Reviews
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‘Wolf’ Film Review: Psychological Drama About Animal-Identifying Humans Gawks From a Distance
George MacKay and Lily-Rose Depp are institutionalized and in love in a drama that lacks the depth to fully explore their relationship or their dysphoria
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‘Home’ Film Review: Franka Potente’s Directorial Debut Follows an Ex-Con’s Journey
Engaging performances by Jake McLaughlin and Kathy Bates make up for some script shortcomings
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‘Love and Fury’ Film Review: Doc on Native American Artists Overstretches and Underexplains
Two performers here could have served as the subject of a fascinating film, but director Sterlin Harjo casts too wide a net and ends up with little to show for it
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‘The Power of the Dog’ Film Review: Jane Campion Western Explores Cowboy Masculinity as Camouflage
Benedict Cumberbatch gives perhaps his best performance to date, as part of a powerhouse ensemble that includes Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons
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HBO’s ‘Landscapers’ Review: Olivia Colman and David Thewlis Go for the Kill
This riveting four-part miniseries concerns a milquetoast British couple who may be murderers
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‘Licorice Pizza’ Film Review: Paul Thomas Anderson Casts a Loving Eye on the San Fernando Valley of the Early ’70s
It’s a magical evocation of a time and place as remembered from life and from the movies of the era
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‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’ Film Review: Rebooted Video-Game Adaptation Contains No Logic, No Raccoons
Franchise overhaul mixes the storylines of the first two games, and they turn out to be two great tastes that taste surprisingly bad together
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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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‘Encanto’ Film Review: Disney Goes to Colombia for a Moving but Overstuffed Family Comedy-Adventure
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s songs and a living, breathing house steal the show in a charmer that might have benefited from some streamlining
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‘The Humans’ Film Review: Cast Shines in Moody Adaptation of Pulitzer-Winning Family Drama
Playwright Stephen Karam’s directorial debut is overly crafted, but the writing and casting keep its offbeat intelligence alive
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‘Drive My Car’ Film Review: Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Trip Starts Strong But Then Sputters
Japanese director’s drama is bursting with interesting flourishes and winsome tangents, but also with heavy-handed melodrama
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Have a Very Physical Media Christmas, with New and Classic Holiday Favorites on DVD, Blu-ray, and 3-D Advent Calendars
Alonso Duralde highlights new releases, from holiday horror to Hallmark cozy
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‘Clyde’s’ Broadway Review: Uzo Aduba’s Devil Wouldn’t Be Caught Dead in Prada
In her new comedy, Lynn Nottage delivers a boss who is literally from hell
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Netflix’s ‘True Story’ Review: Kevin Hart Breaks Bad in Drawn-Out Attempt at Drama
Comic tries to prove his dramatic chops in a very meta limited series featuring Wesley Snipes
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‘House of Gucci’ Film Review: Tacky True-Crime Saga Throws Good Taste Out the Window
Lady Gaga, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Adam Driver and Jared Leto remind us that ”prosciutto“ is Italian for ”ham“
