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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
Fahrenheit 451 (2018)

Lorraine Ali

Fahrenheit 451's main problem stems from the fact that it jams a series' worth of story into 100 minutes.
Posted May 21, 2018
2
Burning (Beoning) (2018)

Justin Chang

"Burning" is a character study that morphs, with masterly patience, subtlety and nary a single wasted minute, into a teasing mystery and eventually a full-blown thriller.
Posted May 21, 2018
3
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

Justin Chang

It is an intensely personal piece of filmmaking, a movie shot through with sneaky, unruly pleasures and no small poignancy.
Posted May 21, 2018
4
Show Dogs (2018)

Gary Goldstein

This nicely modulated film largely avoids the hyper-aggressive jokiness and desperate stabs at relevance that often plague kidpics.
Posted May 17, 2018
5
L'eau froide (Cold Water) (1994)

Justin Chang

What strikes you by the end of "Cold Water" is just how fast it moves, how swiftly our time spent with these characters simply slips away.
Posted May 17, 2018
6
The Day After (Geu-hu) (2018)

Robert Abele

Amusingly bittersweet yet quietly resplendent...
Posted May 17, 2018
7
Angels Wear White (2018)

Robert Abele

In its perceptions and mood, "Angels Wear White" plays like acutely serious female noir.
Posted May 17, 2018
8
Pope Francis - A Man of His Word (2018)

Justin Chang

It slyly dispenses with that old canard that we must know the artist intimately to feel moved, humbled and astonished by his art.
Posted May 17, 2018
9
First Reformed (2018)

Justin Chang

It is an exquisite piece of filmmaking and also a blunt, pulpy instrument, a despairing, fully sustained howl of a movie that is easily this director's finest work in years.
Posted May 17, 2018
10
On Chesil Beach (2018)

Kenneth Turan

A completely heartbreaking story brought to exquisite life via immaculate writing, directing and acting...
Posted May 17, 2018
11
Filmworker (2018)

Glenn Whipp

But as a portrait of a man who surrendered his career and much of his life to the service of a master, "Filmworker" proves compelling, particularly for those with a passing interest in Kubrick.
Posted May 17, 2018
12
Book Club (2018)

Katie Walsh

Fonda. Bergen. Keaton. Steenburgen. "Book Club." Sure, "Avengers: Infinity War" came out a few weeks ago, but now this is the greatest crossover event in history.
Posted May 17, 2018
13
Whitney (2018)

Gerrick Kennedy

Ultimately, Macdonald has given audiences a potent assessment of one of the most tragic stories in pop history - one that, sadly, could have been different had Whitney had the room to be Whitney.
Posted May 17, 2018
14
Dark Crimes (2018)

Michael Rechtshaffen

Carrey's quietly exacting, uncharacteristic performance, though not qualifying as a saving grace, hints at some promising new career directions in the same manner Robin Williams successfully tapped a darker side with "One Hour Photo."
Posted May 16, 2018
15
Champion (2018)

Noel Murray

Writer-director Kim Yong-wan delivers a palatable product, with leftover ingredients.
Posted May 16, 2018
16
Cargo (2018)

Kimber Myers

Co-directors Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke (the latter of whom wrote the screenplay) sacrifice some tension with their more character-based approach, but the cumulative effect is emotionally powerful.
Posted May 16, 2018
17
Always at the Carlyle (2018)

Kimber Myers

Plays like a feature-length video you'd expect to see on a loop in the lobby of a less classy version of the luxe New York institution and celebrity favorite (so basically anywhere, really).
Posted May 16, 2018
18
Birds of Passage (Pájaros de verano) (2018)

Justin Chang

You feel for these fathers, mothers and children as they endure their mythic rise and fall, but the ruthless, eternal cycle of violence begetting violence leaves no room for sentimentality.
Posted May 15, 2018
19
Everybody Knows (Todos lo saben) (2018)

Justin Chang

Absorbing enough but lacking in any real sense of revelation...this undeniably gifted storyteller seems firmly stuck on Cruz control.
Posted May 15, 2018
20
Donbass (2018)

Justin Chang

A brilliant formalist, Loznitsa likes to turn his camera on crowds in motion, turning each sequence into a collective indictment.
Posted May 15, 2018
21
Summer (Leto) (2018)

Justin Chang

Far from an angry political screed, it feels both removed from its fraught larger context and shrewdly, poignantly attuned to it.
Posted May 15, 2018
22
Sorry Angel (Plaire, aimer et courir vite) (2018)

Justin Chang

The lines have a consistently witty, acerbic sting; the voices we hear belong to men who are at once entirely comfortable in their skin and yet unafraid to discover new things about themselves.
Posted May 15, 2018
23
Cold War (Zimna wojna) (2018)

Justin Chang

This is an achingly personal story - the romantic leads are named after Pawlikowski's own parents, to whom the film is dedicated - and also a sadly resigned one.
Posted May 15, 2018
24
Ash Is Purest White (2018)

Justin Chang

This is a movie about how time and circumstance conspire to make dazed, restless wanderers of us all.
Posted May 15, 2018
25
Girls of the Sun (Les filles du soleil) (2018)

Justin Chang

Representational merits alone can't distinguish this movie's clumsy farrago of good intentions, ham-fisted story choices and cloddishly on-the-nose dialogue.
Posted May 15, 2018
26
Three Faces (2018)

