Reviews
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‘2nd Chance’ Review: Ramin Bahrani Profiles a Bulletproof-Vest Entrepreneur
In this documentary, the filmmaker tries to publish the truth, not the legend, of inventor Richard Davis
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‘Leonor Will Never Die’ Review: Uneven Magical-Realist Fantasy Follows a Dying Writer Into Her Own Screenplay
This Spirit Award–nominated import from the Philippines suggests some bold and visionary ideas before sinking into clichés about the magic of the movies
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‘The Eternal Daughter’ Review: Tilda Swinton Plays Mother and Daughter in Ghostly ‘Souvenir’ Sequel
Venice Film Festival 2022: Swinton takes over the role of stand-in for director Joanna Hogg while still playing the matriarch in this haunting look at parent-child bonds
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‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ Review: Fresh Take on D.H. Lawrence Classic Doesn’t Skimp on Eroticism
Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell offer scorching sexuality in a film that finds new tones in an oft-adapted story
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‘Ain’t No Mo” Review: Jordan E. Cooper’s Satire Is the Best New Play on Broadway This Year
The U.S. government makes an offer that some citizens can’t refuse in this astounding new work
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‘Sr.’ Review: Robert Downey, Senior and Junior, Capture the End of the Patriarch’s Life
Director Chris Smith (“American Movie”) documents the relationship between the avant-garde director and his movie-star son
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‘The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie’ Review: Film Version of Anime Series Ties Up Loose Ends
There’s not a lot here for non-fans, but those who’ve followed the story will finally find out which Nakano sister will marry their tutor
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‘Willow’ Review: Disney+ Series Is a Fun, Meandering Fantastical Adventure
While the sequel series suffers from pacing and performance issues, there’s much to love for fans of the 1988 film and newcomers alike
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‘Gossip Girl’ Season 2 Review: New Episodes Bring the Fun Despite Lingering Problems
The “teachers as Gossip Girl” twist remains a problem for the HBO Max series, but the new season finally embraces delightful chaos
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‘Four Samosas’ Review: Comic Caper in LA’s Little India Goes Heavy on the Twee
The cultural specificity of its Artesia setting notwithstanding, this self-aware indie never delivers on either characters or comedy
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‘Darby and the Dead’ Review: Soulless Teen Dramedy Arrives DOA
The film’s messages about popularity and social media read as wishy-wishy when they’re not downright retrograde
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‘The Territory’ Review: Amazonian Eco-Warriors Fight Back With Arrows – and Cameras
Alex Pritz’s urgent look at environmental destruction tempers its bleakness with the stirring hope of indigenous activists defending the rain forest
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‘Violent Night’ Review: David Harbour’s Santa Delivers a Comedic Mayhem Miracle
It’s a winning, grinning hard-R mash-up of brutal action and holiday heartwarmth
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‘Tantura’ Review: Provocative Doc Examines Israeli Cultural Amnesia
An academic — whose uncovering of a 1948 massacre was actively silenced by cultural and governmental figures — gets his cinematic day in court
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‘Spoiler Alert’ Review: Jim Parsons Flunks His Chemistry Test in Rom-Com Tearjerker
As TV journalist Michael Ausiello, in an adaptation of his own memoir, Parsons brings no big bang to the love story with co-lead Ben Aldridge
