Reviews
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‘Flesh Impact’ Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Adds Marilyn Monroe to Her Roster of Complex Heroines
Venice Film Festival: The jury president and director of “The Lost Daughter” and “The Bride!” has made a short film starring Ellen Burstyn and Dakota Fanning as the screen icon
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‘Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuff’ Review: If You Wish to Make a Romance, You Must First Invent the Universe
Telluride Film Festival: The author of ‘Cosmos’ and ‘Contact’ wasn’t just an astronomer, he was a pothead in love
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‘Hombre al Agua’ Review: Gael Garcia Bernal Whips Up Some Messy Good Fun
Venice Film Festival: The actor-turned-director has created a fantasia that mixes melodrama, satire and social commentary
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‘Possible Love’ Review: Korean Drama Accumulates Power for Almost Three Hours
Venice Film Festival: Lee Chang-dong’s first movie since “Burning” is a slow-burn story about trauma, loss and class conflict
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‘Father Joe’ Review: Kiefer Sutherland Plays a Gun-Wielding Priest in Scattershot Mob Drama
Venice Film Festival: Al Pacino slumbers through an occasionally amusing action romp produced by Luc Besson
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‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger’ Review: Rock Doc Could Turn Agnostics Into Believers
Venice Film Festival: Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher are the focus of a new documentary that’s light on story but heavy on meaningful vibes
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‘Primetime’ Review: Robert Pattinson Is Delightfully Gonzo in Searing Exploitation Screed
Venice Film Festival: Filmmaker Lance Oppenheim’s riff on “To Catch a Predator” is unrelentingly stylish
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‘Elsinore’ Review: Andrew Scott Shines in Yet Another Sign That Shakespeare Isn’t Done With Us Yet
Telluride Film Festival: “Hamlet” is back in the story of the dying actor who replaced Daniel Day-Lewis in a 1989 production of the Bard’s tragedy
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‘A Long Winter’ Review: Andrew Haigh Finds Love and Dread High in the Mountains
Telluride Film Festival: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Caitriona Balfe and Fred Hechinger star in Haigh’s exploration of loss and acceptance
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‘Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes’ Review: Rock Doc Is Long on Talk
Telluride Film Festival: Directors Frank Marshall and Nigel Sinclair let The Who frontman pontificate, something he does very well
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‘Tender Loving Care’ Review: Mike Leigh Delivers Another Gentle Gem
Telluride Film Festival: “Widow’s Bay” star Kate O’Flynn stars in another richly humanistic work from the veteran British director
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‘Burgundy’ Review: Complex Doc on French Wine Region Leaves a Champagne High
Venice Film Festival: Playful and profound documentary from “The Truffle Hunters” duo will have oenophiles buzzing
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‘Wild Horse Nine’ Review: John Malkovich Is Glorious in Martin McDonagh’s Dull Spy Comedy
Venice Film Festival: Malkovich and Sam Rockwell are funny American spies who bring horror and fascism to Chile — but it’s OK, they have feelings
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‘By Any Means’ Review: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg Fight the Klan in Uneven but Effective Crime Drama
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and director Elegance Bratton do excellent work telling this strange tale about an FBI agent teaming up with a mafia hitman
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‘Bucking Fastard’ Review: Kate and Rooney Mara’s Twin Schtick Only Gets You Halfway
Venice Film Festival: Werner Herzog’s oddball drama offers an eccentric showcase with a rinse-and-repeat plot
