplates the actual genocide perpetrated against Guatemala’s indigenous population
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‘Ema’ Film Review: Pablo Larraín’s Latest Dances to Its Own Rhythms
Venice 2019: The “Jackie” director boldly uses music video aesthetics in setting a character study to a reggaeton beat
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‘The Painted Bird’ Film Review: Jerzy Kosiński Adaptation Is Gruesome, Poetic Epic of Inhumanity
Venice 2019: Anchored by breathtaking visuals and a powerful child performance, Václav Marhoul’s three-hour film is a worthy endurance saga
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‘Mosul’ Film Review: Russo Brothers Produce an Action-Packed Tale of Fighting ISIS
Venice 2019: Screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan makes his directorial debut about local Iraqi heroes out for vengeance
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‘Babyteeth’ Film Review: Australian Doomed-Teen Dramedy Hides Its Tougher Questions Behind Frills and Filigree
Venice 2019: Director Shannon Murphy’s got style to burn, but an excess of it undercuts her characters and their dilemmas
