Reviews
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‘Wildlife’ Film Review: Carey Mulligan Excels in Paul Dano’s Family Drama
Dano’s directorial debut adapts Richard Ford with beautiful, compassionate, visual intelligence, with a career-best Mulligan as a dissatisfied housewife
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‘What They Had’ Film Review: Strong Cast Shines in Tough, Loving Alzheimer’s Tale
First-time writer-director Elizabeth Chomko avoids mawkishness in a story of how one family copes with a mother’s dementia
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‘Halloween’ Film Review: Jamie Lee Curtis Confronts Michael Myers in Stylish Sequel
Director David Gordon Green doesn’t give the franchise a glorious rebirth, but at least it’s a functional facsimile
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‘Bigger’ Film Review: Bodybuilding Biopic Won’t Pump You Up
The rags-to-riches story of fitness magazine/weightlifting visionary Joe Weider gets rushed, superficial bio treatment
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‘Stella’s Last Weekend’ Film Review: Brothers Nat and Alex Wolff Play Siblings in Love with the Same Girl
Actress-filmmaker Polly Draper skillfully directs her actor sons in a low-key comedy about heartbreak and loss
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‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ Film Review: Chris Hemsworth and Jon Hamm on a Dazzling ’70s Night
This twisty tale from writer-director Drew Goddard (“The Cabin in the Woods”) calls to mind the best, and the worst, of his contributions to “Lost”
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‘The Kindergarten Teacher’ Film Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Blurs Boundaries as an Art-Obsessed Educator
The actress gives a powerful performance in this subtle examination of a woman seeking creative fulfillment
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‘The Oath’ Film Review: Ike Barinholtz’s Directorial Debut Spins a Timely, Messy Political Parable
The first half of the writer-director-star’s comedy nails the zeitgeist before the narrative loses its way
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‘Goosebumps 2’ Film Review: Kiddie Horror Franchise Skids Into Sophomore Slump
This “Haunted Halloween” is something of a letdown after its sleeper-hit predecessor, but Wendi McLendon-Covey steals the show
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‘The Happy Prince’ Film Review: Rupert Everett Gets Under Oscar Wilde’s Skin
The actor isn’t always the most assured writer-director, but he does understand the essence of his troubled, talented hero
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‘Studio 54’ Film Review: Disco Doc Skims the Surface Like Club Owners Skimming Profits
With the outspoken Steve Rubell gone, we’re left with the guarded Ian Schrager to tell the tale of the legendarily debauched nightspot
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‘Trouble’ Film Review: Anjelica Huston and Bill Pullman Wage a Family Feud
The performances outweigh the plotting in this gentle tale of siblings clashing over inherited land
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‘Private Life’ Film Review: Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti Shine as Would-Be Parents
The long-awaited latest from Tamara Jenkins (“The Savages”) finds universal truths in complicated personal issues
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‘Nomis’ Film Review: Henry Cavill Hunts Predators, Catches a Trashy Thriller
Los Angeles Film Festival 2018: Despite a stellar cast, this sex-crimes mystery about cops, creeps, vigilantes and profilers is a bunch of serial killer clichés slapped together
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‘Hell Fest’ Film Review: Theme-Park Slasher Takes Audiences to Tunnel of Dull
The titular amusement park turns out to be far more interesting than the uninspired serial killer or the teen meat puppets he terrorizes
