Movie Reviews

Anthony Bourdain, in Roadrunner, the new documentary about his life.

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I Thought I Knew Anthony Bourdain. 'Roadrunner' Shows Us Who He Really Was

8:47am July 16, 2021

by Jason Sheehan

Chef and food writer Anthony Bourdain died by suicide in 2018. The new documentary Roadrunner gathers people who knew him well to praise and remember him, and also to rage about his death.

Stillwater centers on an Oklahoma oil worker (Matt Damon), who seeks the help of a French theater actress (Camille Cottin) when his daughter is accused of murder in Marseille, France.

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After Attending Cannes From Afar, Justin Chang Recommends 7 Bold Festival Films

4:55pm July 14, 2021

by Justin Chang

Reviewer Justin Chang didn't travel to the Cannes Film Festival this year, but he managed to see a number of the movies in Los Angeles. His favorites include The Souvenir Part II and Stillwater.

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Documentaries 'Summer Of Soul' And 'McCartney 3-2-1' Celebrate The Sound Of The '60s

2:35pm July 10, 2021

by David Bianculli

Summer of Soul reveals never-before-seen film from a '69 Harlem concert series known as the Black Woodstock. McCartney 3-2-1 is a six-part series in which Paul McCartney talks to producer Rick Rubin.

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With Summer Underway, Marvel Returns To Focus On The Origins Of Black Widow

4:33pm July 08, 2021

by Bob Mondello

Hollywood had had fingers crossed for months about what might finally happen this weekend. Marvel has aimed to prove that the theater experience is back with Black Widow.

Benicio Del Toro and Don Cheadle play low-level gangsters who get sucked into a into a major corporate conspiracy in No Sudden Move.

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'No Sudden Move' Intrigues With Double-Crosses, Dirty Dealings In 1950s Detroit

2:02pm July 02, 2021

by Justin Chang

Benicio Del Toro and Don Cheadle play low-level gangsters who get sucked into a into a major corporate conspiracy in Steven Soderbergh's engrossing new film.

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The Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969 in the documentary Summer of Soul.

'Summer Of Soul' Celebrates A 1969 Black Cultural Festival Eclipsed By Woodstock

5:01am July 01, 2021

by Eric Deggans

The Harlem Cultural Festival was filled with stars from soul, R&B, blues and jazz and drew more than 300,000 people. Questlove directs this breathtaking chronicle of Black culture in a pivotal moment.

Taylour Paige stars as the on-screen incarnation of Zola.

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'Zola' Takes A Twitter Thread And Turns It Into A Fever Dream On Film

5:00am June 29, 2021

by Aisha Harris

What began as an explosive social media thread about two women's Florida road trip gone wrong, becomes a provocative and stylish comedy of errors on-screen.

Christian Vázquez as Gerardo and Armando Espitia as Iván in I Carry You with Me.

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'I Carry You With Me' Blends Reality And Drama In A Wrenching Gay Love Story

4:24pm June 25, 2021

by Bob Mondello

Iván and Gerardo can't be gay in Mexico, and can't be undocumented in the U.S. Filmmaker Heidi Ewing tells this real-life story with documentary footage and a swooning fictionalized drama.

Lucy (Ilana Glazer) undergoes a procedure in Hulu's False Positive.

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Pregnancy Horror 'False Positive' Doesn't Deliver

7:01am June 25, 2021

by Glen Weldon

Hulu's horror-thriller about a woman (Ilana Glazer) who begins to suspect there's something sinister about her pregnancy grasps at many ideas without developing them.

Review: 'F9' Puts The Pedal To The Metal To Restart The Hollywood Blockbuster

4:39pm June 24, 2021

by Bob Mondello

F9, the latest film in the Fast & Furious franchise is also the film that's supposed to restart the Hollywood blockbuster.