Columns Criterion Corner: “Crash”, “Amores Perros”, “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm” William Greaves' avant-garde meta-doc, David Cronenberg's work of grand theft autoerotica, and Innaritu's dizzying debut mark this month's Criterion entries.
Reviews “Tiny Pretty Things” clears a high barre for teen drama By: Shannon Campe Netflix blends Pretty Little Liars and Black Swan into a scintillating if overstuffed series about the pressures of performance.
Columns P.S.H. I Love You: “Along Came Polly” doesn’t shart the bed Philip Seymour Hoffman's riotous Sandy Lyle elevates the schlocky aughts rom-com to a deeply silly delight.
Reviews “The Stand” buckles under the weight of Stephen King’s source material By: The Editors CBS All Access' all-star miniseries adaptation of the timely Stephen King novel bogs itself down in a helter-skelter structure and an acute lack of stakes.
Filmmaker of the Month Descending into the “Se7en”th circle of hell David Fincher's 1995 serial killer thriller elevates the police procedural into a grimy fable about mankind's fall from grace.
Reviews “Safety” is a feel-good Clemson ad in the guise of a sports flick By: Marshall Estes The university takes center stage in Disney+'s latest sports biopic, lacquering on sentimentality as much as it does team spirit.
Reviews “The Mandalorian” Chapter 15 Recap: Ol’ Brown Eyes is back By: Megan Sunday Bill Burr bursts back onto the series with some cutting wisdom on the moral gray areas of the Star Wars universe.
Reviews “Gunda” is a wordless symphony of the lives of livestock By: Michael Snydel Viktor Kossakovsky's deeply anthropological look at the everyday rhythms of farm life bursts with precision and quietly devastating purpose.
Reviews Stranded teens wild out in Amazon’s survival drama “The Wilds” By: Tim Stevens By stubbornly refusing to embrace subtlety or reject clichés, The Wilds ends up unapologetically great.
Reviews New documentary “Assassins” digs into two unlikely political killers By: Lisa Laman Ryan White's documentary examines the two women who killed Kim Jong-un's brother, and the complex web of lies and deceptions that got them to do it.
Reviews “The Prom” is a glittery, insubstantial musical fantasia By: Oluwatayo Adewole Ryan Murphy's bajillionth project for Netflix adapts the Broadway musical to spectacular effect, even if the spectacle wallpapers over its lack of substance.
Reviews “Alex Wheatle” is the rare stumble in Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” By: Jonah Koslofsky Steve McQueen's anthology about Black life in London has its low point in a truncated biopic about the acclaimed British author.
Interviews The composers of “Ammonite” on putting forbidden romance to music The composer duo talks about their years-long collaboration and the sparse, airy score to Francis Lee's queer romance.
Reviews “The Expanse” makes its interstellar stakes more personal in season 5 By: Clint Worthington Amazon Prime Video's sci-fi series returns for another season of intergalactic intrigue, with a greater emphasis on its characters.
Reviews A grandparent’s love goes to horrifying lengths in “Anything for Jackson” By: Gena Radcliffe A grieving couple set about a dark and gruesome plan to revive the spirit of their young grandson in this creepily effective horror-comedy.
Reviews Hop aboard and take a bow for “Let Them All Talk” By: Ashley Lara Steven Soderbergh goes further back to his indie roots with a boatful of talent, loose style, and delightful improv.
Reviews “Star Trek Discovery” Season 3 Episode 9 Recap: A Star Trek Carol By: Andrew Bloom Emperor Georgiou goes on a dark night of the soul in the Mirror Universe.
Reviews “Songbird” is a pandemic thriller that never sings By: Matt Cipolla Adam Mason's near-future COVID tale is an unnecessary idea made worse by a rushed script and cheap production values.
Reviews “Wild Mountain Thyme” gets lost in the fog By: Oluwatayo Adewole John Patrick Shanley returns with a miscast, disingenuous tale of Irish star-crossed lovers.
Reviews “Wander Darkly” doesn’t quite see the light By: Sarah Gorr Tara Miele's new film is a mismatched metaphysical love story that shows potential for the writer/director but doesn't land.
Anniversaries “The Godfather Coda” gives Coppola a fitting cap to his masterwork By: Peter Sobczynski Francis Ford Coppola returns to his most iconic story with a re-edit of Part III that repairs the infamous original.