The Standout Films At Sundance
Rachel Martin talks with film critic Kenneth Turan about some of the breakout movies at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
Movie Reviews
'Founder' Serves Up A Profile Of The Man Behind McDonald's
A new biopic tells the story of Ray Kroc, who turned a single burger restaurant into a multi-billion dollar worldwide franchise. Critic David Edelstein says The Founder offers a dark dose of realism.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'The Young Pope' And 'Hell Or High Water'
On this week's show, HBO explores the Vatican, and two brothers get in a lot of trouble in one of 2016's best-reviewed films.
'The Founder': Michael Keaton Brings A Ruthless Ray Kroc To Life, With Relish
As the businessman who built a network of McDonald's franchises while nastily — and gleefully — disenfranchising his business partners, Keaton exudes a sleazy brio.
'The Red Turtle': An Animated Fable Of Humanity, Nature And The Nature Of Humanity
In this wordless film, a man stranded on a tropical island struggles against the forces of nature to leave — until those same forces provide a reason to stay.
Running On Diesel Fumes: 'xXx: Return Of Xander Cage'
A 49-year-old Vin Diesel returns to the hugely unlikely franchise that he and director Rob Cohen launched in 2002. Because sometimes only an "extreme-sports/black-ops squad" can save the world.
In 'Staying Vertical,' A Writer Gets Drawn Into The Sexual Life Of A Small Village
The latest film by writer/director Alain Guiraudie (Stranger by the Lake) is a brutally frank meditation on polymorphous carnality in rural southern France.
How A 1981 Sondheim Flop Turned Out To Be The 'Best Worst Thing'
Most musicals that close after 16 performances barely prompt memories, let alone documentaries. But Merrily We Roll Along rolled along so bizarrely, it became the stuff of Broadway legend.
Hilarity And Hostility Converge In The Family Comedy 'Toni Erdmann'
The German film centers on a prankster father who barges into the life of his business consultant daughter. Critic David Edelstein says Toni Erdmann keeps you guessing — in a good way.
'Claire In Motion,' Movie In Stasis
Betsy Brandt plays a woman whose husband goes missing in this underwritten, willfully ambiguous film from writer-directors Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell.