A Lobotomist Struggles To Hang On In The Brilliant, Blistering 'The Mountain'
In Rick Alverson's most coherent film to date, Jeff Goldblum plays a lobotomist at a time when the procedure is falling out of fashion.
Movie Reviews
New 'Lion King' Remake Is More Creative Dead End Than Circle Of Life
Disney's Lion King is so realistic-looking that, paradoxically, you can't believe a moment of it. The computer-generated blockbuster feels like the world's most expensive safari-themed karaoke video.
Wasted On The Way: A Musician Looks Back In 'David Crosby: Remember My Name'
In A.J. Eaton's documentary, Crosby proves a "passionate, wry, often bellicose" storyteller who "often seems to be writing his own self-lacerating obituary."
Mon Petit, Choose: In The Deft, Whimsical 'A Faithful Man,' A Couple's Bond Is Tested
Louis Garrel's second film as a director is a dry romantic comedy that involves a love triangle, and "watching it unfold can feel at times like an anthropological study of the French species."
Collateral, Damaged: 'Stuber' Is A Tired Retread
The latest summer action-comedy to attempt to satirize summer action-comedies by upping the violence, Stuber wastes its two charismatic leads in an unfunny riff on 2004's Collateral.
'Ray & Liz' Is A 'Melancholic And Unsparing' Portrait Of A Household At Society's Edge
Richard Billingham documented his parents' neglect and abuse in previous documentary projects. His first narrative film captures their brutality even as it affords them some measure of dignity.
In 'Sword Of Trust,' A Questionable Antique, An Unquestionable Cast
Director Lynn Shelton and writer Mike O'Brien constructed an outline and got a cast of great comics to improvise the details in this agreeably loose comedy about an antique sword.
Lots Of Love And One Big Lie — 'The Farewell' Reminds Us Time Is Short
Awkwafina stars in Lulu Wang's funny ensemble drama about a Chinese American family and their elaborate ruse to pay respects to their matriarch — without ever letting on she has a terminal illness.
In Documentary 'Marianne & Leonard: Words Of Love,' Free Love Comes At A Cost
This "moving, sympathetic but ultimately frustrating tribute" to Marianne Ihlen inadvertently reveals the male gaze's narrow focus by defining this complicated woman as Cohen's passive muse.
'Midsommar' Shines: A Solstice Nightmare Unfolds In Broad Daylight
An American couple attends a mysterious festival in the Swedish countryside in Ari Aster's new thriller. The haunting, hypnotic film will slowly seep into your nervous system.