In-depth film reviews, rated A through F, from someone who definitely thinks he knows more about movies than you.
Handsomely shot and admirably acted, Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland’ is a black-and-white museum piece about as thrilling as a Wikipedia page. Sandra Hüller is blameless, but even at a merciful 82…
A living, breathing tapestry of handcrafted wonder, ‘Wildwood’ is Laika’s most staggering technical achievement yet, even if Travis Knight’s overstuffed dark fable can’t match its visual majesty with emotional might.
Anchored by a soulful John Turturro, ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’ is a small, charming crime caper that wears its indie New York pedigree like a well-tailored overcoat.…
Dot-Marie Jones turns ‘Breeder’ into a strange, funny little eugenics nightmare, dominating a horror-comedy whose direction and payoff never quite match the singular force of her performance.
Smutty, silly, and wholly delightful, ‘Wicker’ is a delightful little village romp that weaves a hard-bodied romantasy out of a dark fable about devotion and love. Alexander Skarsgård’s astonishing practical-suit…
A Day-Glo piñata stuffed with folklore, friendship and feelings, ‘Forgotten Island’ is DreamWorks firing on every creative cylinder at once. It’s exhausting in the best way, the kind of animated…
Director Brian Duffield has filmed the unfilmable, making sperm whale interiors into a genuine feat of claustrophobic craft. ‘Whalefall’ moves well, pains and crunches impressively, and gives Austin Abrams a…
Fielder and Oppenheim spend 174 minutes pointing every available instrument at Elizabeth Holmes, then at the people around her, then at the documentary itself, and arrive at less certainty than…
Aaron Sorkin fails to inject 'The Social Reckoning' with anything resembling craftsmanship in this preachy, if righteously angry, followup to the brilliant David Fincher film. It tries to stand on…
Iñárritu's dark climate satire admittedly takes big swings, offering a new thespian mode for superstar Tom Cruise, but with a dearth of insightful parables and actual laugh lines, its lengthy…