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Cora Bora
(2023)
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Angie Han
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Stalter delivers in a warm, if slightly flimsy, indie.
Posted Mar 18, 2023
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Joy Ride
(2023)
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Lovia Gyarkye
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A whole lot of fun.
Posted Mar 18, 2023
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You Can Call Me Bill
(2023)
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Dan Fienberg
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Despite a fully generic title that falsely suggests a project broadly tailored around Shatner’s ingrained lack of formality, You Can Call Me Bill ends up feeling very much like a Philippe film.
Posted Mar 18, 2023
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Late Bloomers
(2023)
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Jourdain Searles
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All the pieces are there, but Late Bloomers ultimately fails to sell the film’s core relationship.
Posted Mar 18, 2023
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Evil Dead Rise
(2023)
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Lovia Gyarkye
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Both a bloody good homage and an effective corrective.
Posted Mar 17, 2023
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Black Barbie: A Documentary
(2023)
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Lovia Gyarkye
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Energetic and informative, if uneven...
Posted Mar 17, 2023
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The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution
(2023)
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Dan Fienberg
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The film wants to separate the signal from the noise in the public discourse, but it’s so enamored with the sensory madness that it just becomes more cacophony.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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Self Reliance
(2023)
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Lovia Gyarkye
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Should have been weirder and wilder.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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Boston Strangler
(2023)
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Sheri Linden
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Smart and powerfully understated.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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Tetris
(2023)
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Lovia Gyarkye
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Somewhere along the way in Jon S. Baird’s fleet and compelling fictionalized look at the invention of Tetris, you forget that you’re watching a film about a video game.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods
(2023)
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Frank Scheck
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This follow-up lacks much of the appeal of its predecessor. While the film provides the elaborate action set pieces, colorful villains and save-the-world plot mechanics expected of the comic book movie genre, some of the magic is missing.
Posted Mar 15, 2023
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Wild Life
(2023)
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Dan Fienberg
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It’s still beautiful to look at, but I most enjoyed Wild Life as a complicated procedural about land use (don’t expect to see that blurbed on a poster any time soon).
Posted Mar 15, 2023
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Another Body
(2023)
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Robyn Bahr
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Intriguing but ultimately slight...
Posted Mar 14, 2023
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Being Mary Tyler Moore
(2023)
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Dan Fienberg
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To watch Laura Petrie and Mary Richards (and Beth from Ordinary People) in action is to invariably come away with boundless respect. Adolphus and his documentary understand that.
Posted Mar 14, 2023
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The Long Game
(2023)
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Sheri Linden
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Could have used more topspin, but a winning round nonetheless.
Posted Mar 14, 2023
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John Wick: Chapter 4
(2023)
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Frank Scheck
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As the title character says: "Yeah!"
Posted Mar 14, 2023
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Down Low
(2023)
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Lovia Gyarkye
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A zany, frenetic and horny comedy that in trying to go there doesn’t end up anywhere.
Posted Mar 14, 2023
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Bottoms
(2023)
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Lovia Gyarkye
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Bottoms is mostly air, and that weightlessness leaves us grasping for more from its characters and their story.
Posted Mar 13, 2023
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Raging Grace
(2023)
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Jordan Mintzer
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Gets its message across despite all the jump-scares and haunted house hysteria.
Posted Mar 12, 2023
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You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder
(2023)
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Caryn James
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This uneven indie road-trip drama is at times too by-the-numbers but is always captivating thanks to its two stars, who hold the screen throughout.
Posted Mar 12, 2023
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A Disturbance in The Force
(2023)
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Dan Fienberg
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When it isn’t poking fun at moments of iconic trash, it offers an insightful exploration of the production and context of the special.
Posted Mar 12, 2023
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Frybread Face and Me
(2023)
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Angie Han
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What Frybread Face and Me lacks in drama, it makes up for in a boundless affection for its characters and an appreciation for the everyday details of their lives.
Posted Mar 12, 2023
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This World is Not My Own
(2023)
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Sheri Linden
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Fittingly playful and bold.
Posted Mar 12, 2023
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If You Were the Last
(2023)
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Jordan Mintzer
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Sappy and, in terms of its comedy, rather cringe-worthy, never quite finding the sweet spot between romance and laughs.
Posted Mar 12, 2023
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Pay or Die
(2023)
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Frank Scheck
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Bluntly if appropriately titled, Pay or Die serves as an infuriating reminder of the economic and social injustice permeating our system...
