'The Square' Is Edgy
Swedish writer-director Ruben Östlund ruthlessly roasts the art community in this loose, leisurely paced series of deadpan vignettes.
Movie Reviews
'The Square' Skillfully Skewers The Pretensions Of The Modern Art World
Ruben Östlund's latest film is a satire set at a contemporary art museum in Stockholm. Reviewer Justin Chang says The Square invites viewers to laugh, empathize and recoil — sometimes all at once.
Myth-ed Connections: 'The Killing Of A Sacred Deer'
Yorgos Lanthimos' deadpan film explores the friendship between a cardiologist (Colin Farrell) and an odd young man (Barry Keoghan) with mysterious intentions.
'Killing of a Sacred Deer' Is A Twisted Indictment Of White Male Privilege
A heart surgeon develops a strange relationship with a teenage boy in Yorgos Lanthimos' new film. Reviewer Justin Chang says The Killing of a Sacred Deer is an "unnervingly strange" horror movie.
'Wonderstruck': A Lifeless Diorama About Lifeless Dioramas
Todd Haynes follows up Carol with this New York fable set in different time periods, but "there's little room left for insight and emotion in this overstuffed cabinet of curiosities."
In The Searing 'BPM (Beats Per Minute)' ACT UP Acts Up
This French drama about the Paris chapter of ACT UP in the '80s and '90s feels urgent and chillingly relevant — a call to arms against silence and complacency.
Do You Want To Skip 'The Snowman?' (You Should)
Director Tomas Alfredson buries a pulpy serial-killer yarn under an avalanche of portentous, boring, art-house fussiness.
Director Agnes Varda And French Artist JR Team Up In Road Picture 'Faces Places'
The odd couple travels around France in the new documentary, photographing strangers and making murals out of their portraits. Critic David Edelstein calls it an "entirely down to earth" art film.
Hollywood's Biopic Fever: Five Fact-Based Films Released This Week
It's a big week for movie biographies. Opening today: Fact-based films about a supreme court justice, two semi-famous authors, an infamous artist, and a man who refused to let polio defeat him.
'The Meyerowitz Stories' Is A Squirm-Inducing Comedy About Family Dysfunction
Writer-director Noah Baumbach's new film is a collection of loosely connected episodes that offer a revealing glimpse into the heart of a lively and fractious New York Jewish family.