Review: I Lost My Body
An 81-minute film can only contain so much dewy-eyed tragedy before it threatens to burst at the seams. Is there such a thing as an excess of charm?
Review: What Did Jack Do?
“What Did Jack Do?” is what you get from a director of limitless talent working on a very limited budget: an uncanny, unhinged, hilarious trifle. Not to be taken seriously, but not easily forgotten, either.
Review: Marriage Story
Here’s something rare: a film that shows wit without glibness, precision without contrivance and warmth without sentimentality.
Review: The Return
“The Return” is recommended for committed Russophiles and misery-addicts only.
Review: The Two Popes
This is another one of those movies that takes an array of marvelous ingredients — a rich and thought-provoking premise, two legendary actors, a beautiful setting (the Sistine Chapel!) — and combines them into something merely okay.
Review: Schneider vs. Bax
Don’t you hate it when your boss calls you up on your day off and asks you to kill someone?
Review: Joker
If “Joker” has become the world’s first billion-dollar R-rated film, it rests mainly on the shoulders of Joaquin Phoenix.
Review: Diamond Island
Loose, tensionless dialogue and flat cinematography reminiscent of a TV documentary turn “Diamond Island” into a tepid experience.
Review: The Secret Life of Pets 2
Perhaps it’s enough that "The Secret Life of Pets 2" will succeed in amusing children without annoying their parents.
Faith on Film: The Last Temptation of Christ
This is a de-mythologizing film, presenting us with a Gospel story just different enough from the familiar tales to imbue it with a fresh truth and immediacy.
