In Chilling Documentary 'Command And Control,' A Nuclear Explosion Narrowly Avoided
In 1980, a socket dropped from a worker's wrench nearly spelled nuclear disaster at a Titan II missile silo outside Little Rock, Arkansas.
Movie Reviews
'Operation Avalanche': A Fake Documentary About A Faked Moon Landing
A cleverly constructed but narratively sluggish mockumentary exposes a NASA conspiracy to stage Man's first steps on the moon.
Into The Woods, But Out Of Ideas: A Tedious, Ugly, Pointless 'Blair Witch'
Ding-Dong, a Witch Retread: A sequel to the "found-footage" horror sensation The Blair Witch Project never manages to find a compelling reason to exist.
TIFF Diary, Day 6: 'Strange Weather,' 'Manchester By The Sea' And 'Abacus'
On her penultimate day at the Toronto International Film Festival, Linda Holmes reviews three films about family and various forms of loss.
TIFF Diary, Day 5: 'The Promise,' 'La La Land' And 'Jackie'
On Day 5 of the Toronto International Film Festival, Linda Holmes reviews a romance set amid the Armenian genocide, a musical about Hollywood, and a Jackie Kennedy biopic.
TIFF Diary, Day 4: 'Lion,' 'A United Kingdom,' 'I Am Not Your Negro,' And More
On her fourth day at the Toronto International Film Festival, Linda Holmes saw five movies. Pour out some maple syrup for her. (Also reviewed: Boundaries, Just Not Married)
An Unforgettable 208-Second Flight Creates A Bureaucratic Frenzy In 'Sully'
A new film stars Tom Hanks as the airline captain who made an emergency landing on the Hudson in 2009. Critic David Edelstein says that Sully's flight sequence is by far the best part of the film.
TIFF Diary, Day 1: 'Loving,' 'Magnificent Seven,' 'Salesman,' 'Jean of the Joneses'
In Linda Holmes' first dispatch from the Toronto International Film Festival, she reviews films about a civil rights case, gunslinging, a strained marriage and a warm, talky family.
On 'London Road,' Murder, Music And British Lower-Middle-Class Manners
In a British film based on an award-winning 2011 stage musical, a suburban community is riven by paranoia in the wake of the murder of five sex workers.
Movie Review: 'The Light Between Oceans'
Steve Inskeep talks to Justin Chang about the new movie: The Light Between Oceans — which is adapted from the novel by M.L. Stedman. Chang reviews movies for the Los Angeles Times.