Reviews
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‘Apollo 10 1/2’ Film Review: Richard Linklater’s Nostalgic Reverie Is Less ‘First Man,’ More ‘Crooklyn’
The “Boyhood” director looks back at his “Space Age Childhood” when everything seemed new, shiny and possible
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‘The Girl From Plainville’ Review: Hulu Limited Series Provides Nuance to ‘Suicide Text’ Court Case
Elle Fanning and Colton Ryan lead this true crime drama that offers more shading to a story well-covered by the media
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12 Classic Oscar-Winning Performances That Still Hold Up (Photos)
From Audrey Hepburn to Alec Guinness to Barbra Streisand, these Golden Age portrayals have stood the test of time
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‘Jane by Charlotte’ Film Review: Charlotte Gainsbourg Goes Deep With Her Mother Jane Birkin in Riveting Documentary
Mothers, daughters, aging, regrets, and much more are examined in a series of revealing, loving conversations
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‘Creation Stories’ Film Review: A Muddled Look at Alan McGee’s Mythic Rise to Record Mogul-dom
The founder of the label behind Oasis and Jesus and Mary Chain deserves better than this trippy, messy biopic
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‘State of the Union’ Season 2 Review: Brendan Gleeson and Patricia Clarkson Explore a Marriage on the Rocks
The Emmy-winning short-form series is back with a new couple under marital pressure
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‘Last Words’ Film Review: Nick Nolte Finds Cinema at the End of the World in Clueless Apocalyptic Fable
Jonathan Nossiter creates an African protagonist to celebrate movie that are almost exclusively Western and white
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‘The Novice’ Film Review: Director Lauren Hadaway Makes a Splash With Intense First Feature
A freshman college rower pushes herself to her physical and mental limits in this Spirit Award nominee
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‘And Just Like That…’ Review: Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda Prove 3 Is Enough in HBO Max Sequel
The heroines of “Sex and the City” return older but blessedly light on puns and voiceovers
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‘Flee’ Film Review: Afghan Refugee Shares His Journey in Empathetic Animated Doc
Sundance 2021: This Grand Jury Prize winner uses animation to tell a story haunted by memory in a way live-action never could
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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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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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‘tick, tick…Boom!’ Film Review: Lin-Manuel Miranda Pays Homage to the Creative Process in Impressive Directorial Debut
AFI 2021: Andrew Garfield’s sincere, try-hard acting style is a perfect fit for the late Jonathan Larson, the author and protagonist of this musical
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‘Passing’ Film Review: Rebecca Hall Explores Race in Stunning Directorial Debut
Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga play characters who can pass for white, and the drama digs into the roots of their masquerade
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‘Labyrinth of Cinema’ Film Review: Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Head-Spinning History Lesson
The late filmmaker’s final work is an extravagant message of peace to a world forever at war
