Alonso Duralde
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‘Crimson Peak’ Review: Guillermo del Toro Scares Up Creepy Haunted Mansion Thrills
A deliciously overripe celebration of gothic romance, with a game cast led by Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain
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‘Steve Jobs’ Review: Michael Fassbender Bolsters an Incomplete Portrait of Apple Mogul
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin throws out the biopic rules, but fails to create new and better ones
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‘Bridge of Spies’ NYFF Review: Tom Hanks Is Steven Spielberg’s All-American Cold Warrior
This true-life tale of espionage and international intrigue plays intelligently and suspensefully until Spielberg gives in to mawkishness
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‘Freeheld’ Review: Julianne Moore and Ellen Page Star in True Tale of Discrimination
It’s an undeniably powerful movie occasionally undone by its need to walk straight audiences through a fight for LGBT rights
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‘The Martian’ Review: Matt Damon’s a Superhero of Science in Ridley Scott’s Survival Saga
This captivating Red Planet adventure reminds us that sometimes it’s brains — not brawn — that mean the difference between life and death
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‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ Review: Adam Sandler Proves He’s Not Entirely a Lost Cause
Sandler and his usual crew of co-stars find their most humane characters in this rowdy collection of monsters and rapid-fire jokes
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‘Stonewall’ Review: Roland Emmerich’s Historical LGBT Drama Is the Other Kind of Disaster Movie
The man behind “Independence Day” and “White House Down” wants to celebrate the riot that launched the gay rights movement, but gets it all wrong
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‘Pan’ Review: Peter Pan Prequel Never Grows Up – Or Gets Interesting
Overdone performances (including Hugh Jackman’s), hideous visuals and half-baked ideas plagiarized from better movies make origin story an awfully awful adventure
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‘Sicario’ Review: Emily Blunt Sees Worst of the War on Drugs
Thriller from director Denis Villeneuve harbors no illusion about a moral high ground in battle between government and drug cartels
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‘Sleeping With Other People’ Review: Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie Lead Smartest, Bawdiest Rom-Com Since ‘Bridesmaids’
Director Leslye Headland’s second film boasts witty dialogue, realistic characters and situations, and spot-on performances
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‘De Palma’ Venice Review: Fascinating Guided Tour Through a Master Filmmaker’s Career
Brian De Palma does all the talking, and the results are a documentary you wish could be twice as long
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‘A Bigger Splash’ Venice Review: Rocker Tilda Swinton’s World Is Rocked by Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson
Matthias Schoenaerts rounds out the cast of the drama set on a sun-baked Mediterranean island
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‘Equals’ Venice Review: Kristen Stewart Battles a Shiny Dystopia We’ve Seen Before
Director Drake Doremus’ idea of an emotion-free future feels cobbled together from “THX-1138,” “The Giver,” perfume ads and the Apple Store
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‘Janis’ Venice Review: Joplin Documentary Comes to Praise the Singer, Not Bury Her
Director Amy Berg bypasses tragedy porn in favor of vintage footage and new interviews to paint a complete picture of a singular American artist
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‘The Danish Girl’ Venice Review: Eddie Redmayne Discovers the Woman Within
The trans community gets a lush and slightly stiff prestige movie to call its own, buoyed by Redmayne and Alicia Vikander’s powerful performances
