Reviews
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‘A Bread Factory’ Film Review: Small-Town Theater Struggles to Survive in Two-Part Ode to the Arts
Over two films and four hours, “In the Family” director Patrick Wang brings a matrix of searching souls to memorable life
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‘Shirkers’ Film Review: Search for a Lost Film Leads to Awkward, Illuminating Truths
Sandi Tan returns to Singapore to find the movie she directed at 19, bringing her to terms with old friends and old mentors
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‘1985’ Film Review: Retro AIDS Tale Earns Its Tears
Cory Michael Smith (“Gotham”) exquisitely plays a closeted gay man making one last trip home for Christmas
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‘Viper Club’ Film Review: Susan Sarandon Spy Drama Packs a Punch
The Oscar winner stars as a nurse whose journalist son has been captured by Syrian terrorists
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‘Life and Nothing More’ Review: Sensitive Neorealist Indie Charts a Black Family’s Struggles
Antonio Méndez Esparza’s understated drama features a commanding, Spirit Award-nominated turn by first-timer Regina Williams
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‘Gosnell’ Film Review: Dean Cain Investigates Killer in Anti-Abortion Screed Disguised as Drama
“The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer” starts as a balanced look at a tough subject before going virulently anti-abortion rights
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‘The Guilty’ Film Review: Denmark’s Oscar Entry Spins Breathless Suspense
Focusing entirely on one policeman on the phone, trying to save a desperate woman, Gustav Möller’s directorial debut is thrilling and provocative
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‘Mid90s’ Film Review: Jonah Hill Scores Solid Directorial Debut With Coming-of-Age Indie
Young skateboarders pursue their dreams in a film that hauntingly evokes a very specific era
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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
