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‘Lost River’ Review: Ryan Gosling’s Directorial Debut Is Just as Bad as You’ve Heard
Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Matt Smith, Iain De Caestecker and Eva Mendes star in a bombastic exercise in sadism that’s all bluster, no brains
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‘Monkey Kingdom’ Review: Tina Fey Puts Her Stamp on Winsome Disneynature Doc
A populist take on simian society and alpha leadership leads to an entertaining look at caste systems in the animal kingdom
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‘Sisterhood of Night’ Review: Fresh Cast Helps Put a New Spin on Witches
Kal Penn leads an up-and-coming cast with Georgie Henley and Kara Hayward in an ambitious and timely film about a modern-day Salem witch trial
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‘Effie Gray’ Review: Dakota Fanning and Emma Thompson Star in a Sumptuous Brocaded Gothic
The biopic is a better study of Victorian times than a portrait of Effie Gray, who dawdles for much too long before planning her escape from a disastrously unhappy marriage
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‘Ned Rifle’ Review: Aubrey Plaza, Liam Aiken Seek Revenge in the Close of Hal Hartley’s Trilogy
The veteran trio of Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak and Parker Posey steals the picture from the younger cast in a capper that’s faithful but inessential
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‘Serena’ Review: Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence Star in a (Maybe Too) Old-Fashioned Tragedy
It’s nowhere near as polished as “Silver Linings Playbook,” but “Serena” teams up Cooper and Lawrence in another romance with vision and sympathy for damaged souls
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‘Get Hard’ Review: Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart Charm and Offend in Blundering Bromance
The two make for a great comedy duo, but director Etan Cohen keeps pushing his film to the edge without finding its balance
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‘It Follows’ Review: Horror Film Scores Big on Originality
David Robert Mitchell’s sophomore film reinvents horror by eschewing the genre’s common tricks
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‘Seymour: An Introduction’ Review: Ethan Hawke Celebrates the Art of Teaching Music
Director Hawke finds a fascinating subject — and adopts an overly respectful approach — in his portrait of a charismatic retired concert pianist with a lifetime of stories
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‘Home Sweet Hell’ Review: Katherine Heigl and Patrick Wilson Demeaned by a Misogynist Comedy
An overly familiar premise takes a dark, degrading turn in a nasty, unfun film that’ll benefit neither Heigl nor Wilson’s careers
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‘The Hunting Ground’ Review: A Timely and Thorough Look at the College Rape Crisis
Kirby Dick’s follow-up to Oscar-nominated doc “The Invisible War” isn’t just a depress-a-thon, but also an inspiring chronicle of grassroots change
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‘Drunktown’s Finest’ Review: Native American Drama Touchingly Reveals the Struggles Behind the Stereotypes
Director Sydney Freeland offers a rare glimpse into life on a reservation while treating her characters like people, not sociological specimens
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‘The DUFF’ Review: Sweet, Hysterical Teen Comedy is This Decade’s ‘Mean Girls’
Mae Whitman reveals herself to be one of the funniest actresses of her generation in a spot-on and endlessly quotable take on teenage “dramz” in 2015
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‘Ana Maria in Novela Land’ Review: Smart, Hilarious Trading-Places Comedy is a Future Slumber-Party Classic
A spirited dual performance by Edy Ganem and a pointed telenovela spoof breathe plenty of life into a comedy that offers comfort through familiarity
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‘The Last Five Years’ Review: Anna Kendrick’s Musical Romance Has More Ambition Than Heart
An admirably demanding sing-through format can’t make up for a lack of chemistry and characters that barely budge off the page
