movie reviews
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‘Matilda the Musical’ Film Review: The Kids Are Revolting, in the Best Way
The team behind the Olivier- and Tony-winning stage musical bring this tuneful tale of rebellious youth to rousing cinematic life
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‘Glass Onion’ Review: ‘Knives Out’ Sequel Is a Quick-Witted but Uninspired Whodunit
Daniel Craig returns as detective Benoit Blanc, with Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr. and Janelle Monáe also joining the cast
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The 10 Best Movies You May Have Missed of 2022
Keep an eye out for these titles that may have slipped under your radar
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‘Joyride’ Review: Not Even Olivia Colman Can Keep This Road Trip on Track
Generous viewers will be required to check their skepticism at the door for this cutesy drama about parenting and lost souls who find each other
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‘Corsage’ Film Review: Vicky Krieps Suffers Aristocratically in a ‘Spencer’ for the 19th Century
Marie Kreutzer sympathetically and incisively examines the demands of the Austro-Hungarian spotlight on Empress Elisabeth
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The 10 Best Documentaries of 2022
Film critic Robert Abele spotlights the year’s best in non-fiction cinema
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‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ Review: Whitney Houston Biopic Plays the Hits, but Still Manages to Surprise
Naomi Ackie shines in her performance of the songstress in a film that doesn’t shy away from the singer’s attraction to women
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‘The Whale’ Review: Darren Aronofsky Handles a Heavyset Character With a Heavy Hand
This claustrophobic adaptation of a play simultaneously feels like a departure and entirely of a piece with his filmography
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The 10 Best Films of 2022, from ‘EO’ to ‘RRR’
Film Reviews Editor Alonso Duralde picks five pairs of his favorites out of an exceptional year
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‘Living’ Film Review: Bill Nighy Shines in Elegant ‘Ikiru’ Remake
Screenwriter Kazuo Ishiguro does right by Kurosawa’s classic about a bureaucrat facing his own mortality
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‘Wildcat’ Film Review: Young Veteran and Baby Ocelot Heal Each Other in Moving Nature Doc
First-time filmmakers go deep into the Peruvian jungle for tale of redemption
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‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ Review: Mortality Casts a Shadow on Otherwise Amusing Animated Sequel
There are comic moments that land, and action set pieces that pop, but the overwhelming sensation here is a meditation on the inevitability of death
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‘The Almond and the Seahorse’ Film Review: Stage Play About Mental Trauma Falters on Screen
In her dramatic debut, Rebel Wilson lacks the emotional range to overcome an overly self-serious screenplay
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‘Babylon’ Review: Hollywood Decadence at Its Dullest
Damien Chazelle’s overblown look at the magic and madness of the nascent film industry is a dreary, indulgent mess
