3 Movies That Strike A Balance Between Escapism And Anxiety
What to watch next while sheltering in place? Critic Justin Chang recommends Sorry We Missed You, Green for Danger and My Neighbor Totoro.
Movie Reviews
In The Disappointingly Thin 'Tigertail,' A Taiwanese Immigrant Struggles To Connect
Writer/director Alan Yang turns away from his proven track record in comedy for this "earnest, drippy" multi-generational drama that traffics in underwritten, wanly dramatized conflicts.
Gore-Flecked 'Why Don't You Just Die!' Is Brutally Fun
Writer/director Kirill Sokolov's stylish and exuberant black comedy involves a corrupt cop, his would-be killer and a sardonic take on contemporary life in Russia.
A Young Cult Member Turns Against Her Flock In 'The Other Lamb'
Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska's film about a young woman (Raffey Cassidy) questioning her place in a remote religious cult wears its broad allegory on its (woolen) sleeve.
'Vivarium': House Hunters, Unnatural
A young couple seeking a house in the 'burbs encounter an unexpected (sub)development and cannot leave. Despite its Twilight Zone premise, the film's "eccentricity and wit" carry it a long way.
Marcel Marceau Walks Against The Winds Of War In 'Resistance'
Jesse Eisenberg stars as the famous mime as he gets involved in the French Resistance during World War II. The film is an "honorable, absorbing homage to the making of a man and his art."
'Crip Camp' Is A Raucous Celebration Of A World-Changing Place
Near Woodstock, at an early '70s summer camp for kids with disabilities, a revolution was born that became a civil rights movement, and led to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
In 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always,' A Teenager With A Choice
A pregnant teenager travels to New York City to obtain an abortion in Eliza Hittman's drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always.
'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' Will Stay With You Forever
In Eliza Hittman's pointed new movie, a teenager from small-town Pennsylvania doesn't want to tell her parents she's pregnant; instead, she travels to New York City with her cousin for an abortion.
In The Derivative Action Flick 'Bloodshot,' Diesel Delivers Low-Octane Thrills
As a soldier reanimated by nanobots, Vin Diesel — "a lumbering fireplug who runs like John Wayne and fights like Roger Moore" — underperforms.