Review: Lion
There is a moment late in Lion that finds Nicole Kidman's Sue Brierley, harrowed by her feelings of failure as a mother, recounting the...
Review: Moonlight
An extraordinary film that instantly and irrevocably marks itself as essential viewing, Moonlight is a transfixing portrait of black...
Review: Why Him?
Another month, another James Franco film. The inexhaustibly ubiquitous actor lends his endearingly goofy charm to Why Him?, a sometimes...
Review: Rupture
If one took a shot for every time the line "What do you want from me?" was uttered in the sci-fi abduction thriller Rupture, then one...
Review: Between Us
Nothing exposes the cracks or accelerates the demise of a relationship more than marriage. Take writer-director Rafael Palacio...
Review: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
The film adaptation of Ben Fountain's 2012 novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is solid if not particularly compelling. Its main...
Review: War on Everyone
A ramshackle hybrid of The French Connection and Starsky and Hutch (the film, not the television series), War on Everyone marks John...
Review: The Founder
A superb biopic that draws you in from its first moment and maintains its hold until the last frame, The Founder traces the rise and fall...
Review: About Ray
Though titled About Ray, British director Gaby Dellal's latest film often seems less about its title character than Maggie (Naomi Watts),...
Review: Fences
There is many a devastating scene in Fences, the film adaptation of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. That many of them are...
