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‘Hope Gap’ Film Review: Divorce Drama Showcases Annette Bening and Little Else
Writer-director William Nicholson’s look at the aftermath of a decades-long British marriage gives Bening plenty to act but not much to chew on
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‘Young Ahmed’ Film Review: The Dardennes’ Tale of Teenage Radicalism Feels Both Suspenseful and Confounding
Social realists Jean-Pierre and Luc tell a gripping story of youthful extremism, with a perplexing mystery at its center
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‘Greed’ Film Review: Steve Coogan Shines in Uneven Comedy About the Filthy Rich
Michael Winterbottom’s politics are in the right place, but the mix of laughs and outrage doesn’t always gleam
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‘Emma.’ Film Review: Classic Jane Austen Novel Becomes a Sumptuous, Smart Big-Screen Treat
Beneath the lush English surfaces and romcom dazzle are nuanced touches and rich performances, most notably from Johnny Flynn
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‘Bad Boys for Life’ Film Review: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Go Over the Top, Again
It’s an improvement over “Bad Boys II,” but this late-in-the-game sequel still traffics in slick, loud carnage
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‘Cats’ Film Review: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Feline Fantasy Musical Becomes a Garish Hairball
It’s hard to “ruin” Webber’s already strange musical, but Tom Hooper’s wrongheaded attempt certainly tries
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’63 UP’ Film Review: Michael Apted’s Grand Documentary Experiment Still Compels
After nearly six decades, it’s still a rewarding visit with the every-seven-year subjects of this British non-fiction series
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‘Richard Jewell’ Film Review: Clint Eastwood’s Wrong-Man Docudrama Muddles Harrowing True Story
Despite a committedly eccentric turn by Paul Walter Hauser as the Atlanta Olympics bombing hero-turned-suspect, this true story is mostly underwhelming
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10 Best Documentaries of 2019, From ‘Apollo 11’ to ‘One Child Nation’ (Photos)
Best of/Worst of 2019: “For Sama” and “Honeyland” rank among the year’s finest non-fiction films
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‘Dark Waters’ Film Review: Mark Ruffalo and Todd Haynes Team Up for Brooding Environmental Docudrama
The fight to expose DuPont’s malfeasance becomes a tense and surprisingly straightforward thriller in Haynes’ hands
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‘The Report’ Film Review: Adam Driver Takes on the CIA in Real-Life Thriller
Illuminating, talky film depicts a dedicated Senate investigator’s unearthing of the CIA’s War on Terror torture program
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‘Doctor Sleep’ Film Review: King-Crowned Horror Sequel Suffers When It’s a Kubrick Homage
Not overlooking Kubrick is well-intentioned, but the film undercuts its own compelling new story
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‘The Cat and the Moon’ Film Review: Alex Wolff Plays Troubled Teen in His Promising Writing-Directing Debut
New York tale about new friends and simmering grief shows some uncommon filmmaking sensitivity
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‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Film Review: Eddie Murphy Is a Soulfully Vulgar Blast as Comedy Legend Rudy Ray Moore
Perhaps the best-ever comedy about the making of a cult hit, it’s mainly a spectacular vehicle for Murphy’s buoyant comic gifts
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‘The Cave’ Film Review: Women Are Lifesaving Heroes in Syrian War Hospital Documentary
Feras Fayyad (“Last Men in Aleppo”) creates a stirring portrait of female doctors in an underground hospital
