Latest Movie Reviews
‘Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)’ Review: Questlove’s Admiring Portrait Gives Sly Stone His Flowers
In his follow-up to 'Summer of Soul,' the award-winning producer explores the legacy of the legendary musician and the challenges faced by Black artists in America.
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‘DJ Ahmet’ Review: Techno Music and Shepherding Collide in a Touching Coming-of-Age Tale
A North Macedonian farm boy's love of EDM sets him on a path of small-town rebellion in the feature filmmaking debut from Georgi M. Unkovski.
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‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ Review: Latest Ukraine Doc From ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ Helmer Packs a Visceral, Existential Punch
Mstyslav Chernov returns to Sundance with a new story of the Ukrainian counteroffensive and the slow, deadly effort to liberate a tiny village.
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‘Jimpa’ Review: Olivia Colman and John Lithgow in a Well-Intentioned but Numbingly Earnest Inter-Generational Queer Family Drama
Sophie Hyde’s latest centers on a filmmaker navigating the cross currents between her nonbinary teenager and her hedonistic gay father while working on a project about the end of her parents’ marriage.
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‘Speak’ Review: Touching Doc Trails Teens Competing in Public Speaking Contest
Jennifer Tiexiera and Guy Mossman's Sundance-premiering documentary follows five teenagers as they prepare for a national oratory competition.
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‘Flight Risk’ Review: Mark Wahlberg in a Mel Gibson-Directed Actioner That’s Almost Fast Enough to Make You Forgive Its Flaws
Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace also star in this movie about a U.S. Marshall, her mob-connected witness and a hit man posing as a pilot.
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‘Omaha’ Review: John Magaro Is Heartbreaking in Slender but Affecting Drama About Grief and Fatherhood
Cole Webley’s debut feature, penned by ‘The Killing of Two Lovers’ writer-director Robert Machoian and premiering in competition at Sundance, follows a family road trip in the wake of shattering loss.
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‘Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore’ Review: A Vibrant Documentary Portrait of a Trailblazer
Shoshannah Stern's doc features extensive interviews with Matlin and covers, among many things, the abuse she alleges she suffered at the hands of William Hurt.
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‘Star Trek: Section 31’ Review: Not Even Michelle Yeoh Can Save Paramount+’s Subpar Spinoff Movie
The Oscar-winning actress reprises her role from 'Star Trek: Discovery' in the franchise's first non-theatrical film.
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‘Game Changer’ Review: S. Shankar’s First Telugu-Language Film Leans on Incoherent Spectacle
The lavish action movie stars Ram Charan as an upstanding Indian Administrative Service officer overseeing an election rampant with corruption.
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‘Companion’ Review: Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid Star in a Nasty Treat of a Sci-Fi Thriller
The pair join Lukas Gage, Rupert Friend and Harvey Guillén in Drew Hancock's film about a weekend getaway that goes violently wrong.
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‘Inheritance’ Review: Phoebe Dynevor and Rhys Ifans in Neil Burger’s Uninvolving iPhone Spy Thriller
A young woman discovers her father isn't who she thinks he is in this globe-trotting thriller from the 'Divergent' helmer.
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Critic’s Appreciation: David Lynch, a Visionary Director Who Spoke to Our Darker Selves
Laying bare American life's hidden horrors and absurdities, the auteur behind 'Mulholland Drive' and 'Twin Peaks' held up a distorted but unsettlingly truthful mirror.
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‘Back in Action’ Review: Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz Atone for ‘Annie’ in Diverting Netflix Espionage Comedy
Andrew Scott, Kyle Chandler and Glenn Close also star in Seth Gordon’s caper about a pair of retired undercover agents dragged back into the spy game along with their unknowing children.
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‘One of Them Days’ Review: Keke Palmer and SZA Make a Rowdily Funny Duo in Issa Rae-Produced Comedy
Two friends race to avoid eviction in this comedy directed by Lawrence Lamont and co-starring Vanessa Bell Calloway, Lil Rel Howery, Katt Williams, Janelle James and Maude Apatow.
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‘Wolf Man’ Review: Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner in a Horror Redo That Satisfies but Never Soars
Leigh Whannell follows ‘The Invisible Man’ with another update on a classic from the Universal archives, unfolding in an isolated farmhouse in the Pacific Northwest.
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