Reviews
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‘Funan’ Film Review: Bleakly Powerful Animated Film Captures Real-Life Historical Horror
Two parents try to survive, and to reunite their family, under the Khmer Rouge in this effective and hauntingly minimalist feature
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‘Late Night’ Film Review: Mindy Kaling Spins a Love Story Between a Woman and Her Career
Kaling, Emma Thompson and director Nisha Ganatra create a witty tale about dreams coming true, even when they think you’re the “diversity hire”
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‘Papi Chulo’ Film Review: Matt Bomer Stars in Misguided Cross-Cultural Bromance
Bomer and co-star Ernesto Patiño do fine work, but this is another white-perspective comedy about an interracial friendship
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‘The Secret Life of Pets 2’ Film Review: Cartoon Offers Outdated Messages About Marriage, Manliness
Come for the adorable puppies, stay for the toxic masculinity and antediluvian notions regarding love and family
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‘This One’s for the Ladies’ Film Review: Male Stripper Doc Has Plenty of Nudity But Not Much Meat on Its Bones
Director Gene Graham’s clumsily-filmed feature avoids making any real points about race, class or sexuality
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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
