Reviews
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‘Demonic’ Film Review: Neill Blomkamp Disappoints With Another Muddled Tech Thriller
How can a movie with bird demons and Vatican black-ops squads be this dull?
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‘Don’t Breathe 2’ Film Review: Unpleasant Sequel Tries to Redeem Monstrous Character
The cinematography and set design steal the show in a film designed to make Steven Lang’s sex predator look better by surrounding him with even-worse villains
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‘Days’ Film Review: Tsai Ming-liang Finds Men Living in a Lonely Place
The latest from the acclaimed Taiwanese filmmaker is a spare, nearly silent story of urban solitude and human connection
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‘Dramarama’ Film Review: Theater Kids Throw One Last Pre-College Party in 1994
Writer-director Jonathan Wysocki’s debut is a tad overwritten, but a talented young cast makes the relationships feel vivid
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‘Respect’ Film Review: Jennifer Hudson Brings Soul to Aretha Franklin Biopic
It’s more effective as a jukebox musical than a character piece, but the central performance and those amazing songs pull it all together
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‘Ema’ Film Review: Pablo Larraín’s Latest Dances to Its Own Rhythms
The “Jackie” director boldly uses music video aesthetics in setting a character study to a reggaeton beat
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‘Ailey’ Film Review: Enigmatic Dance Legend Gets His Due
Jamila Wignot’s portrait of the incomparable Alvin Ailey honors the work but remains mystified by the man
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‘John and the Hole’ Film Review: Unsettling Debut Examines a Teen Who Craves Adulthood
This controversial Sundance feature plays like “The Little Prince” meets “Home Alone,” directed by Michael Haneke
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‘Swan Song’ Film Review: Udo Kier Dazzles as a Hairdresser Called Back for One Last Coif
Todd Stephens’ comedy remembers LGBT history’s bad old days while acknowledging a more enlightened present
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‘Pray Away’ Film Review: Powerful Documentary Explores ‘Ex-Gay’ Movement
Survivors relate tales of horror from homophobic religious groups, and it’s clear they’re happy to be free of this oppression
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‘Naked Singularity’ Film Review: John Boyega Pleads No Contest in Messy Legal Sci-Fi Drama
Courtrooms, cocaine and cosmic philosophy all add up to not very much at all
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‘Jungle Cruise’ Film Review: Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson Charmingly Go Nowhere
This adaptation of a Disney ride overloads the CGI, but it’s a breezy voyage
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‘Nine Days’ Film Review: Spiritual Sundance Drama Deflates on Arrival
At sea level, the film’s fuzzy philosophy succumbs to a complete lack of internal logic
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‘The Green Knight’ Review: Dev Patel’s Swordsman Gets Lost Amid Fussy Detail
David Lowery’s take on the epic poem seems more interested in the art direction than the storytelling
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‘Settlers’ Film Review: Stark Sci-Fi Allegory Explores Questions of Colonialism
A family grapples with the bleak landscape of Mars alongside bigger, more resonant issues
