New Movies: Release Calendar for January 22, Plus Where to Watch the Latest Films
Staying home? Good. Looking for something new to watch? Even better!
Reviews
‘Malcolm & Marie’ Review: John David Washington and Zendaya Find Beauty in a Bad Romance
Sam Levinson’s high-contrast, low-reward romantic drama is a stunning example of how airless a film can become when it’s shot in a bubble.
‘Identifying Features’ Review: An Artful New Perspective on the Mexican Migrant Crisis
Fernanda Veladez’s feature debut is a beautifully made heartbreaker that chronicles a mother’s painful search for justice.
‘The Human Factor’ Review: Documenting the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict as a First-Rate Thriller
Dror Moreh’s follow-up to “The Gatekeepers” explains why this process keeps coming up short.
‘Outside the Wire’ Review: Anthony Mackie Is an Android Soldier in Netflix’s Silly Future ‘Training Day’
Netflix’s low-rent, high-concept movie of the week stars Anthony Mackie as an android super-soldier who’s more human than his new partner.
‘Acasa, My Home’ Review: An Immersive and Often Brutal Window Into Life on the Romanian Margins
A land-dwelling family’s harmony is disrupted by encroaching civilization in a documentary heavy on naturalism and light on personality.
‘The Mauritanian’ Review: A Strong Tahar Rahim Performance Stuck Inside a Mediocre Gitmo Drama
Jodie Foster and Benedict Cumberbatch co-star in this righteous but scattered true story about a man locked in Guantanamo Bay for 14 years.
‘Some Kind of Heaven’ Review: A Sobering Darren Aronofsky-Produced Doc on Retirement Community
Lance Oppenheim’s lush and immersive documentary captures a fantasyland for people looking to recapture their youth.
‘Locked Down’ Review: Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor Carry Doug Liman’s Pandemic Heist Comedy
This surprisingly lighthearted COVID movie stars Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor as an estranged couple who plot a jewel heist during lockdown.
‘The Marksman’ Review: Liam Neeson Goes Full Clint Eastwood in a Redbox-Ready Action Movie
Liam Neeson and an orphaned Mexican boy outrun cartel assassins in a movie that tries to thread the needle between John Wick and “The Mule.”
‘The Reason I Jump’ Review: A Humble and Humane Documentary Profile of Nonspeaking Autistic People
Jerry Rothwell brings Higashida Naoki’s groundbreaking book to the screen with a palpable sense of what it means to be neurodivergent.
‘The White Tiger’ Review: Ramin Bahrani’s Netflix Thriller Is a Brutal Corrective to ‘Slumdog Millionaire’
Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Adarsh Gourav star in a darkly comic thriller about a poor Indian man who claws his way up the social ladder.
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