The Neutral Ground succeeds as both zippy, deadpan commentary and a moving personal document. With Juneteenth a newly-minted federal holiday, it’s a fitting opportunity…
Premiering at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival, before going on to win the prestigious Dragons & Tigers Award for emerging Asian cinema at that…
This first Fear Street entry suggests possible upward momentum for the trilogy, but disappoints as a slasher in its own right. There’s promise to…
It’s nice to see Fox back in the horror saddle, but Till Death’s stronger elements too often fall victim to its thriller conventionality. Is…
Good on Paper wittily upsets rom-com conventions, but doesn’t produce much substance beyond this initial fake-out. Following a string of stand-up specials and a…
Being a Human Person ends up a bit formless, but it presents a complex portrait both of an artist and of the disconnect between…
How do you get away with the perfect murder? Easy: get someone else to do it for you. Such is the premise of Alfred…
The Tomorrow War is pure sci-fi cribbing, a regurgitated and ungainly monstrosity without a single novel idea. What do you say about a movie like…
Black Widow is fairly lightweight and doesn’t impress much with its action or visual design, but the character work and comedy prove somewhat redemptive. Although…
No Sudden Move is another successful crime caper from Soderbergh, as formally and tonally playful as his best efforts in the genre. The endlessly versatile…
Against all odds, Family Business manages to be a wild, engaging sequel to the interminable original Boss Baby. Dreamworks Animation has always shown a penchant for…
The Forever Purge is suitably cynical and cathartic effort, righting some of the series’ previous wrongs and more bluntly tackling America’s systemic evils. Since James…
America: The Motion Picture is a dopey, dated take-down of American exceptionalism that occasionally hits its target. America: The Motion Picture, the debut feature from…
First Date endows its stock premise with a zany amateurism that is simultaneously cool and cringeworthy. First Date, the debut feature of directorial duo Manuel…
Dynasty Warriors buries its littered, low-key strengths under a deluge of CGI nonsense. What does it mean to adapt the video game series Dynasty…
Unlike recent duds Mainstream and PVT Chat, Zola is a film that cuttingly, brutally understands what it is to be Extremely Online. No film better encapsulates the…
Questlove’s debut film as a director is a success, defined as much by its outrage as its joy. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, drummer of the…
Prime Time is all the more terrifying for its refusal to pathologize its lead in any easy way. Set on the eve of the…