Reviews
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‘Every Day’ Film Review: Girl Meets Disembodied Soul in Thought-Provoking Teen Romance
Based on David Levithan’s novel, this tale follows a young woman who discovers that love is about what’s on the inside
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‘Annihilation’ Film Review: Natalie Portman Anchors Woolly, Weird Sci-Fi Saga
Alex Garland’s exquisitely disturbing follow-up to “Ex-Machina” cements his status as a thoughtful, nerve-rattling auteur
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All 7 Aardman Animations Features Ranked, From ‘Wallace & Gromit’ to ‘Chicken Run’ (Photos)
How does “Early Man” rank among the British studio’s cartoon classics?
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‘Loveless’ Film Review: Russia’s Oscar Entry Features a Missing Boy, Negligent Parents, and a Fractured Nation
“Leviathan” director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s elegantly bleak domestic drama examines the aftereffects of a bitter marriage
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‘Nostalgia’ Film Review: Jon Hamm Leads All-Star Cast in One-Note Examination of Grief
Mark Pellington’s look at loss couldn’t be more personal, but the results still fall short
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‘The Party’ Film Review: Sally Potter Spins a Bleakly Hilarious Political Farce
Patricia Clarkson, Timothy Spall and Kristin Scott Thomas lead an all-star cast as liberals who dither while the world burns
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‘Golden Exits’ Film Review: Faithless Brooklynites Fall Apart in Alex Ross Perry’s Unfulfilling Indie Drama
Indie all-stars like Chloë Sevigny, Mary-Louise Parker and Jason Schwartzman can’t make this warmed-over-Bergman tale of unhappy mopes come alive
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‘The Female Brain’ Film Review: Whitney Cummings Finds Silly, Cerebral Laughs in Battle of the Sexes
A sharp comic ensemble — including the NBA’s Blake Griffin — shines in a mostly cliché-free rom-com
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‘Seeing Allred’ Film Review: Gloria Allred’s Fight for Rights Makes a Stirring Documentary
The controversial attorney gets a fair and robust hearing in this inspiring Netflix feature
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‘The 2018 Oscar-Nominated Short Films’ Review: With Little Running Time Comes Great Power
This year’s shorts pack a wallop — so much so that watching them all together can be emotionally draining
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‘The 15:17 to Paris’ Film Review: Clint Eastwood’s Everyday Heroism Tale Is Itself Too Mundane
Casting the real American lifesavers from the 2015 terrorist attack they prevented is more awkward than illuminating
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‘Fifty Shades Freed’ Film Review: Trilogy’s Tame Finale Lays Us Down to Sleep
Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan head to the altar for the ultimate taming of kinky Christian Grey
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‘Peter Rabbit’ Movie Review: Beatrix Potter’s Bunny Reduced to Flopsy Sweat
Annoyingly “hip” and clamoring to please, this shrill kid movie lacks charm and fun
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‘A Ciambra’ Film Review: Scorsese-Produced Italian Drama Follows Real-Life Roma Family
Spirit Award nominee Jonas Carpignano’s realist film explores a young boy’s coming of age amidst crime and poverty
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‘Winchester’ Film Review: Helen Mirren Looks Bored, and With Good Reason
This kinda-sorta true story about ghosts, guns and a labyrinthine house never adds up to much, even with Dame Helen on hand
