‘Folklore’ Review: Taylor Swift’s Disney+ Doc Is Just Her Singing in a Barn, and That’s OK
Swift is joined by “Folklore” collaborators Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff for the first time in this easygoing streaming premiere.
Reviews
‘Zappa’ Review: A Smart and Simple Portrait of Rock’s Most Unclassifiable Genius
Alex Winter’s dense but accessible Frank Zappa doc doesn’t capture all of who Zappa was so much as it conveys why that would be impossible.
‘The Christmas Chronicles 2’ Review: Netflix’s Lifeless Holiday Sequel Captures the Dispirit of the Season
Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn reunite for a holiday sequel that will make you wish you’d just sat around and talked to your family instead.
‘Superintelligence’ Review: Melissa McCarthy Is Terrorized by A.I. James Corden in One of the Year’s Worst
Melissa McCarthy’s laugh-free HBO Max comedy crystallizes a grim future where movies have to satisfy algorithms but not theatrical audiences.
‘The Croods: A New Age’ Review: Long-Awaited Animated Sequel Is Low-Stakes Feel-Good Fun
After nearly a decade of fraught production news and release date moves, this colorful, feel-good family film packs (some) real charms.
‘Black Beauty’ Review: Kate Winslet Voices Beloved Horse in Family-Friendly Take on Classic Tale
Ashley Avis’ Disney+ adaptation of the classic story pulls at the heartstrings, but its episodic feel keeps it from galloping along with ease.
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Review: Boseman and Davis Energize a Faithful August Wilson Adaptation
August Wilson’s play comes to vivid life in a Netflix adaptation that owes much to its dynamic performers.
‘Jiu Jitsu’ Review: Even Nicolas Cage Can’t Salvage This Half-Baked Sci-Fi Mess
Cage’s Yoda-like turn is fun, but underutilized in a sci-fi/martial arts showdown that lacks new ideas.
‘Happiest Season’ Review: Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis Star in Vanilla Lesbian Rom-Com
Hulu’s shiny gay Christmas comedy is perhaps too beholden to the same uptight white lens that has long guided the rom-com genre.
‘Collective’ Review: One of the Greatest Movies About Journalism and the Dark Forces It Confronts
Alexander Nanau’s bracing, relentless documentary about the fallout of a 2015 nightclub fire plays like a gripping real-time thriller.
‘The Twentieth Century’ Review: A Delirious and Perverse Biopic About Canada’s Most Famous Prime Minister
Matthew Rankin’s phantasmagorical biopic reimagines Canadian prime minister Mackenzie King’s formative years as a wacky Freudian nightmare.
‘Shawn Mendes: In Wonder’ Review: Netflix’s Pop Star Paean Plays Straight to the Fans
An adoring slice of hagiography, “In Wonder” delivers the serotonin, but lacks the revelation of like-minded music docs like “Part of Me” and “Miss Americana.”
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