Reviews
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‘Alex Strangelove’ Film Review: Bittersweet Coming-Out Comedy Takes Teens Seriously
Writer-director Craig Johnson (“The Skeleton Twins”) gets the hilarity and the angst just right
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‘Hotel Artemis’ Film Review: Jodie Foster Heals Criminals, but This Dystopian Thriller Still Ails
A messy, dumb, but occasionally entertaining future-imperfect thriller about a hospital for bad people
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‘A Kid Like Jake’ Film Review: Claire Danes’ and Jim Parsons’ Parental Problems Push the Kid Offstage
Jake likes to dress up as Disney princesses, but he gets too little camera time in this stagebound drama
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‘Upgrade’ Film Review: Logan Marshall-Green Battles Bad Guys in A.I. Revenge Thriller
The latest from “Saw” and “Insidious” creator Leigh Whannell is a funny, splattery mess
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‘American Animals’ Film Review: Entertainingly Fizzy Heist Movie Defies Expectations
This squirrelly rundown of a real-life art caper engineered by bored college kids fuses narrative and documentary, fantasy and reality
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‘Adrift’ Film Review: Shailene Woodley Helps Steer Fact-Based Tale of Sea Survival
A California woman’s true “All Is Lost”-like tale becomes a mixed-bag movie of romance and stranded peril in the Pacific
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‘Summer 1993’ Film Review: Sensitive Debut Follows Motherless Girl to New Family
Reflecting on her own childhood tragedy, Spanish filmmaker Carla Simón tells a heartwarming, honest story of a six-year-old’s resilience
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‘Mary Shelley’ Film Review: Elle Fanning, and the Author She Plays, Deserve a Better Movie
This ironically lifeless biopic of the “Frankenstein” author seems more interested in judging her life choices than celebrating her genius
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‘The Gospel According to André’ Film Review: Vogue’s André Leon Talley Recalls His Stylish Life
From the Jim Crow-era South to Paris to the Olympus of fashion journalism, André Leon Talley is a deity of taste and vision
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‘Show Dogs’ Film Review: Sloppy, Unfunny Comedy Merely a Collection of Pet Peeves
There’s a reason talking animal movies often get a bad rap, and this Vegas-set dud is a perfect example
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‘That Summer’ Film Review: Little Edie at Grey Gardens, Before ‘Grey Gardens’
A fascinating look at an aborted documentary project that led to the legendary film about Jackie Kennedy’s “eccentric” relatives
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‘Lu Over the Wall’ Film Review: Wild Mermaid Anime Defies Categorization
This vividly realized animated fantasy keeps changing tone and mood faster than many audiences will be able to follow
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‘The Seagull’ Film Review: All-Star Cast Flourishes in Chekhov Adaptation
Annette Bening and Elisabeth Moss are just two of the performers who strike the right notes in this sumptuous screen version
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‘Revenge’ Film Review: Female-Gaze B-Movie Thriller Earns an A for Execution
Coralie Fargeat’s vengeance drama is blood-soaked and stylish — and in Matilda Lutz’s hands, revenge is sweet, indeed
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‘Life of the Party’ Film Review: Melissa McCarthy Goes to College, But This Class Is Easily Dismissed
McCarthy is still a queen of comedy, but this third teaming with writer-director husband Ben Falcone is another sloppy, unworthy vehicle
