Reviews
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‘Nanny’ Film Review: Chilling Drama Weaves Haunting Character Study of a Caregiver
Anna Diop’s turn as an overqualified and beleaguered au pair stands out in Nikyatu Jusu’s ambitious but flawed debut feature
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‘Strange World’ Review: Animated Disney Adventure Works Best When It Doesn’t Explain Its Own Themes
Disney’s striking sci-fi feature has a lot to say about fathers and sons — and it keeps on saying it
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‘The Walking Dead’ Series Finale Review: Who Survived, Who Died and How It All Ended
The AMC series concluded after 11 seasons, but the final episode spent plenty of time setting up the various spinoffs to come
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What’s New on Blu-ray and DVD for the Holidays, From Hallmark to Horror to Christmas Classics
Film reviews editor Alonso Duralde spotlights the seasonal physical-media you’ll want to give (or put on your own wish list)
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‘Sandra’ Off Broadway Review: Murder, She Wrote Very Awkwardly
A new mystery by David Cale fails to offer much in the way of suspense
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‘The Patient Gloria’ Off Broadway Review: Gina Moxley Looks Back at Shrink-Wrapped Abuse
The Irish actress-playwright examines an historic case of abusive psychotherapy and early reality TV
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‘Disenchanted’ Review: Amy Adams Sequel Breaks the Spell
While the first movie subverted Disney fairy-tale tropes, this follow-up seems determined to revive them
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‘& Juliet’ Broadway Review: Max Martin Jukebox Musical Retools the Bard to a Pop Beat
David West Read book reimagines Shakespeare as a sexist hack
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‘Love, Charlie’ Review: Charlie Trotter Doc Recounts a Legendary Chef’s Rise and Collapse
Director Rebecca Halpern mixes insights with frenetic editing and too many unanswered questions
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‘Bantú Mama’ Review: Dominican Oscar Entry Explores Home Ties for Africans in the Caribbean
Ivan Herrera follows characters living in the poorest area of Santo Domingo, but allows them to brim with life rather than wallow in misery
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‘Mickey: The Story of a Mouse’ Review: Disney Doc Explores Character, Icon, Ubiquitous Mascot
Interesting exploration of a global phenomenon goes out of its way to let Disney (the man and the company) off the hook
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‘Spirited’ Review: Modern-Day Scrooge Turns the Tables in Overstuffed Musical Holiday Tale
Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell sing, dance and have a blast, but this Christmas movie’s stocking runneth over
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‘There There’ Review: Andrew Bujalski Leaps Backward to Mumblecore-Via-Zoom
After the breakthrough of ”Support the Girls,“ Bujalski’s experiment with COVID-19 cinema starts strong then goes off the rails
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‘EO’ Review: Cannes’ Oldest Director Gives Us a Silly, Entertaining Trifle About a Donkey
Jerzy Skolimowski seems mostly interested in making his camera swoop and soar and perform stupid pet tricks
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‘The Inspection’ Review: Military Coming-of-Age Drama Feels Like an Instant Queer Classic
Documentarian Elegance Bratton brings assured filmmaking skills and life experience to this powerful narrative debut
