Reviews

Hamptons International Film Festival 2021: Matthew Heineman unflinchingly captures the horror of the moment and the steadfast labors of health-care professionals at one New York hospital

First-time helmer Valdimar Jóhannsson guides Noomi Rapace through a child-rearing scenario of wonder and weirdness

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s first period film is a tense, well-acted and clever spy drama with contemporary resonance regarding Japan’s imperial past

The 91-year-old star-director eases his way into the uneven but heartfelt Mexico-set story of a grizzled ex-rodeo star and a troubled boy

The actors and co-writers use online communication as a metaphor for imperfect human connections

The “Conjuring” director sucks viewers into his mad monster vortex of sketchy ideas and viscera

George Plimpton’s recordings for his bio of Capote made it into print, but the film shows that hearing people speak packs more punch than reading them being quoted

Playwright-director-costar John Pollono brings his work to the big screen, and it’s most effective when he and Jon Bernthal and Shea Whigham get to bust each other’s chops

Venice 2021: Her debut as a writer-director (adapting Elena Ferrante’s novel) is a masterpiece of mood and subtlety