Justin Chang

"3 Faces" may be modest and low-key on the surface, but its surprises are worth preserving, its insights casually profound.
Posted May 15, 2018
27
BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Justin Chang

If "BlacKkKlansman" is not above turning its characters into mouthpieces for its ideas, it wards off excessive didacticism by giving those ideas a heady flow and a sustained pulse. There's real, expressive joy in its anger.
Posted May 15, 2018
28
The House That Jack Built (2018)

Justin Chang

Lars von Trier is a stupid, arrogant troll and, when the mood strikes him, a reasonably talented filmmaker. But there are only a few moments in "The House That Jack Built" in which his stupidity doesn't entirely overwhelm and negate his talent.
Posted May 15, 2018
29
Deadpool 2 (2018)

Jen Yamato

The film's impulse to profess a knowing, snarky superiority can become painfully awkward.
Posted May 14, 2018
30
The Gardener (2018)

Gary Goldstein

A soothing and transporting journey sure to inspire gardeners of all stripes to create their own slice of heaven.
Posted May 14, 2018
31
Welcome to the Men's Group (2018)

Gary Goldstein

The capable cast (including Ali Saam and Phil Abrams) is certainly game; too bad it's not in the service of more nuanced and engaging material.
Posted May 14, 2018
32
Revenge (2018)

Katie Walsh

Coralie Fargeat tears into the rape revenge genre with a startling ferocity in her debut feature, the brutal, bloody and beautiful "Revenge."
Posted May 10, 2018
33
Beast (2018)

Justin Chang

Pearce, in his feature directing debut, proves himself a solid craftsman, with a gift for giving even derivative story elements a nerve-jangling tweak.
Posted May 10, 2018
34
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2018)

Robert Abele

What's refreshing about Sara Driver's look-back documentary...is the frisky, contemplative, ground-level angle it takes on its hype-magnet of a subject.
Posted May 10, 2018
35
Life of the Party (2018)

Glenn Whipp

"Life of the Party" indulges our collective hope that mistakes can be mended, we're never too old for redemption and, given the chance, we could still slay in a frat house dance-off if the DJ played the right song.
Posted May 10, 2018
36
Lu Over the Wall (Yoake tsugeru Rû no uta) (2018)

Charles Solomon

Yuasa's bold imagery and sometimes convoluted storytelling defy the conventions of traditional animated filmmaking, but he is clearly an artist with an individual vision whose work offers something genuinely new and eye-catching.
Posted May 10, 2018
37
2/4
Breaking In (2018)

Katie Walsh

You wish for a few moments of camp or silliness to modulate the dynamics of this lean thriller.
Posted May 10, 2018
38
Born Guilty (2018)

Michael Rechtshaffen

A shrill urban relationship satire whose lead protagonists are so insufferably self-centered and whiny, there's little hope for redemption.
Posted May 9, 2018
39
Measure of a Man (2018)

Michael Rechtshaffen

Offers decisive proof that fresh and different is overrated when you've got a strong cast, a beautifully written script and fittingly measured direction.
Posted May 9, 2018
40
The Guardians (Les Gardiennes) (2018)

Kenneth Turan

Elegantly made and quietly emotional, a family story filled with characters whose lives we sink into, feeling the hope, the sadness, the sorrow and the joy right along with those on the screen.
Posted May 9, 2018
41
Hitler's Hollywood (2018)

Kenneth Turan

A sad story all around.
Posted May 9, 2018
42
The Desert Bride (La Novia del Desierto) (2018)

Robert Abele

"The Desert Bride" is nothing complicated, but in its unforced humanity, visually poetic landscapes and agreeably metaphoric storytelling suggests the intimate pleasures of a well-turned short story.
Posted May 9, 2018
43
Another Kind of Wedding (2018)

Noel Murray

At its best, "Another Kind of Wedding" understands how hard it can be for families to look past their own burdensome self-mythology, to see each other again as just people.
Posted May 9, 2018
44
The Escape (2018)

Gary Goldstein

Although its title might imply some intrepid action movie, writer-director Dominic Savage's intimate, deeply emotional drama "The Escape" proves, in its own way, just as daring and harrowing an experience.
Posted May 9, 2018
45
The Seagull (2018)

Gary Goldstein

An enticing, amusing and passionate showcase for its top-drawer cast led by a once-again superb Annette Bening.
Posted May 8, 2018
46
What Haunts Us (2018)

Kimber Myers

Absolutely the stuff of nightmares...will linger far longer in its audience's minds than most films about imagined terrors.
Posted May 8, 2018
47
Class Rank (2018)

Kimber Myers

"Class Rank" is a late bloomer that takes time to find its footing, but once it does, it proves to be as stealthily likable as its characters.
Posted May 8, 2018
48
Terminal (2018)

Noel Murray

Robbie is fascinating to watch, as always. But in this case, she's providing 100-watt star power to a tacky little table lamp.
Posted May 8, 2018
49
The Test & The Art of Thinking (2018)

Robert Abele

Most sobering in Davis' film is the assembled confab of prep tutors sharing their unvarnished thoughts about the College Board's pointless, periodical test fixes, practically cackling at how easily the board's self-importance has kept them in business.
Posted May 7, 2018
50
The House of Tomorrow (2018)

Katie Walsh

It's not until the end that everything truly lines up, with Fuller positioned as an original punk. But as a film about punk rock, living on the edge and coming into your own, The House of Tomorrow is a strong debut from Livolsi.
Posted May 4, 2018