Movies

'Allegiant' Explains Itself, But Who Really Cares?

The third film in the Divergent series expends great effort to render the faction system on which it relies easier to understand, but that doesn't necessarily make it more entertaining.

A Family Holiday And A Familiar Face

Director Trey Edward Shults expands his highly praised short into Krisha, a film drawn in part from his own family's story — and starring some of his relatives as well as himself.

A Personal Tale Evokes A Sense Of The Past

Twenty years after the first time we met writer-director Arnaud Desplechin's protagonist, we leap backward in time to visit with him as a younger man.

'The Bronze' Is The Story Of A Mighty, Nasty Gymnast

Starring, and co-written by, Melissa Rauch of The Big Bang Theory, The Bronze wants to be a tale of the rare unlovable female lead, but its tilt toward redemption makes it less interesting than that.