Reviews
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‘The Sea Beast’ Film Review: Netflix Animated Feature Feels Both Sloppy and Stylish at Every Level
Director and co-writer Chris Williams brings big ideas (and flat characters) and sweeping action (and clunky animation details) to this epic tale
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‘Olga’ Film Review: Ukrainian Gymnast Finds Herself in Political Crosshairs in Tense Sports Drama
Training in Switzerland while concerned with events at home, the lead of Elie Grappe’s debut feature channels her anxiety into athletic perfection
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‘Both Sides of the Blade’ Film Review: Claire Denis’ Latest Will Feel Sharper for Longtime Fans
Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon star in a drama that offers far more questions than answers
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‘Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel’ Film Review: Doc Celebrates NYC’s Legendary Residence
The ghosts of artists past mingle with the bohemians still hanging on in this place where Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol and other legends once lived
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‘Black Bird’ Review: Apple TV+ Crime Drama Evokes the Best of the Genre
Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser and the late Ray Liotta shine in this quietly gripping new series
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‘Vesper’ Film Review: Quietly Dazzling Sci-Fi Drama Creates a New Kind of Genre
Karlovy Vary Film Festival: This European-made, English-language production mixes modern young-adult fiction with the rhythms of the European arthouse
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‘Fire of Love’ Film Review: Married Scientists Devote Their Lives to Each Other, and to Volcanoes
The nature-documentary footage of lava is awe-inspiring, as is the love story of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft
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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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‘The Terminal List’ Review: Chris Pratt Is a Gun-Loving Killing Machine in Tedious Prime Video Series
Pratt plays a traumatized Navy SEAL in the Jack Carr adaptation
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‘The Princess’ Film Review: Joey King Girlbosses Her Way to the Throne in This Ridiculous Action Thriller
This vapid fantasy falls short on character and personality
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‘Hallelujah’ Film Review: Doc Explores Leonard Cohen’s Legacy Through That One Song
Cohen’s most-performed song is the jumping-off spot for Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine’s film openhearted about the late singer
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‘The Forgiven’ Film Review: Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain Find Humanity in Some Nasty People
There’s a lot of despicable stuff going on in this efficiently nasty drama from John Michael McDonagh, the Irish writer-director of “The Guard” and “Cavalry”
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‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Film Review: Yellow Subservients Return, More Irritating Than Ever
These jaundiced annoyances are clearly a big money-maker, but this latest go-round serves only to spotlight the lack of creativity in studio animation
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‘Hamlet’ Off Broadway Review: Alex Lawther Leads a Brilliant Modern Take on the Bard
Get thee to the Armory!
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‘Sniper: The White Raven’ Film Review: Ukrainian Character Study Devolves Into Generic Revenge Thriller
Director Marian Bushan introduces us to a complicated figure but can’t handle the shift into standard (but well-shot) action movie tropes
