Reviews
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‘Paris Can Wait’ Review: Diane Lane’s Gourmet Road Trip Is Hard to Digest
Eleanor Coppola (“Hearts of Darkness”) makes a disappointing narrative debut with a tale that could have been called “Eat, Drive, Bore”
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‘Lowriders’ Review: The Cars Are the Real Stars of This East LA Drama
Demián Bichir gives this earnest family tale his all, but the drama pales next to the gleam of the custom cars
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‘The Wall’ Review: Aaron Taylor-Johnson Pinned Down by a Sniper and a Minimalist Script
Doug Liman’s pared-down, Iraq-set war movie never fully expresses what it has to say about human conflict
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‘Snatched’ Review: Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn Make an Uneven Duo in Comic Misadventure
There are sporadic laughs in this haphazard mother-daughter vacation gone wrong, but with this dream comedy pairing — it should be funnier
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‘Burden’ Review: Pioneering, Provocative Artist Chris Burden Gently Explained in New Doc
The late bad boy of death-defying performance and life-affirming sculpture (including those famous L.A. streetlights) remembered warmly and with respect
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‘The Dinner’ Review: Laura Linney, Steve Coogan Cram Too Much on Their Plate
Oren Moverman (“The Messenger”) overserves the ideas in this topical thriller-satire
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‘Risk’ Review: Julian Assange Doc Only Scratches Surface of Controversy
Oscar-winning documentarian Laura Poitras got plenty of access to the WikiLeaks founder, but a full portrait remains maddeningly elusive
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‘How to Be a Latin Lover’ Review: Gigo-Lowbrow Comedy Disappoints
Mexican star Eugenio Derbez leads a talented cast doing their best to elevate this broad farce
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‘Slack Bay’ Review: Merchant Ivory Meets Monty Python in Period Farce
Juliette Binoche leads a cast having a great time — and that enjoyment is infectious in Bruno Dumont’s latest
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‘Sleight’ Review: Promising First Feature Combines Street Magic, Crime and Sci-Fi
Jacob Latimore is a winning young hero playing a street magician in over his head with criminals in director and co-writer JD Dillard’s confident genre hybrid
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‘Let It Fall’ Review: John Ridley’s Powerful Documentary Examines the 1992 LA Riots
A combination of enlightening, well-edited interviews and convulsive archival footage weaves a sad, shameful tale of incendiary racial tensions, from fuse to fire
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‘Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent’ Review: Gourmet Doc Serves Delicious Dish
Despite losing its way in the final courses, this film examines the unsung hero who helped invent the celebrity chef
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‘Free Fire’ Review: Ben Wheatley Sends Losers, Guns and Money
The British writer-director gives us lots of stars (including Brie Larson and Armie Hammer) shooting lots of bullets, to little effect
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‘Unforgettable’ Review: Katherine Heigl and Rosario Dawson Fight a Trashy War on Motherhood
Freed from likability, Heigl tears it up as an obsessive ex with mayhem on her mind
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‘Norman’ Review: Richard Gere Schemes His Way Through One of His Greatest Roles
In the new comedy from the director of “Footnote,” Gere wheeler-dealers his way around Manhattan, even when no one’s listening
