Reviews
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‘If These Walls Could Sing’ Review: Abbey Road Studio Gets a Slight, Sunny Tribute
First-time director Mary McCartney takes an affectionate look at the London studio that her dad’s band helped make famous
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‘The Quiet Girl’ Review: Ireland’s Oscar Entry Proves There’s Such a Thing as Too Much Quiet Contemplation
Colm Bairéad’s feature-length adaptation of the Claire Keegan story could easily be trimmed to be a short instead
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‘Empire of Light’ Review: Sam Mendes’ Love Letter to Cinema Lacks Focus
This reverie on movie palaces often forgets the part about actually loving film, among many other script issues
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‘Retrograde’ Review: Visceral Doc Puts Viewers Squarely Inside the U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan
The director of “Cartel Land” and “The First Wave” offers no easy answers about the end of the war, just the haunting faces of those involved
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‘Becky Nurse of Salem’ Off Broadway Review: ‘The Crucible’ Collides With ‘Hocus Pocus’
Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe take the blame in Sarah Ruhl’s new play
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‘Broadway Rising’ Review: Affectionate Doc Pays Tribute to Theaters Pushing Through COVID
From the stars to the ushers, we experience a community facing the pandemic and searching for a way forward
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‘Good Night Oppy’ Review: Doc on Mars Rovers Gets Lost in Emotional Terrain
Director Ryan White tries to emphasize the feelings of NASA scientists over their actual accomplishments
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‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg Has a Midlife Crisis in Surprising FX Series
The new drama/comedy from writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner is more rewarding than it initially appears to be
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‘Armageddon Time’ Review: James Gray Looks at His Childhood Without Nostalgia
Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong are among the stars in a semi-autobiographical story that is both unsentimental and touching
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‘One Piece Film Red’ Review: Fifteenth Entry in Anime Series is More Sampler Platter Than Full Meal
There’s at least an effort to introduce this world and its many characters to newbies, and the J-Pop score adds some dazzle
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‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ Film Review: Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson Are Back for More Twisted, Feckin’ Fun
Director Martin McDonagh has reunited the stars of “In Bruges” for a quieter film that’s still a disturbed delight
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‘Ticket to Paradise’ Review: Julia Roberts and George Clooney Grin and Bear By-the-Numbers Rom-Com
Between the lack of passion (among various couples) and the creepy exoticization of Pacific Islanders, this feels like a glossy missed opportunity
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‘The Munsters’ Review: Rob Zombie Loves These Misfit Monsters but Fails to Make Them Funny
The writer-director seems to like the idea of kicking it with these iconic characters, but he never commits to crafting an actual story for them
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‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Review: Florence Pugh Shines as Olivia Wilde Provokes
Pugh and Harry Styles star in Wilde’s satiric and somewhat frantic psychological thriller
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‘Riotsville, USA’ Review: 1960s Archival Footage Brings the Receipts to Civil Rights Documentary
Did you know the U.S. military built fake towns to teach police how to improve their methods of suppressing activist dissent?
