Reviews
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‘No Bears’ Film Review: Jafar Panahi Continues to Create Powerful Art, Even When Officially Banned
Venice Film Festival 2022: The Iranian auteur crafts what might be his most powerful work yet in exile, one that addresses his own shortcomings as well as his country’s sanctions against him
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‘In Her Hands’ Film Review: Doc Takes a Tense But Shallow Look at Afghanistan’s Youngest Female Mayor
Toronto Film Festival 2022: This portrait of Zarifa Ghafari from executive producers Hillary and Chelsea Clinton tells more than it shows – and it doesn’t do enough of either
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‘True Things’ Film Review: Ruth Wilson Utterly Commits to Discomfiting Romantic Drama
Tom Burke (”The Souvenir“) once again plays the worst guy that a woman can’t help falling for
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‘Medieval’ Film Review: Ben Foster Action Saga Comes to Life Between the Conversations
The tale of Czech hero Jan Žižka is bold and violent on the battlefield but an utter slog when it gets mired in political intrigue
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‘Brahmastra Part One: Shiva’ Film Review: Superhero Extravaganza Underwhelmingly Launches Franchise
This Hindi-language would-be blockbuster plays out as exceedingly familiar, and even the musical numbers are average at best
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‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Film Review: Mock Rock Biopic Is Ridiculous Fun
Toronto Film Festival 2022: Daniel Radcliffe doesn’t look much like Weird Al, which makes perfect sense given this movie’s twisted logic
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‘The Swimmers’ Film Review: Syrian Drama Mixes Sports, Politics, Wartime Horrors and Happiness
Toronto Film Festival 2022: Director Sally El Hosaini follows Syrian refugees who fled that country’s civil war to pursue their athletic careers
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‘About Fate’ Film Review: Emma Roberts’ Latest Is About as Basic as Rom-Coms Get
The worst of the Hallmark Channel meets the worst of frantic ’90s romantic farces
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‘Loving Highsmith’ Film Review: Intimate Portrait of Author Patricia Highsmith Spotlights Relationships
Director Eva Vitija examines the life and loves of the creator behind Ripley, ”Carol“ and ”Strangers on a Train“
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‘Let the Little Light Shine’ Film Review: Black Chicago Students Fight for Their School and Their Futures
A powerful palliative to racist narratives of the city, this doc spotlights brilliant and committed students and teachers fighting for what’s right
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‘Private Desert’ Film Review: Pen Pal Turns Stalker in Morally Questionable Brazilian Import
The filmmakers ultimately reveal themselves to be as recklessly naïve as their protagonists
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‘Hold Me Tight’ Film Review: Vicky Krieps Is Gripping as a Mother Who Abandons Her Family
Writer-director Mathieu Amalric finds mystery and humanity in an unreliable narrator whose motives aren’t immediately obvious to the viewer
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All 20 Disney Live-Action Versions of Classic Animated Characters, Ranked From Worst to Best (Photos)
How does ”Pinocchio“ rank among the studio’s remakes of its animated hits?
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First ‘Blonde’ Reviews Praise Ana de Armas’ Performance as Marilyn Monroe: ‘Almost Scarily Committed to the Role’
While praising de Armas’ transformation, critics question if Andrew Dominik’s film is another exploitation of the Hollywood icon
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‘Blonde’ Film Review: Ana de Armas Recreates Marilyn and Norma Jeane, in Black and White and Technicolor
Venice Film Festival 2022: Director Andrew Dominik pivots between the nightmare of fame and hooray-for-Hollywood grandeur with surrealist flair
