Reviews
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‘Penguins’ Film Review: Ed Helms Narrates a Plucky Pygoscelis in Disneynature’s Latest Doc
Sun Valley 2019: The Adélie penguin is smaller than his flightless cousins but makes for an engaging subject in this new Disney nature doc
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‘Master Z: Ip Man Legacy’ Film Review: Michelle Yeoh and Dave Bautista Kick It in Gorgeous, Muddled Martial-Arts Tale
Barely a sequel to the prior “Ip Man” movies, this pulpy crime tale still delivers the action and a gloriously artificial Hong Kong
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‘After’ Film Review: Harry Styles Fan-Fic Adaptation Goes in One Direction — South
Shallow, masochistic college romance between a good girl and a bad boy suffers from just about everything
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‘Hellboy’ Movie Review: Rebooted Superhero Saga Hits the Hard-R Horror Sweet Spot
Neil Marshall’s take is scruffier than Guillermo del Toro’s,, sprawling out into multiple horror sub-genres — and that’s a good thing
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‘Sauvage / Wild’ Film Review: Debut Feature Examines a Gay Hustler’s Life Without Sentimentality
Félix Maritaud of “BPM (Beats Per Minute)” gives a powerful, uncompromising performance as a 22-year-old escort
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