Posted Mar 12, 2023
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Flamin' Hot
(2023)
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Frank Scheck
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An utterly delightful rags-to-riches story that should appeal to anyone in need of uplifting. Superbly directed by Eva Longoria, this equally amusing and affecting film defies expectations as much as its main character.
Posted Mar 12, 2023
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Last Stop Larrimah
(2023)
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Jordan Mintzer
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The singular milieu and its colorful inhabitants make for a unique true-crime study.
Posted Mar 12, 2023
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Story Ave
(2023)
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Jordan Mintzer
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As a touching portrait of an outer-borough New Yorker whose talents are just waiting to be harnessed, it shows some true potential.
Posted Mar 12, 2023
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National Anthem
(2023)
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David Rooney
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A nice mix of sawdust and sentiment.
Posted Mar 11, 2023
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
(2023)
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Lovia Gyarkye
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An adaptation that will appeal to the nostalgic side of existing fans and entertain those whose eyes glaze over at the mention of Dungeon Masters, bards or druids.
Posted Mar 11, 2023
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The Lady Bird Diaries
(2023)
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Sheri Linden
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Pivotal history delivered with a keen eye and a honeyed drawl.
Posted Mar 11, 2023
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Chang Can Dunk
(2023)
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Frank Scheck
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The filmmaker demonstrates considerable talent with both his writing and directing, providing amusing dialogue that rings true and complex characterizations defying easy stereotypes.
Posted Mar 10, 2023
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65
(2023)
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Frank Scheck
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A middling throwback creature feature.
Posted Mar 09, 2023
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Scream VI
(2023)
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Frank Scheck
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Ultimately, Scream VI delivers exactly what the fans expect, which is more of the same.
Posted Mar 08, 2023
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Champions
(2023)
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Frank Scheck
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Champions feels overly familiar. But that doesn’t make this sure-to-be crowd-pleaser any less winning, especially with the endlessly likable Harrelson at its center.
Posted Mar 07, 2023
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Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
(2023)
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Dan Fienberg
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Rock is a provocateur, darnit! Nothing in Selective Outrage raised my hackles. I didn’t even get a semi-hackle. My hackles were flaccid.
Posted Mar 05, 2023
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Film, the Living Record of Our Memory
(2021)
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Sheri Linden
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Inspired and inspiring.
Posted Mar 05, 2023
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Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
(2023)
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Frank Scheck
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To call it formulaic would be insulting to formulas.
Posted Mar 01, 2023
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White Plastic Sky
(2023)
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Leslie Felperin
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With so much going on visually, the story itself gets a bit upstaged. But Stefan’s journey to save Nora from turning into a tree has real poignancy...
Posted Mar 01, 2023
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Rachel Hendrix
(2023)
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Stephen Farber
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A shade more ruthlessness in the editing would have given this touching drama of regret and renewal an even stronger impact. But viewers will not forget the sadness and wisdom of Singer’s Rachel Hendrix.
Posted Feb 28, 2023
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Opponent
(2023)
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David Rooney
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With admirable economy, the writer-director shows the bureaucratic indifference refugees face on a daily basis, often considered more like numbers than people.
Posted Feb 26, 2023
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Art College 1994
(2023)
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Leslie Felperin
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Endearing, if you can take the dorm-room philosophizing.
Posted Feb 25, 2023
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Under the Sky of Damascus
(2023)
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Lovia Gyarkye
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Under the Sky of Damascus is invested in the questions it asks and the testimonies it spotlights.
Posted Feb 24, 2023
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Till the End of the Night
(2023)
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David Rooney
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Not worth investigating.
Posted Feb 24, 2023
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On the Adamant
(2023)
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Jordan Mintzer
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An artful look at outsider artists.
Posted Feb 24, 2023
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Luther: The Fallen Sun
(2023)
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Frank Scheck
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Director Payne stages the violent mayhem in gripping fashion, clearly relishing the opportunity to go bigger and bolder with a substantially larger budget.
Posted Feb 24, 2023
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Creed III
(2023)
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Lovia Gyarkye
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Jordan uses the full power of IMAX to direct some glorious fight scenes... These flourishes will surely delight many fans of the franchise, even as the narrative -- the reason we keep watching Adonis fight in and out of the ring -- lets us down.
Posted Feb 24, 2023
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Cocaine Bear
(2023)
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Lovia Gyarkye
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No thoughts, just vibes.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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Limbo
(2023)
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David Rooney
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A riveting, multilayered genre piece.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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The Beast in the Jungle
(2019)
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Sheri Linden
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The action, to use the term loosely, takes place over 25 years. And it feels like it.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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