‘Sidney’ Review: Reginald Hudlin’s Glowing Portrait of Sidney Poitier
Reginald Hudlin’s documentary about Sidney Poitier should be considered the beginning, not the end, of appraising the prolific actor’s career....
Movie Reviews
‘Free Money’ Review: An Eye-Opening Look at Universal Basic Income in Action
The film by Lauren DeFilippo and Sam Soko, which bowed in Toronto, weighs the benefits and the perils of UBI...
‘Dalíland’ Review: Ben Kingsley and Ezra Miller Get Surreal in Mary Harron’s Eye-Opening Art-World Portrait
A portrait of art-world celebrity indulgence as seen by a youngster who still has some illusions to shatter, Mary Harron’s...
‘Casa Susanna’ Review: A Deeply Affecting Exploration of a Secret Chapter in LGBTQ History
A memory piece in four extraordinary voices, Sébastien Lifshitz’s sharp and tender documentary reveals the secret history of an underground...
Critics’ Picks: Cate Blanchett, Steven Spielberg Films Among the 15 Best of the Fall Festivals
Venice, Toronto Laura Poitras’ sublime Golden Lion-winning doc chronicles photographer Nan Goldin’s mission to hold the Sacklers responsible for the...
‘Allelujah’ Review: Judi Dench, Jennifer Saunders in Melodramatic Tribute to Britain’s National Health Service
Like some kind of cinematic equivalent of the vault in the Tower of London where the Crown jewels are stored,...
‘The Cathedral’ Review: Ricky D’Ambrose’s Artful Restraint Yields a Shattering Family Saga
If, as Tolstoy put it, happy families are all alike, that’s probably because they’re opaque to the rest of us,...
‘Subject 101’ Review: A Murky but Topical Dystopian Thriller
For long stretches of Subject 101, our protagonist — identified in the end credits only as “101” (Cem Ali Gültekin)...
‘Murmur’ Review: An Unscary Horror Film for TikTok Attention Spans
Mark Polish, the less prolific filmmaking twin of Michael Polish, has little nice to say about today’s youngsters in Murmur,...
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ Review: A Visceral Take on the German Anti-War Classic
Patriotic young men are as disposable as potato peels in All Quiet on the Western Front, Edward Berger’s new adaptation...
