Reviews
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‘Fantastic Beasts’ Review: JK Rowling Reveals She’s a Creature of Habit
Despite immaculate design and splashes of wonder, a touch of magic is missing in this “Harry Potter” prequel
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‘Shut In’ Review: Naomi Watts Literally Skypes It In for This Dull Thriller
This tale of a child psychologist torn between her comatose son and her troubled patient generates zero shocks
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‘Elle’ Review: Isabelle Huppert Is No One’s Victim in Paul Verhoeven Rape Drama
As the survivor of a sexual assault who makes unpredictable choices, Huppert plays this provocative and potentially troubling role to the hilt
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‘No Pay, Nudity’ Review: Gabriel Byrne Shines as a Struggling Actor
A strong ensemble (including Nathan Lane and Frances Conroy) and a loving attitude toward Broadway’s also-rans fuels this slight but sweet comedy
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‘The Love Witch’ Review: Sumptuous Horror Indie Is a Retro Blast
A sexy sorceress lures men into lethal love traps in multi-talented Anna Biller’s feminist-tinged, exquisitely designed homage to Technicolor melodrama
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‘Dog Eat Dog’ Review: Nicolas Cage, Paul Schrader Reteam for Empty Crime Drama
Cage leads a trio of baddies, including Willem Dafoe, in this coldly stylish, ineffectual pulp ride
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‘The Pass’ NewFest Review: Russell Tovey Dominates Sexy, Stagey Adaptation
Tovey and Arinzé Kene play soccer stars with an unspoken mutual love in a film that never opens up from its theatrical roots
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‘American Pastoral’ Review: Ewan McGregor Mis-Adapts Philip Roth’s Novel
You can usually rely on an actor-turned-director to elicit fine performances, but even Jennifer Connelly and Dakota Fanning are ill-used here
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‘The Handmaiden’ Review: Park Chan-wook Weaves a Sumptuous, Erotic Crime Story
A scheme to bilk a lonely heiress turns into a knotty mix of sex, secrets and spite in this rapturously conceived, committedly pervy period tale
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‘In a Valley of Violence’ Review: John Travolta and Ethan Hawke Square Off in the Old West
Indie director Ti West (“The House of the Devil”) brings the violence to this Western, all right, but it finds its tone far too late
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‘We Are X’ Review: Rock Doc Celebrates Japan’s Greatest Band You’ve Maybe Never Heard Of
Passionate fans (including Gene Simmons and Stan Lee) and the driven musicians themselves may just make you an X Japan convert
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‘Insecure’ Review: Issa Rae Shines in HBO Comedy About Dating and Friendship
Move over, Lena Dunham – someone has a fresh new take on life in the 20s
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‘Divorce’ Review: Sarah Jessica Parker Is Still in the City, With Less Sex
HBO comedy about the destruction of a marriage finally emerges after four-year development process
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‘Holiday Inn’ Broadway Review: Like Visiting Berlin Before the Fall of the Wall
An Irving Berlin movie classic peters out long before Valentine’s Day in this new stage incarnation at Studio 54
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‘Frequency’ Review: CW Joins TV’s Time-Travel Craze With Peyton List Drama
‘Supernatural’ network reaches back to a 2000 movie to perform its own time-travel experiment
