Reviews
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‘Under the Wire’ Film Review: Hard-Hitting Doc Examines the Woman Behind ‘A Private War’
Rosamund Pike plays Marie Colvin in the dramatic version, but here the real Colvin tells her own story, backed up by colleagues and friends
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‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ Film Review: J.K. Rowling Conjures More Magic and Messiness
Sequel is exciting and enchanting, but also frustratingly convoluted
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‘Shoah: Four Sisters’ Film Review: Claude Lanzmann’s Final Holocaust Documentary Features Improbable Survivors
A quartet of Jewish women from different backgrounds explain what it took to evade or to live through Nazi death camps
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‘At Eternity’s Gate’ Film Review: Willem Dafoe Brushes With Brilliance in Van Gogh Biopic
Dafoe gives a towering performance in Julian Schnabel’s sensitive but unconventional film
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‘Instant Family’ Film Review: Rose Byrne and Mark Wahlberg Weather the Rocky Adoption Process
Amid the silly jokes and slapstick, this film affectionately explores the pains and triumphs of foster parenting
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‘Searching for Ingmar Bergman’ Film Review: Margarethe von Trotta Explores Her Love of Swedish Auteur’s Work
Gently probing what fascinates her about movies she calls her “constant companions,” von Trotta has made a love letter to loving cinema
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‘Overlord’ Film Review: Great Video Game Movie That’s Not Based on a Video Game
The World War II zombie thriller is half “Wolfenstein,” half “Two-Fisted Tales,” all satisfying
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‘Outlaw King’ Film Review: Chris Pine Scottish War Epic Is Meh-dieval
Re-edited after its Toronto fest debut, this grimy, serviceable time-waster for Netflix subscribers saves its real energy for bloody battle sequences
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‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’ Film Review: Claire Foy’s Lisbeth Salander Adventure Trades Angst for Espionage
Based on a novel that’s not in the original trilogy, this crackerjack adventure values spy-stuff over character
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‘The Long Dumb Road’ Film Review: Buddy Comedy Travels Familiar Path, But the Company’s Great
Jason Mantzoukas and Tony Revolori make charming travel companions in an indie that lacks interesting women
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‘Here and Now’ Film Review: Sarah Jessica Parker Loses the Pitch in Lackluster Drama
Parker plays a terminally-ill chanteuse, but “Cléo from 5 to 7,” this ain’t
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‘In a Relationship’ Film Review: Emma Roberts and Michael Angarano Try to Liven Up Underwritten Characters
Tribeca 2018: Familiar romantic indie will resonate most with those who relate
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‘The Front Runner’ Film Review: Hugh Jackman Is Gary Hart in Jason Reitman’s Enjoyable, Slight Political Saga
Hart’s implosion over infidelity allegations in 1988, setting up the tabloidization of politics, makes for a snappy if thin dramatization
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‘Better Angels’ Film Review: Propagandistic Doc Avoids Tough Questions About US-China Relations
Oscar-winner Malcolm Clarke focuses on individual success stories but includes no context that might be unflattering to either superpower
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‘Maria by Callas’ Film Review: Opera Legend Maria Callas’ Life, Told in Her Own Words
Tom Volf’s documentary delivers what Callas fans want most: passionate arias and personal access
