Reviews
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‘Little Boxes’ Review: Melanie Lynskey Race Satire Tries for Depth
There’s a lot of potential in a comedy about an interracial couple (played by Lynskey and Nelsan Ellis) in the ‘burbs, but the insight is skin-deep
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‘My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea’ Review: Satirical Teenage Adventure, ‘Poseidon’-Style
The kids are not all right in this clever, collage-like animated feature from graphic novelist Dash Shaw
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‘Tommy’s Honour’ Review: Golf Saga Explores Father-Son Links
Jason Connery (son of James Bond great, Sean Connery) makes the shot with this period piece about the birth of pro golf
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‘A Quiet Passion’ Review: Cynthia Nixon Overcomes 19th Century Prose
Terence Davies’s biopic on Emily Dickinson offers visual rapture, while the dialogue tends to trip up the talented ensemble cast
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‘The Fate of the Furious’ Review: Vin Diesel and the Rest Go Through the Motions, At Full Speed
Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren sign on for the popular series, which just gets more convoluted and implausible with each new entry
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New Syria-Set Docs ‘Cries From Syria,’ ‘City of Ghosts’ Showcase Heroes and Victims
Sundance 2017 Reviews: Two Syria-set documentaries from Oscar-nominated directors show different sides of an international tragedy
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‘Colossal’ Review: Anne Hathaway Conquers the Monster Within
One woman’s addictions manifest as a giant kaiju in this strange (and strangely funny) film from Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo
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‘Gifted’ Review: Chris Evans Plays a Devoted Father Figure in No-Frills Drama
A tug of war over a young math genius makes for competent, if unexceptional, storytelling — but young Mckenna Grace steals the show
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‘Going in Style’ Review: Michael Caine and Company Rob a Bank, But the Film Steals No Hearts
Replacing the melancholic sting of the 1979 original with slick, empty caper clichés, director Zach Braff wastes a great cast
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‘Gently Down the Stream’ Theater Review: Harvey Fierstein Throws a Pity Party
The star offers tedium and sympathy in Martin Sherman’s play. Another new drama about same-sex marriage, “Daniel’s Husband,” is only marginally more endurable
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‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ Review: Jessica Chastain Saves Polish Jews But Can’t Rescue the Movie
Turning an incredible true story of a couple who sheltered Jews into bland historical fare is the most noteworthy of the film’s shortcomings
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‘Ghost in the Shell’ Review: Scarlett Johansson Takes Us to a Souped-Up Yet Familiar Future
Too aesthetically intoxicating to ignore but too derivative to adore, this live-action take on an anime classic is a frustrating tangle
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‘Wilson’ Review: Woody Harrelson Lightens Up a Dark Daniel Clowes Character
Harrelson’s needy misanthrope demands love, stomps feelings, never learns — but it’s fine
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‘CHiPS’ Review: Dax Shepard Commits Highway Slobbery With Unfunny Redo of 70s Series
Shepard and Michael Peña play motorcycle cops Jon and Ponch in this loud, strained moving violation of an action-comedy
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‘After the Storm’ Review: Hirokazu Kore-eda Crafts Another Masterpiece
The director of “Our Little Sister” returns with a deeply felt family tale, focused on a deadbeat dad trying to do better
