Reviews
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‘Carmen’ Film Review: Border-Set Reimagining of Classic Tale Is a Pas de Dull
Toronto Film Festival 2022: Choreographer Benjamin Millepied’s choppy directorial debut even bobbles the dancing, although Rossy de Palma’s club queen steals the show
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‘American Gigolo’ Review: Showtime Series Comes Close to Squandering Jon Bernthal’s Magnetism
The reimagining of Paul Schrader’s 1980 cult classic is aimless, but not entirely without merit
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‘The Fabelmans’ Film Review: Steven Spielberg’s Sweet Memory Piece Picks Up Steam as It Goes
Based on the director’s own childhood, the movie includes one of Michelle Williams’ most powerful and moving performances
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‘Butcher’s Crossing’ Film Review: Nicolas Cage Goes Full Captain Ahab in Environmental Western
Toronto Film Festival 2022: Gabe Polsky’s acid Western harshly examines the effects of Manifest Destiny, capitalism and macho pride on the American landscape
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‘Allelujah’ Film Review: Richard Eyre Handles Alan Bennett’s Witty, Sensitive Hospital Play With Care
Toronto Film Festival 2022: Judi Dench and Derek Jacobi are among the stars of this comedy that balances wisecracks about aging and blistering commentary on health-care cuts
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‘Sisu’ Film Review: Wild Action and Weak Dramatics Make for a Thrilling But Frustrating Crowd-Pleaser
Toronto Film Festival 2022: Packed houses will enjoy the genre thrills in this violent war picture from the director of “Rare Exports,” but watching at home alone will spotlight its flaws
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‘Nuclear’ Film Review: Oliver Stone Defends Nukes as a Power Source in Didactic Documentary
Venice Film Festival 2022: Stock footage, graphs and Stone’s own narration confirm the Oscar-winning director is here to teach rather than to entertain
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‘The Story of Film’ Review: Documentary Is a Cinematic Celebration, Not a History Lesson
Mark Cousins’ doc about movies in the 21st century spends more than two-and-a-half hours drawing odd and compelling connections
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‘The Lost King’ Film Review: Sally Hawkins’ Amateur Historian Seeks to Clear Richard III’s Name
Toronto Film Festival 2022: Stephen Frears and co-writer Steve Coogan’s follow-up to their previous true tale, “Philomena”
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‘True Things’ Film Review: Ruth Wilson Utterly Commits to Discomfiting Romantic Drama
Tom Burke (“The Souvenir”) once again plays the worst guy that a woman can’t help falling for
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‘Medieval’ Film Review: Ben Foster Action Saga Comes to Life Between the Conversations
The tale of Czech hero Jan Žižka is bold and violent on the battlefield but an utter slog when it gets mired in political intrigue
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‘About Fate’ Film Review: Emma Roberts’ Latest Is About as Basic as Rom-Coms Get
The worst of the Hallmark Channel meets the worst of frantic ’90s romantic farces
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‘Loving Highsmith’ Film Review: Intimate Portrait of Author Patricia Highsmith Spotlights Relationships
Director Eva Vitija examines the life and loves of the creator behind Ripley, “Carol” and “Strangers on a Train”
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‘Private Desert’ Film Review: Pen Pal Turns Stalker in Morally Questionable Brazilian Import
The filmmakers ultimately reveal themselves to be as recklessly naïve as their protagonists
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‘Hold Me Tight’ Film Review: Vicky Krieps Is Gripping as a Mother Who Abandons Her Family
Writer-director Mathieu Amalric finds mystery and humanity in an unreliable narrator whose motives aren’t immediately obvious to the viewer
