‘Bombshell’ Review: Charlize Theron’s Megyn Kelly Is the Best Part of a Cartoonish Fox News Satire
Director Jay Roach’s alternately wacky and empowering look at the fallout of the Fox sexual harassment scandals has a tragicomic soul.
Reviews
‘1917’ Review: Sam Mendes’ Unnerving Single-Take WWI Epic Is Much More Than a Gimmick
The director’s descent into the hell of “the Great War” relies on a bold storytelling technique, but the gamble doesn’t just pay off, it makes the entire movie.
‘Little Women’ Review: Greta Gerwig Marries Tradition With Meta Modernity in Stunning Adaptation
The Louisa May Alcott adapation is filled with beautiful performances and impeccable craftsmanship, but Gerwig’s ambitious elliptical storytelling is the real star.
‘The Fall’ Review: Jonathan Glazer’s New Short Is a 6-Minute Nightmare
The “Under the Skin” director returns with a haunting short film inspired by Goya and Donald Trump’s large adult sons.
‘Spirits in the Forest’ Review: Anton Corbijn’s Depeche Mode Concert Doc Puts the Fans First
Depeche Mode sound better than ever in concert, but Anton Corbijn’s doc is more about the people who carry the band’s music with them.
‘Richard Jewell’ Review: Low-Key Clint Eastwood True Drama Belongs to His Canon of Misunderstood Heroes
The director gets out of his own way to deliver a no-frills, solid-as-oak, competently mounted slice of biopic.
‘Citizen’ K Review: Alex Gibney’s Riveting Documentary Untangles Putin’s Rise to Power
A grippingly clear and comprehensive overview of post-Soviet Russia that’s wrapped around the smeared maquette of a man who’s defined it.
‘Klaus’ Review: Netflix’s First Original Animated Feature Is a Gorgeous but Contrived Santa Origin Story
The creator of “Despicable Me” tries to redeem himself with a beautiful throwback to the glory days of hand-drawn animation.
’21 Bridges’ Review: Chadwick Boseman Sheds Black Panther in Sturdy, Predictable Cop Drama
Stephan James, Sienna Miller, and J.K. Simmons round out the cast in an original crime drama with some entertaining, if obvious twists.
‘I Lost My Body’ Review: This Poetic Fable About a Severed Hand Is the Best Animated Film of the Year
A severed hand crawls across Paris in search of its body in a fable that’s head and shoulders above every other animated movie this year.
‘Earthquake Bird’ Review: Alicia Vikander Soars in a Netflix Thriller that Fails to Take Flight
Alicia Vikander channels Isabelle Huppert in a morose psychosexual Netflix thriller about a translator accused of murder in Tokyo.
‘Queen & Slim’ Review: A Flawed but Powerful Indictment of Police Brutality in America
Much more than a black “Bonnie and Clyde,” Melina Matsoukas and Lena Waithe have crafted an emotional lament that’s powerful even when it stumbles.
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