‘La Llorona’ Review: An Artful Guatemalan Horror Movie About the Ghosts of a Genocide
Sundance: The brilliant Guatemalan director of “Tremors” and “Ixcanul” returns with a darkly atmospheric story of spiritual trauma.
Reviews
‘Zola’ Review: A Wild Road-Trip Comedy Just as Fun as the Tweets Behind It
Sundance: Janicza Bravo adapts the viral Twitter thread by turning it into a rambunctious crowdpleaser.
‘Miss Juneteenth’ Review: A Sprawling Mother-Daughter Drama About the Price of the American Dream
Sundance: Channing Godfrey Peoples’ slice-of-life drama benefits mightily from Nicole Beharie and Alexis Chikaeze’s winning performances.
‘Black Bear’ Review: Aubrey Plaza Leads a Witty and Razor-Sharp Genre-Bending Riot
Sundance: Lawrence Michael Levine’s uproarious deconstruction of modern culture and indie filmmaking defies classification, and is all the better for it.
‘Herself’ Review: Phyllida Lloyd’s Empathetic Domestic Abuse Drama Earns Its Tears
Sundance: Co-written by star Clare Dunne, the “Mamma Mia!” filmmaker’s Irish drama tackles economic anxiety, housing scarcity, and domestic abuse in one emotional package.
‘Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets’ Review: This Brilliant, Boozy Hangout Movie Is Lying to You
Sundance: Bill and Turner Ross’ perceptive look at the last night of a grimy Vegas bar is not what it seems — but that doesn’t make it any less astute.
‘The Fight’ Review: ‘Weiner’ Team Follows the ACLU in Inspiring, Infuriating Documentary
Sundance: Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman, and Eli Despres capitalized on strange serendipity for their first film, their second faces a world where everything is inevitably connected.
‘Bad Hair’ Review: A Killer Weave Just Won’t Quit in Justin Simien’s Demented Horror-Satire
Sundance: The “Dear White People” director’s ludicrous late-’80s B-movie weaves from camp to oppression, with mixed results.
‘Miss Americana’ Review: Taylor Swift Reclaims Her Narrative in Thrilling Netflix Doc
Sundance: The old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now, but the new Taylor in Lana Wilson’s Netflix doc is done caring what people think.
‘The Painter and the Thief’ Review: A Tender Psychosexual Tale of Art and Ownership
Sundance: An artist bonds with the junkie who stole her paintings in Benjamin Ree’s tender doc about the things we take from each other.
‘Cuties’ Review: Netflix Coming-of-Age Tale Goes for the Supernatural When Real Life Is Enough
Sundance: Maimouna Doucouré’s French-language feature debut has such a strong start, but it can’t obscure a mystifying final act.
‘Crip Camp’ Review: A Stirring Look at the Roots of the Disability Rights Movement in a Hippy Summer Camp
Sundance: The Obamas serve as executive producers for Netflix’s powerful, if somewhat scattershot, recollection of a hippy camp for disabled people.
Newswire
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The Ranch Recap: Rooster Returns in Episode 4 — But There's a Twist
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