Alonso Duralde
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‘My Psychedelic Love Story’ Film Review: Errol Morris Unravels a Trippy Yarn About Timothy Leary’s Muse
AFI 2020: Reliable narrator or not, Joanna Harcourt-Smith spins a heck of a story
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‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ Film Review: Sacha Baron Cohen Valiantly Fails to Resuscitate the Satire Corpse
In a culture where Americans publicly reveal their worst opinions every day, it’s no longer a trick to get them to do it on camera
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‘The Witches’ Film Review: Robert Zemeckis’ Roald Dahl Remake Is Creepy But Superfluous
This is no Tim-Burton-does-Willy-Wonka debacle, but neither does it improve on the 1990 version
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‘Pink Skies Ahead’ Film Review: Young Writer Releases Her Anxiety Over Her Anxiety in Empathetic Coming-of-Age Tale
AFI 2020: Jessica Barden’s winning performance elevates the story’s more familiar aspects
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‘Rebecca’ Film Review: Period Lavishness, Not Romance and Suspense, Keeps This Remake Afloat
Lily James and Armie Hammer play du Maurier’s tormented lovers, but Ben Wheatley is no Alfred Hitchcock
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‘Honest Thief’ Film Review: Liam Neeson Does What You Expect, While Jai Courtney Steals the Show
This firmly middling Neeson-gets-revenge thriller is boosted by Courtney’s wonderfully wicked villain
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‘Yellow Rose’ Film Review: A Young Immigrant Finds Her Voice in Routine Indie
Well-intentioned drama skims the surface of its heroine’s experience as a would-be country singer trying to stay clear of ICE
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‘Over the Moon’ Film Review: Animated Family Tale Borrows Too Much from Other Sources
You can almost tell where the studio notes kick in on this China-set Netflix feature
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‘The War With Grandpa’ Film Review: Robert De Niro Mildly Kills Time, So Audiences Can Do Likewise
This kiddie comedy isn’t despicable, but as post-“Home Alone” prank-based farces go, it’s so innocuous that it barely registers
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‘Totally Under Control’ Film Review: The Horror Film of the Year Is a Documentary About COVID-19
Alex Gibney and his co-directors detail the U.S. government’s failure to respond, and it’s like the opening act of a post-apocalyptic dystopia
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‘Dick Johnson Is Dead’ Film Review: It’s Dad Man Walking, as Kirsten Johnson Explores Her Father’s Mortality
From staging his funeral to enacting mock demises, the “Cameraperson” director gets to the heart of familial love and loss
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‘Save Yourselves!’ Film Review: Brooklynites Face Relationship Angst and Alien Invasion
A 30-something couple finds themselves barely equipped to turn off their devices, much less survive the war of the worlds
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‘The Boys in the Band’ Film Review: Ryan Murphy Turns a Classic Queer Drama Into Waxwork Karaoke
William Friedkin’s 1970 adaptation of Mart Crowley’s play wasn’t perfect, but it had a pulse missing from this slavish re-creation
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‘The Glorias’ Film Review: Ms. Steinem’s Extraordinary Life Deserves a Better Biopic
Julie Taymor’s muddled and mannered exploration of the feminist icon rarely inspires action, let alone confidence
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What’s New on DVD in September: ‘First Cow,’ ‘Blumhouse of Horrors,’ ‘Roman Holiday’ and More
Alonso Duralde’s monthly column spotlights the best Indie, foreign, doc, grindhouse, classic and TV releases on DVD and Blu-ray
