Reviews
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‘After Parkland’ Film Review: Documentary Follows Activists Forged in Tragedy
This examination of the aftermath of a school shooting sometimes takes too broad a view, but the film remains poignant
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‘Ordinary Love’ Film Review: Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson Face Day-to-Day Realities of Cancer in Subtly Powerful Drama
Sensitivity trumps tear-jerking in this beautifully understated look at illness and its affect on a long-running relationship
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‘The Lodge’ Film Review: Disappointing Thriller Confuses Ugliness with Scariness
The “Goodnight Mommy” team returns with what plays like a cheap exploitation of mental illness, despite Riley Keough’s empathetic turn
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‘Earth’ Film Review: Unsparing Doc Assesses Ecological Damage of Large-Scale Projects
Focusing more on images than interviews, director Nikolaus Geyrhalter offers a striking and harsh look at humanity chipping away at its home planet
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‘Come to Daddy’ Film Review: Elijah Wood’s Father-Son Freakout Is Less Than the Sum of Its Parts
Those who don’t revel in midnight-movie oddity and gore for their own sake will find it lacking
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‘Gretel & Hansel’ Film Review: Oz Perkins Turns a Dark Fable Into Even Darker Cinema
Perkins finds new layers of dread and discomfort in the Brothers Grimm tale, further establishing himself as a vital horror auteur
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‘2020 Oscar Shorts: Animated’ Film Review: Nominated Cartoons Run the Gamut from Heartfelt to Heartbreaking
There’s the adorable “Hair Love,” and then four powerful shorts that will put you through the wringer
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‘2020 Oscar Shorts: Documentary’ Film Review: Traditionally Intense Category Wields a Slightly Lighter Touch This Year
There’s tragedy but also hope within this year’s crop of non-fiction short subjects
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‘2020 Oscar Shorts: Live Action’ Film Review: Nominees Represent Various Genres, But All Are Effective
The comedy “The Neighbor’s Window” stands apart from more intense honorees, but all merit a look
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‘The Rhythm Section’ Film Review: Blake Lively Gets Stuck in a Thriller That’s Decidedly Off-Tempo
Logic, excitement and characterization are just some of the missing elements in this bland action dud
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‘Jose’ Film Review: Powerful Drama Examines Being Poor and Gay in Guatemala
Li Cheng’s restrained drama illustrates the damage repression can wreak but also offers hope to its protagonist
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All 11 Guy Ritchie Films, Ranked Worst to Best (Photos)
Where does “The Gentlemen” rank among the British genre director’s filmography?
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All Six ‘Step Up’ Movies, Ranked Worst to Best (Photos)
How does the new “Step Up: Year of the Dance” stack up against its footloose predecessors?
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‘The Turning’ Film Review: Mackenzie Davis Grapples With Ghosts and an Unflattering Hairdo
This lackluster adaptation of “The Turn of the Screw” isn’t going to make anyone forget earlier, better versions
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‘The Last Full Measure’ Film Review: Sebastian Stan Investigates an Unheralded War Hero
The film delves into emotional issues impacting vets, but it strains to make Stan’s Pentagon functionary integral to the plot
