Strong Performances Make 'Boy Erased' Indelible
Actor Joel Edgerton adapts for the screen a 2016 memoir about a teenager undergoing "gay conversion therapy;" he also directs and stars in this "intelligent message movie."
Movie Reviews
A Guide To Netflix's Orson Welles Mini-Fest: A Long-Unfinished Film And A Documentary About It
Welles' abandoned Hollywood satire The Other Side of the Wind hits Netflix and select theaters alongside the new making-of documentary They'll Love Me When I'm Dead; the two films inform each other.
No Bed Of Roses, No Pleasure Cruise: 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
A fearless performance from Rami Malek and rock-solid rock anthems can't lift this listless musical biopic out of the sea of clichés in which it treads water.
Orson Welles' Long Anticipated 'Other Side Of The Wind' Is Finally Finished
Critic David Edelstein says the story behind the The Other Side Of The Wind — how Welles made it and what happened to it after his death in 1985 — is more fun than the completed film itself.
'Suspiria': A Cult-Horror Remake Dances To A Confusing Beat
Director Luca Guadagnino follows up last year's Call Me By Your Name with a "punishing" and "confounding" remake of Dario Argento's beloved horror film about a dance troupe of witches.
In The Documentary-Like 'Life & Nothing More,' A Family Struggles To Get By
Director Antonio Mendez Esparza brings a static, theatrical approach to this story of a black single mother and the teenage son who attempts to shoulder his absent father's responsibilities.
Documentary Unearths America's Rural Roots: 'Monrovia, Indiana'
Documentarian Frederick Wiseman aims his camera at the daily rhythms of life in and around a small town — and holds his focus long enough to find something beyond media stereotypes.
In Lee Chang-dong's Dreamlike 'Burning,' Dread Is A Fire That Burns Slow And Cold
Director/co-writer Lee Chang-dong adapts a haunting Murakami short story about a young man drawn into the lives of a woman, her cat and a handsome, mysterious stranger.
Swedish Film Cleverly Blurs The 'Border' Between Reality And Folklore
Tina (Eva Melander), a Swedish customs official, can smell when someone's lying. When she meets a stranger (Eero Milonoff) who knows more about her than he's saying, she sets out to find answers.
New, Magnificently Obsessive 'Suspiria' Is More Rebirth Than Remake
Luca Guadagnino's version of Dario Argento's 1977 horror classic departs from the original in every way imaginable. Critic Justin Chang says the 2018 Suspiria showcases an "astounding level of craft."