Reviews
-
‘Missing Link’ Film Review: Stop-Motion Animated Feature Looks Great But Lacks Story
The latest from Laika is visually breathtaking, but the narrative won’t enthrall kids or their parents, even with Hugh Jackman voicing
-
‘Stockholm’ Film Review: Ethan Hawke and Noomi Rapace Connect in Uneven Heist-Biopic
She’s dignified and he’s mischievous in a film that explores the origins of the Stockholm syndrome
-
‘Mary Magdalene’ Film Review: Rooney Mara Plays Jesus’ Gal Pal in Snoozy Epic
There’s no passion for the Passion, nor any drama or chemistry between Mara and Joaquin Phoenix as her personal Jesus
-
‘Wild Nights with Emily’ Film Review: Molly Shannon Brilliantly Reimagines Emily Dickinson
Writer-director Madeline Olnek rescues Dickinson from biased history, painting the poet as a woman brimming over with love and life
-
‘Little’ Film Review: Issa Rae and Marsai Martin Bring Hilarious Chemistry to Body-Switch Tale
Mean boss Regina Hall gets turned into 13-year-old Martin and returns to middle school in Tina Gordon’s witty, thoughtful comedy
-
‘Native Son’ Film Review: Updated Take Shows Richard Wright’s Classic Remains All Too Relevant
Ashton Sanders stars in Suzan-Lori Parks and first-time director Rashid Johnson’s blistering examination of racism in America
-
‘High Life’ Film Review: Robert Pattinson Drifts Into the Void
Acclaimed French director Claire Denis’ first English-language film is a sorrowful trip to the end of life, the universe and everything
-
‘The Haunting of Sharon Tate’ Film Review: Sleazy Thriller Exploits Manson Murders
Tate and her four fellow victims deserve better than this witless grotesque, which ghoulishly throws in documentary footage alongside re-enactments
-
‘The Best of Enemies’ Film Review: Taraji P Henson Gets Shortchanged in Another Feel-Good Racism Saga
Sam Rockwell’s Klansman, who befriends Henson’s activist, is afforded most of the character depth in first-timer Robin Bissell’s script
-
‘Peterloo’ Film Review: Mike Leigh’s 19th Century Epic Recounts a Notorious Massacre
The British government’s 1819 killing of peacefully assembled reformers is, in Leigh’s dedicated telling, a tragedy about speech snuffed out
-
‘Amazing Grace’ Film Review: Aretha Franklin Lives on in Resplendent Gospel Concert Film
Shot in 1972 by Sydney Pollack but shelved for technical and legal reasons, this long-lost doc captures the Queen of Soul at the height of her powers
-
‘The Public’ Film Review: Emilio Estevez’s Homeless Drama Is Sincerely Clunky
The writer-director-star has lots to say on a number of subjects, but this well-meaning film becomes melodramatic and ridiculous
-
‘The Wind’ Film Review: Striking Feminist Horror-Western Undercuts Its Own Power
Emma Tammi makes an impressive directorial debut, but the movie’s messaging is ill-served by a non-chronological narrative
-
‘The Projectionist’ Film Review: Celluloid Romanticism Drives Dominican Road Trip Movie
Miami 2019: Director José María Cabral returns with his most accomplished feature to date, and it’s more than just a love letter to 35mm
-
‘The Beach Bum’ Film Review: Matthew McConaughey Burns Out in Harmony Korine’s Aimlessly Downbeat Comedy
Party Cinema has never seemed more grimy or less fun
