‘Testament of Ann Lee’ review: Amanda Seyfried gives a blazing performance
Filmmakers Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet are clearly fascinated by ambition. They’re fascinated, too, by dreamers — difficult…
‘Ella McCay’ review: Emma Mackey battles political strife, wooden script
“I can’t trust my brain right now,” says our hero, Ella, deep into James L. Brooks’ bafflingly disjointed,…
‘Oh. What. Fun.’ review: A forgettable holiday film
Michelle Pfeiffer plays a mom on the edge at Christmas time in the new movie “Oh. What. Fun.”…
‘The Secret Agent’ review: Wagner Moura leads rousing political thriller
You can almost smell the sweat in “The Secret Agent,” a stylish, slow burn thriller about radicals and…
‘Nuremberg’ review: Russell Crowe and Rami Malek lead Nazi trial drama
The Nuremberg trials have inspired filmmakers before, from Stanley Kramer’s 1961 drama to the 2000 television miniseries with…
‘Good Fortune’ review: Aziz Ansari’s gig economy comedy doesn’t find its way
Aziz Ansari tries to meld social commentary and comedy in his new film “Good Fortune,” about wealth disparity…
‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ review: Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna lead Bill Condon’s lush adaptation
The part of Luis Molina, the gay prisoner with a penchant for Hollywood’s Golden Age at the heart…
‘The Lost Bus’ review: A white-knuckle wildfire drama
On Nov. 8, 2018, the day one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history burned the town of…
Film Review: Primitive War; B-grade monster movie favours characters over carnage to its own detriment
Whilst I absolutely have to hand it to Australian filmmaker Luke Sparke for his inventive genre…
‘Oh, Hi!’ review: A dark comedy about the dark dating scene
The modern dating scene is not a healthy one. Perhaps it never really was and everyone is nostalgic…