In 'Spider-Man: Homecoming,' Tom Holland's Peter Parker Finally Comes Home
NPR movie critic Bob Mondello reviews Spider-Man: Homecoming, starring Tom Holland as the youngest actor to play the screen's youngest superhero.
Movie Reviews
The Polaroid Photographer Who Captures 'The B-Side' Of Her Subjects' Lives
Errol Morris' unusually straightforward documentary about portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman is as charming as its sunny, voluble subject.
'Pop Aye': A Man, An Elephant And An Amiable Amble Across Thailand
In writer-director Kirsten Tan's first feature, an aging architect reconnects with his long-lost elephant, and the two embark upon a loosely structured, slightly surreal journey.
Bong Joon-Ho's 'Okja' Is As Weird A Hybrid As Its Porcine Star
Bong's clever dark comedy, about a enormous, genetically modified pig and the adorable moppet who loves her, veers wildly in tone, but the CGI oinker at its center is a marvel.
'Baby Driver' Is An Action-Packed, Elegant Joyride
Director Edgar Wright rejects computer-generated unreality and instead focuses on breathtaking driving in his new heist thriller. Critic David Edelstein says the result is terrifically entertaining.
In 'Baby Driver,' The Action, The Script And The Music Go Full Throttle
"This is a squealing-tires symphony that owes more to Jacques Tati ... than to Justin Lin or Michael Bay," says critic Chris Klimek.
In Ambitious 'Okja,' A Teen Attempts To Save Her Super Pig From Slaughter
You'll root for 13-year-old Mija at every step of this new Netflix film. And Okja, the huge, genetically modified pig, is among the most touching and realistic computer-generated characters ever made.
Garish Melodrama Becomes Universal Tragedy 'The Beguiled'
Sofia Coppola has taken a 1971 Southern Gothic psychodrama directed by a man and remade it from a female perspective — and the result is powerful.
With The Swoony Pleasures Of 'The Beguiled,' Sofia Coppola Shows Us Something New
In her previous work, director Sofia Coppola looked out from inside the bubble that wealth and privilege create. Her latest film grapples with a different — but related — form of isolation.
'The Big Sick' Is A Tonic For What Ails You
Critic Andrew Lapin praises the "unique, understated comic irony" of this largely autobiographical rom-com about a couple whose young relationship gets tested by matters cultural — and medical.