Columns P.S.H. I Love You: “Happiness” is only real when its mood is shared Todd Solondz's "Happiness" is a grimly comic film that swings for the fences, and is buoyed by Philip Seymour Hoffman's compellingly repressed figure.
Reviews Perry Mason Season Finale Recap: Not peace, but close enough By: Megan Sunday Perry Mason's season finale gives us the answers we need, but still feels a bit empty.
Features “Joint Security Area” is a split decision Rough around the edges but fascinating nonetheless, Park Chan-wook's breakout hit remains a signal of his later work.
Reviews “Waiting for the Barbarians” has too much Depp and not enough depth By: Oluwatayo Adewole Ciro Guerra's adaptation of the J.M. Coetzee novel tries to critique the aesthetics of imperialism but falls short.
Reviews “I Used to Go Here” offers a charming trip to the not-so-distant past By: Jonah Koslofsky Kris Rey directs Gillian Jacobs in a lighthearted comedy about reliving the supposedly carefree college years.
Reviews “The Tax Collector” isn’t exempt from poor action and creaky racial politics By: Sean Price Shia LaBeouf shouldn't have been the center of a movie about Latinx street gangs, but he's also the only bright spot in David Ayer's latest misfire.
Reviews “Out Stealing Horses” is too self-conscious to be self-reflective By: Matt Cipolla Hans Petter Moland's adaptation of Per Petterson's novel is a sensual look at growing up, but it's more inert than introspective.
Reviews “She Dies Tomorrow” is an unsettling look at loneliness & mortality By: Gena Radcliffe Whatever you think the “monster” might be in it, Amy Seimetz’s low-fi cosmic horror will quietly crawl up your spine
Reviews “Hitmen” puts Mel and Sue in the middle of a frothy action comedy By: Megan Sunday The former Great British Bake-Off hosts retool themselves as witty assassins in a cute, if scattershot, series of vignettes.
Anniversaries “The Other Guys” indulges in the crimes it condemns Now 10 years old, Adam McKay's screwball screed against Wall Street is hindered by being a cop-centric affair.
Reviews “Star Trek: Lower Decks” kicks off with an irreverent “Second Contact” By: Clint Worthington The Rick and Morty vibe takes a lot of getting used to, but there are glimmers of promise in the latest Star Trek adventure.
Reviews “The Secret Garden” is just lively enough By: B.L. Panther Marc Munden's adaptation of the Frances Hodgson Burnett novel is too myopic to fully bloom, but it has just enough flourishes to work.
Reviews “A Thousand Cuts” dissects journalism’s relationship with authoritarianism By: Theo Estes Ramona S. Diaz’s latest documentary showcases Filipino journalist Maria Ressa's fight against Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte.
Reviews Ghostly justice comes for Guatemalan tyrants in the atmospheric “La Llorona” By: Beau North A genocidal general is haunted by the women he's wronged, both living and dead, in this eerie historical chiller.
Reviews “An American Pickle” is an odd mix of salty and sweet By: Matt Cipolla Brandon Trost's directorial debut finds two Seth Rogens balancing old, new, and distant family, to largely mixed results.
Reviews “Made in Italy” is “Under the Tuscan Sun” for dudes By: Sarah Gorr James D'Arcy's directorial debut is a thin, derivative bore that wastes its otherwise-game cast.
Columns The “Moneyball” we got delivers a baseball movie for Ben Shapiro Bennett Miller's adaptation of Michael Lewis' book is an overlong, overcrowded sports biopic partially redeemed by its cast.
Reviews Perry Mason Chapter Seven Recap: Thank this nice man By: Megan Sunday The show barrels toward its finale and finally starts to pick up steam, as Perry finds his lawyerly footing.
Reviews “Summerland” dazzles in the past more than the present By: Clint Worthington Gemma Arterton is bristly and charming in this WWII-era melodrama, but it's almost a little too weightless for its own good.
Reviews “Olympia” pulls back the curtain on screen legend Olympia Dukakis By: B.L. Panther Olympia Dukakis is given a warts-and-all portrait that highlights her tremendous power and the foibles of "no bullshit" Method acting.
Reviews “The Secret: Dare to Dream” serves up a steaming pile of hokum By: Gena Radcliffe Rhonda Byrne’s bestselling “law of attraction” nonsense gets a cloying, predictable romantic spin with better performances than it deserves.