movie reviews
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‘The Territory’ Review: Amazonian Eco-Warriors Fight Back With Arrows – and Cameras
Alex Pritz’s urgent look at environmental destruction tempers its bleakness with the stirring hope of indigenous activists defending the rain forest
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‘Violent Night’ Review: David Harbour’s Santa Delivers a Comedic Mayhem Miracle
It’s a winning, grinning hard-R mash-up of brutal action and holiday heartwarmth
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‘Tantura’ Review: Provocative Doc Examines Israeli Cultural Amnesia
An academic — whose uncovering of a 1948 massacre was actively silenced by cultural and governmental figures — gets his cinematic day in court
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‘Spoiler Alert’ Review: Jim Parsons Flunks His Chemistry Test in Rom-Com Tearjerker
As TV journalist Michael Ausiello, in an adaptation of his own memoir, Parsons brings no big bang to the love story with co-lead Ben Aldridge
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‘White Noise’ Review: Adam Driver Fears Death in Noah Baumbach’s Don DeLillo Adaptation
The “Marriage Story” filmmaker’s reverent, stylish tribute to a great comic novel about American panic isn’t always the post-pandemic release you need, but it entertains
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‘The Kingdom Exodus’ Review: Lars von Trier Goes Full Meta With the Return of His Creepy Hospital Drama
Like David Lynch before him, von Trier waited a quarter-century to return to his disturbing TV project
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‘Good Night Oppy’ Review: Doc on Mars Rovers Gets Lost in Emotional Terrain
Director Ryan White tries to emphasize the feelings of NASA scientists over their actual accomplishments
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‘The Swimmers’ Review: Syrian Drama Mixes Sports, Politics, Wartime Horrors and Happiness
Director Sally El Hosaini follows Syrian refugees who fled that country’s civil war to pursue their athletic careers
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‘Bones and All’ Review: Timothée Chalamet Makes Sparks Fly and People Die in Cannibal Road Movie
Luca Guadagnino’s film feels like a mad science experiment to see if “Raw” can coexist with “Badlands” in the body of a gooey Young Adult love tale
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Every Rian Johnson Movie, Ranked Worst to Best (Photos)
D: Where does “Glass Onion” fit among the filmmaker’s output?
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‘Strange World’ Review: Animated Disney Adventure Works Best When It Doesn’t Explain Its Own Themes
Disney’s striking sci-fi feature has a lot to say about fathers and sons — and it keeps on saying it
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What’s New on Blu-ray and DVD for the Holidays, From Hallmark to Horror to Christmas Classics
Film reviews editor Alonso Duralde spotlights the seasonal physical-media you’ll want to give (or put on your own wish list)
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‘Disenchanted’ Review: Amy Adams Sequel Breaks the Spell
While the first movie subverted Disney fairy-tale tropes, this follow-up seems determined to revive them
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‘Love, Charlie’ Review: Charlie Trotter Doc Recounts a Legendary Chef’s Rise and Collapse
Director Rebecca Halpern mixes insights with frenetic editing and too many unanswered questions
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‘Bantú Mama’ Review: Dominican Oscar Entry Explores Home Ties for Africans in the Caribbean
Ivan Herrera follows characters living in the poorest area of Santo Domingo, but allows them to brim with life rather than wallow in misery
