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What this documentary does effectively is revitalize the work of Orson Wells by viewing it through the lens of media consolidation, government repression of art and leftist thinkers, and social justice. → Read More
As Washington’s hero enters geriaction territory stairs present an issue. Putting a meat cleaver in a guy’s forehead is less of a problem. → Read More
Movie review, 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3': The inspired needle drops and visual playfulness don't generate convincing emotion. → Read More
Set in the waning days of WWII in Finland, this stunning thriller-with-a-purpose is cool, calm, and collected in its bloodthirsty repudiation of fascism. → Read More
Director Lisa Cortés doesn't just validate Little Richard's explosive role as the architect of rock & roll. Her film traces how queerness and Blackness have transformed American culture and society. → Read More
Russell Crowe’s light-on-its-feet performance is the single bright spot this absurdly plotted, blood-drenched haunted house movie. → Read More
A gang of disaffected eco-activists undertake a momentous act of monkeywrenching in this agitprop thriller driven by real-world stakes. → Read More
Matt Damon and Viola Davis fight through the empty calories of a non-stop '80s soundtrack — and the absence of Michael Jordan from a story that has him at its center — in this tale of feel-good capitalism. → Read More
The comedy lacks wit and bite, though things jolt to life when this meme-friendly monster movie lays the gore on thick. → Read More
From documentaries to a new kind of spectacle cinema, Oliver Jones looks at what links the year’s most resounding cinema. → Read More
The Jerzy Skolimowski film revolves around a donkey’s trans-European journey. It’s profoundly weird and deeply moving. → Read More
Director Elegance Bratton tells his life as a gay, unhoused man who enlists in the Marines. The performances of Jeremy Pope and Gabrielle Union shine, but the characters feel thinly drawn. → Read More
As we enter a golden age of filmmakers making movies about their formative years, James Gray recalls his childhood in '80s Queens — in ways that seem awfully close to François Truffaut's memories. → Read More
In this grungy noir — based on a true story — a serial killer in Iran who claims to be “waging a jihad against vice” by killing sex workers is pursued by a journalist. → Read More
Eight months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a new German version of Erich Maria Remarque’s nearly 100-year-old novel radiates both urgency and entrenched sadness. → Read More
It’s a murder mystery, romance, farce, war movie, political polemic and period piece rolled into one, with a sprawling cast that includes everyone from Robert DeNiro to Taylor Swift. → Read More
The spectacular visuals of Brett Morgen’s documentary are best experienced large and loud. → Read More
Sierra Pettengill’s documentary shows how more than 50 years ago fake towns were built on army bases to teach the police how to suppress rebellion. → Read More
Themes of exploitation and environmental degradation make this something more than a cheesy late August monster movie. → Read More
Things have to be precisely calibrated for comedy to work amidst vicious violence. No such luck with ‘Bullet Train.’ → Read More