On The Spectrum, With A Spec Script: 'Please Stand By'
Dakota Fanning plays a young woman with autism determined to submit her Star Trek script to a screenwriting competition in this disappointingly soft coming-of-age tale.
Movie Reviews
In The Brutal Animated Film 'Have A Nice Day,' Nobody Does
In this indie animated film from China, a bag of money keeps changing hands in a ruthless criminal underworld depicted with a blunt and deliberate crudeness.
An Enchanting Love Triangle Unfolds In 'Lover For A Day'
French filmmaker Philippe Garrel's new film follows a 50-something philosophy professor whose romantic relationship with a 23-year-old student is complicated when his grown daughter moves in.
Sundance Film Festival Opens And Our Reviewer Tells Us What To See
Snow, movie stars, film critics — the annual Sundance Film Festival is underway in Park City, Utah. David Greene talks to movie critic Kenneth Turan about some of the notable dramas and documentaries.
Documentary Offers A Devastating Look At The Obama Administration's 'Final Year'
Greg Barker's new film follows Obama's foreign policy team as they set about negotiating an arms deal in Iran, a climate accord in Paris and a response to refugee crises in Syria and parts of Africa.
Documentary 'The Final Year' Offers Behind-The-Scenes Look At Obama's Foreign Policy
Greg Barker's film favors candid emotional moments over a meaningful examination of how key policy initiatives were shaped in the closing months of the Obama presidency.
'Den Of Thieves' Offers An Epic Cops And Robbers Tale, Re-'Heat'ed
Christian Gudegast's film about a bank heist in L.A. borrows so freely from Michael Mann's 1995 film Heat it never quite recovers from the deep cinematic debt.
'Forever My Girl': A Familiar Tune, Played (Too) Simply
A Southern town, a heapin' helpin' of heartbreak, a shot at redemption and an adorable tyke: Writer-director Bethany Ashton Wolf's romantic drama never complicates or deepens its rote story.
With 'Mary And The Witch's Flower,' A Studio Ghibli Offshoot Blooms
Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi, a Ghibli veteran, has made an animated film that owes a great deal to his influences yet displays skill and imagination all its own.
The Vigilant Thriller 'Into The Fade' Melds Tragedy With Nihilism
Diane Kruger plays a German woman whose Turkish husband and young son are killed in a bomb attack. David Edelstein says that despite its crisp storytelling, Into The Fade is "a little disappointing."