Ty Burr
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A day in the life of LA, via poetry (and film): That’s ‘Summertime’
Director Carlos López Estrada turns a real-life LA showcase into an infectious verbal musical, alive with the urgency of kids of many colors launching themselves into the future. → Read More
‘Roadrunner’ brings Anthony Bourdain back to life
Morgan Neville’s documentary serves as a salve for the many, many people who loved the late author and celebrity chef and miss his presence. → Read More
A ‘Pig’ that isn’t in a poke
Possibly the first example of Food Noir, and a Nicolas Cage movie that sounds typically over the top but is actually taut and intriguing. → Read More
In ‘Black Widow,’ it’s all in the family
The long-delayed solo film for Scarlett Johansson’s Avengers character is a mix of loopy superhero family therapy and MCU destructo business as usual. → Read More
‘Summer of 85’: Can darkness be sun splashed?
The latest film from the prolific François Ozon looks like a sunny, sybaritic gay coming-of-age story along the lines of “Call Me By Your Name,” but it turns out to be something darker and more ambiguous, less about sexuality than self. → Read More
Soul power
An indispensable, even awe-inspiring record of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. → Read More
‘No Sudden Move,’ on HBO Max: noir unhinged and unpacked
Steven Soderbergh hits another career high with this byzantine crime drama, set in 1954 Detroit and filled with great actors playing tough and not terribly bright men. → Read More
Life with father — at the movies
Going to the movies with dad is a lasting memory for many people, providing a window into the world and a window into a man. And there is definitely a Dad Movie Hall of Fame. → Read More
In ‘The Sparks Brothers,’ meet the best British band ever to come out of America
From Edgar Wright (“Sean of the Dead,” “Baby Driver”), a terrifically entertaining rock-doc about Sparks, the band founded in 1967 by oddball brothers Ron and Russell Mael and somehow going strong today. → Read More
In ‘Fatherhood,’ on Netflix, being a single dad is hard — especially when the single dad is Kevin Hart
Matt Logelin’s 2011 memoir about raising his daughter after his wife’s sudden death has become a broad, heartfelt drama starring Hart as the dad and Alfre Woodard as his mother-in-law. → Read More
What if ‘Mean Girls’ went to a rest home? That’s ‘Queen Bees’
This genial, predictable comedy rolls on well-worn tracks elevated by the class and commitment of actors who’ve earned our affection over decades of work. → Read More
‘In the Heights’ reaches the top
The Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, written before “Hamilton” conquered Broadway, is a street scene set in Manhattan’s Washington Heights, and it is a joyous occasion. → Read More
To ‘Infinite’ (but not beyond): Mark Wahlberg’s new movie is on Paramount+
A blissfully incoherent sci-fi action thriller in which Mark Wahlberg plays a much-reincarnated Infinite battling to save the human race from a scenery-chewing Chiwetel Ejiofor. → Read More
On Netflix, notes from Bo Burnham’s underground
His special “Inside” charts one man’s pandemic unraveling — and ours, too? → Read More
‘Under the Stadium Lights’: ‘Friday Night Lights’ off
A stultifying sports drama based on the 2009 season of an Abilene high school football squad, this suffers from sermonizing dialogue, amateurish performances, and an ugly racial blind spot. → Read More
In German drama ‘Undine,’ water meets fire
From Germany’s Christian Petzold, a moody and sensual drama about a woman who may be a mermaid or may be insane. → Read More
A week-by-week rundown of summer movies coming out
Will big summer movies bring big summer audiences back to theaters? → Read More
Zombies? Vegas? Zack Snyder rolls the dice in ‘Army of the Dead’
Zack Snyder’s latest action megillah is more than the sum of its basted-together parts – but just barely. → Read More
Toni Collette has the reins well in hand in ‘Dream Horse’
Fusing the horse romance genre and the eccentric British folk comedy, it’s a very nice movie about very nice people. → Read More
In ‘Monster,’ on Netflix: when matters of innocence and guilt get complicated
This adaptation of the Walter Dean Myers young adult novel, starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. as a 17-year-old boy accused of being accessory to a murder, is solid, well-acted, and thought-provoking. → Read More