Reviews
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‘Landline’ Review: Strong Cast Can’t Save Lukewarm Dysfunctional Family Comedy
Gillian Robespierre and Jenny Slate’s follow-up to “Obvious Child” offers a believably fractured family, but never rises above shopworn genre
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‘The Midwife’ Review: Catherine Deneuve Shines in Otherwise Murky Weepie
Built on the relationship between Deneuve and Catherine Frot’s characters, the film is maddeningly vague about that relationship’s history
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‘Endless Poetry’ Review: Alejandro Jodorowsky Mixes Memoir, Metaphor and Mythology
This sequel to “The Dance of Reality” continues the fantastic journey of the legendary filmmaker’s screen autobiography
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‘To the Bone’ Review: Lily Collins Suffers Anorexia in Shallow Drama
In “Buffy” vet Marti Noxon’s directorial debut, the characters don’t register because the movie has little interest in what’s behind their pain
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‘Lady Macbeth’ Review: Lusty Period Drama Becomes Muddled and Mean-Spirited
Florence Pugh is incandescent as a Victorian-era neglected farm wife, but motivation goes out the window once she goes on a rampage
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‘False Confessions’ Review: Isabelle Huppert Isn’t Enough Reason to See This Dull Filmed Play
A production of Marivaux’s 18th century romantic comedy, filmed inside Paris’ Odeon theatre, becomes a dreary, stiff exercise
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‘City of Ghosts’ Review: Syrian Citizen Journalists Fight ISIS in Vital Doc
Matthew Heineman (“Cartel Land”) spent a year in safehouses with brave Syrian refugees who post reports from inside their ISIS-captured hometown
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‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Review: Marvel-Fueled Reboot Has a Good Sense of Spidey
Tom Holland and Michael Keaton are standouts in this funnier, more teen-oriented take on the trials of Peter Parker
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’13 Minutes’ Review: True-Life One-Man Hitler Assassination Plot Makes for Interesting Tale
While not as masterful as director Oliver Hirschbiegel’s earlier “Downfall,” this is nonetheless a fascinating and little-known tale
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‘The Little Hours’ Review: Aubrey Plaza and Alison Brie Are Saucy Sisters in Convent Comedy
This ensemble farce takes a decidedly 21st-century spin on Boccaccio’s 14th-century text
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‘Baby Driver’ Review: Edgar Wright Floors It Before Driving Off a Cliff
The first hour ranks among the greatest action comedies ever made — and then the rest of it happens
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‘The Keeping Hours’ Review: Carrie Coon and Lee Pace Grieve, Repetitively
LAFF: Award-winning ghost story from director Karen Moncrieff (“Blue Car”) misses more than it hits
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‘My Journey Through French Cinema’ Review: Bertrand Tavernier Offers Master Class in the Movies That Shaped Him
Between the fantastic clips and the filmmaker’s personal insights, this engaging, selective dive into auteurs both regarded and neglected is a multi-course feast
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‘The Bad Batch’ Review: Cannibals Battle Skateboarders in Confusing Saga
Horror auteur Ana Lily Amirpour’s eagerly-awaited sophomore effort lacks substance, but the style is admittedly impressive
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‘Nobody Speak’ Review: Money Muzzles the Media
This often-searing documentary examines how two big Trump supporters are aiding and abetting the destruction of the First Amendment
