movie reviews
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‘Whirlybird’ Film Review: Family Breakup Makes Most Impact in Journalism Doc
The evolution of L.A.-based news pales in comparison to the personal story in Matt Yoka’s documentary
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‘John and the Hole’ Film Review: Unsettling Debut Examines a Teen Who Craves Adulthood
This controversial Sundance feature plays like “The Little Prince” meets “Home Alone,” directed by Michael Haneke
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‘Swan Song’ Film Review: Udo Kier Dazzles as a Hairdresser Called Back for One Last Coif
Todd Stephens’ comedy remembers LGBT history’s bad old days while acknowledging a more enlightened present
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‘Pray Away’ Film Review: Powerful Documentary Explores ‘Ex-Gay’ Movement
Survivors relate tales of horror from homophobic religious groups, and it’s clear they’re happy to be free of this oppression
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‘Naked Singularity’ Film Review: John Boyega Pleads No Contest in Messy Legal Sci-Fi Drama
Courtrooms, cocaine and cosmic philosophy all add up to not very much at all
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‘Jungle Cruise’ Film Review: Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson Charmingly Go Nowhere
This adaptation of a Disney ride overloads the CGI, but it’s a breezy voyage
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‘Nine Days’ Film Review: Spiritual Sundance Drama Deflates on Arrival
At sea level, the film’s fuzzy philosophy succumbs to a complete lack of internal logic
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‘Stillwater’ Film Review: Matt Damon Plays a Roughneck in a Languid Thriller
“Spotlight” director Tom McCarthy’s new film follows a well-trodden path while taking plenty of detours along the way
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‘Enemies of the State’ Film Review: Powerful Documentary Cuts to the Heart of Internet-Era Persecution and Paranoia
Director Sonia Kennebeck’s look at one family in the government’s crosshairs offers twists and unpredictability at every step
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‘The Green Knight’ Review: Dev Patel’s Swordsman Gets Lost Amid Fussy Detail
David Lowery’s take on the epic poem seems more interested in the art direction than the storytelling
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‘Joe Bell’ Film Review: Mark Wahlberg Hits the Road to Make You Cry
The earnest drama directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and written by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry is awkward at times, quietly affecting at others
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‘Playing With Sharks’ Film Review: Valerie Taylor Champions the Ocean’s Most Misunderstood Denizens
Once a consultant and photographer on “Jaws,” conservationist Taylor champions sharks after decades of bad P.R.
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‘Settlers’ Film Review: Stark Sci-Fi Allegory Explores Questions of Colonialism
A family grapples with the bleak landscape of Mars alongside bigger, more resonant issues
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‘Old’ Film Review: M Night Shyamalan’s Rug-Pulling Routine Is Getting, Well, You Know
Poorly-written characters struggle with ill-defined terrors in a muddled mess of a thriller
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‘Mandibles’ Film Review: Absurdist French Comedy Doubles Down on the Dumb
The latest from Quentin Dupieux (“Rubber”) turns a giant insect puppet and a nonsense plot into a happy road trip to nowhere
