'Uncut Gems,' Glittering Darkly
The Safdie brothers' exhilarating film is a "gritty indie funhouse ride that sets [Adam] Sandler loose in a world just as manic and angry as his character."
Movie Reviews
Adam Sandler Makes A Bid For Best Actor Oscar With 'Uncut Gems'
Adam Sandler makes a bid for a Best Actor Oscar in Uncut Gems, a thriller about a jeweler who makes terrible choices, from writer-directors Benny and Josh Safdie.
Crooked Capitalism Runs Amok In The Wildly Entertaining 'Uncut Gems'
A tense and jittery new crime thriller features Adam Sandler as a fast-talking New York City jewelry dealer who becomes embroiled in various desperate schemes to get out of debt.
A First-Generation Teen Tests The Bounds Of Family And Faith In 'Hala'
Minhal Baig's new film about a Pakistani American teen captures what it's like to feel paralyzed, with one foot in adulthood and the other in childhood.
Movie Review: 'The Aeronauts'
The hot air balloon movie The Aeronauts had NPR critic Bob Mondello clutching his armrests for dear life.
'In Fabric': Darkly Comic Horror About A (Literally) Killer Dress
Poor Sheila (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) just wanted a flattering dress at a good price. The fact that it came in 'Artery Red' should have been a tip-off.
'Portrait Of A Lady On Fire,' Painted In Precise, Subdued Brushstrokes
Two women — a noblewoman and the artist hired to paint her portrait — fall in love in Céline Sciamma's haunting, erotic and evocative period drama.
In The Clever 'Little Joe,' Horror Is Horticultural
A plant scientist (Emily Beechum) breeds a flower that makes people happy in this "effectively creepy indie" that gets its tendrils in you.
Small-Town Grief Gets Surreal In The Twisted And Twisty 'Knives And Skin'
Writer-director Jennifer Reeder's soon-to-be cult hit is "Twin Peaks as recast through the lens of radical feminism, if not nearly as academic as that sounds."
'Portrait Of A Lady On Fire' Paints A Picture Of Forbidden Love
Writer-director Céline Sciamma's gorgeous new costume drama centers on the relationship between a young female artist and the woman she's been commissioned to secretly paint.