The fall movie lineup is awash in retro sequels.
The documentary “They Shall Not Grow Old” glosses over its subject in a brisk hour and 30-odd minutes, but wow, what a gloss. Commissioned to celebrate the 100th anniversary of […]
“It’s a metaphor,” claims a poet (played by Jeanne Balibar) about a song she’s written for one of the main characters in Paweł Pawlikowski’s beautiful if emotionally discordant film about […]
The late journalist Marie Colvin was killed covering the Syrian Civil War for the Sunday Times of London in 2012. The reason for her death is the subject of the […]
“Mandy” – Director Panos Cosmatos gets the bloody party started with what looks like a potentially mind-blowing revenge story starring Nicolas Cage as an unhinged victim of grotesque gang violence. […]
He darts heedlessly through traffic in a motorized wheelchair, head bobbing above the grills of large, Detroit automobiles. Their drivers screech to a halt in terror all around him in […]
Avengers? Deadpool? Han Solo? What about the movies without goofy car endorsements? Several smaller-scale films, including a mini-renaissance of African-American stories, encourage spending even more of summer 2018 in air-conditioned […]
Director Sebastián Lelio’s “Disobedience” takes place in an ultra-orthodox religious community. It’s difficult to follow. It begins with a lengthy speech. The characters are almost forbidden from having any fun. […]
“You Were Never Really Here” looks at first glance like a violent fantasy: A story about a killer for hire made unusual, or maybe just more campy, because the killing […]
You didn’t see some of the best movies this year in theaters. No one did. Or almost no one. Movies like “Okja,” about a new form of food with a […]
It may be hard to believe, but the most high-stakes drama in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread” involves breakfast. But that’s because those breakfasts also involve Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis), […]
Two films explore leaving home in drastically different ways.
