Reviews
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‘A Night at Switch n’ Play’ Film Review: Transgressive Drag Outshines Pedestrian Doc Direction
Inside Out Film Festival: The Brooklyn-based showfolk featured here dazzle even in a film that’s not fabulous enough to capture them fully
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‘Pavarotti’ Film Review: Ron Howard Doc Humanizes Opera Legend
Even when friends and loved ones discuss the legendary singer’s foibles, there’s clearly lots of affection for the immortal tenor
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‘The Fall of the American Empire’ Film Review: Denys Arcand’s Money-Laundering Caper Isn’t Always Good, Clean Fun
The Oscar-winner’s comedy-thriller about inequality is its own unequal mixture of genre elements and social commentary
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‘Mouthpiece’ Review: Two Actresses Bring One Woman’s Duality to Life
Patricia Rozema adapts an acclaimed theater piece into a powerful examination of women’s internal and external conflicts
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‘Domino’ Film Review: Brian De Palma Half-Heartedly Directs Terrorism Thriller
You can sense the auteur perking up with his bad guys shoot their own violent propaganda, but this is otherwise a snooze
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‘Ma’ Film Review: Octavia Spencer Outshines a Would-Be Campy Thriller That Is Neither
Her “The Help” director Tate Taylor wants to go over the top while also dealing with a woman’s trauma, and he can’t nail the balance
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‘Always Be My Maybe’ Film Review: Ali Wong and Randall Park Break the Rom-Com Rules
This Netflix romp offers big laughs, lush art (and food) direction, and a savvy understanding of how relationships work
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‘Halston’ Film Review: Corporation Crushes Couture in Cautionary Documentary
Frédéric Tcheng’s look at the life and career of Halston issues a warning against corporate domination
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‘Echo in the Canyon’ Film Review: Documentary Takes a Hazy Look at a Key Moment in Rock History
Music legends crafted immortal sounds in Laurel Canyon, but this well-meaning film can’t quite wrap its arms around the story
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‘After Maria’ Film Review: Devastating Doc Explores the Human Toll of a Hurricane’s Aftermath
Caught between homes in disarray and government bureaucracy, women displaced by Hurricane Maria struggle to move forward
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‘Aladdin’ (2019) Film Review: Guy Ritchie Delivers Chintzy Live-Action Remake With Will Smith
Seemingly set in a sanitized corner of Adventureland, the real fantasy offered here is getting to be in Will Smith’s entourage
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‘Brightburn’ Film Review: The Kid’s Not All Right, Nor Is James Gunn’s Superhero Horror Lark
An origin-of-evil story cribbed from a famed superhero’s mythos amounts to little more than a collection of uninspired horror tropes
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‘Diamantino’ Film Review: Giant Puppies and Soccer Dominate Goofball Comedy
A scattershot mix of camp and political sensibilities, this bizarre movie certainly doesn’t play by the rules
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‘The Tomorrow Man’ Film Review: Blythe Danner and John Lithgow Overcome Boundaries to Find Love
He’s obsessed with the future and she’s stuck in the past, but in Noble Jones’ impressive debut, together they can live in the now
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‘Perfect’ Film Review: Beautiful, Pointless Sci-Fi Saga Remains Aggressively Skin-Deep
There’s so much to look at and listen to in this sumptuously crafted film, but almost nothing to think about
