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Beloved (1998)

Stephen Cole

One depressing development in '90s film-making has been Jonathan Demme's belated conversion to weighty, issue-oriented movies.
Posted Feb 2, 2022
2
2.5/5
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)

Chris Knight

It's adequate entertainment, something to amuse the youngsters for 81 minutes, but there's little here for adults.
Posted Jan 28, 2022
3
2/5
One Shot (2021)

Chris Knight

Unfortunately, the story is a little thin, consisting for large stretches of little more than a shooting gallery of bad guys, and the one-take technique, while mostly well executed, doesn't do enough to elevate the story.
Posted Jan 28, 2022
4
4/5
Being a Human Person (2021)

Chris Knight

Watch Being a Human Person if you've seen and enjoyed any of Andersson's work, for a look at the mind behind their particular genius. Or watch it if you haven't seen his work at all.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
5
5/5
A Hero (2022)

Chris Knight

Farhadi excels in these kinds of stories, where morality appears pure as the sun until suddenly a cloud moves in. A Hero closely examines the question of what drives us to do good. Is it fear of punishment, hope of reward, or -- just because?
Posted Jan 21, 2022
6
0/5
Zeros and Ones (2021)

Chris Knight

Zeros and Ones is one dark movie. I don't mean morally dark, or emotionally dark, though it may well be those things too. But it's easily one of the literally darkest films to hit screens since Vin Diesel starred in Pitch Black way back in 2000.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
7
1.5/5
The King's Daughter (2022)

Chris Knight

I grew so uninterested in the lacklustre plot that I started noticing unintentional humour.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
8
4/5
The Jump (2020)

Chris Knight

I won't spoil any of the diplomatic twists that followed. But it's worth noting that Kudirka is a natural raconteur with the soul of a poet.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
9
2.5/5
Ditched (2021)

Chris Knight

Sila, who also appears in the TV series Tribal , is a strong performer, possibly even better than the material she's working with. As the protagonist, she's reason enough to stick with the story.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
10
3/5
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2021)

Chris Knight

The kids should enjoy it, and parents who want to watch along won't be turning into monsters themselves.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
11
5/5
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2021)

Chris Knight

Yamaguchi, credited as director, editor and cinematographer, has crafted an intricate and supremely enjoyable puzzle-box of a story, bursting with charm and momentum in equal measure.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
12
4/5
See For Me (2022)

Chris Knight

A frightfully delightful game of cat and mouse awaits those who tune in to See For Me.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
13
3/5
The Tender Bar (2021)

Chris Knight

Some movies are rollercoasters. This one's more of a carousel, guaranteed to please without any sudden twists, turns or drops.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
14
1.5/5
The 355 (2022)

Chris Knight

The 355 features a messy, overly convoluted and too-long plot that often leaves its talented multi-national actors with little to do except run and shoot and look glamorously injured.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
15
5/5
Licorice Pizza (2021)

Chris Knight

I hope to see Hoffman and Haim in whatever they do next.
Posted Dec 23, 2021
16
3.5/5
A Journal for Jordan (2021)

Chris Knight

Bring Kleenex; no shame in that.
Posted Dec 23, 2021
17
5/5
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

Chris Knight

The Tragedy of Macbeth is a triumph. I hope Shakespeare and Coen can work together again some day.
Posted Dec 23, 2021
18
2.5/5
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

Chris Knight

In the end, the newest Matrix amounts to little more than a half-baked noodle.
Posted Dec 23, 2021
19
4/5
Sing 2 (2021)

Chris Knight

The journey and its musical backing are what matters here, and neither disappoints.
Posted Dec 23, 2021
20
1/5
The King's Man (2021)

Chris Knight

It's an affront to all.
Posted Dec 23, 2021
21
3.5/5
The Big Hit (Un Triomphe) (2020)

Chris Knight

You don't even need to be well versed in Beckett to have a good time.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
22
4/5
Flee (2021)

Chris Knight

There's a line from his story that stuck with me. "Most people can't even begin to imagine how fleeing like that affects you..." I certainly can't. But like all great documentaries, Rasmussen's framing of Amin's story goes a long way to bridging that gap.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
23
3.5/5
The Lost Daughter (2021)

Chris Knight

Gyllenhaal balances the here and now with the then and there pretty perfectly, showing how a past experience can influence our current decisions in ways that might seem irrational even to ourselves.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
24
4/5
Red Rocket (2021)

Chris Knight

It puts the audience in a pickle. You can't help but feel for these characters, and you'd like for them to succeed - just not in the ways they want. But it's also hilarious watching the resolutely upbeat Mikey keep on trying.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
25
4/5
Nightmare Alley (2021)

Chris Knight

Nightmare Alley feels like a tale told by a roaring fire on a cold winter's night.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
26
3/5
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Chris Knight

[The filmmakers] do an admirable job of juggling a large number of characters, though this is a movie that could stand to drop a ball or two in the name of a slightly shorter runtime.
Posted Dec 15, 2021
27
3/5
Don't Look Up (2021)

Chris Knight

Don't Look Up is, paradoxically, a bitter pill to swallow and a sweet comedy. Neither part of that benefits from overstaying its welcome.
Posted Dec 10, 2021
28
3.5/5
The Boathouse (2021)

Chris Knight

Cheesman ably steers her drama to an unexpected-but-somehow-just right conclusion.
Posted Dec 10, 2021
29
5/5
West Side Story (2021)

Chris Knight

It's a high-energy, toe-tapping, Technicolor, shot-on-film two and a half hours.
Posted Dec 10, 2021
30
2.5/5
Agnes (2021)

Chris Knight

The result is unlikely to please most viewers.
Posted Dec 10, 2021
31
4/5
The Souvenir: Part II (2021)

Chris Knight

We often applaud such single-mindedness in established filmmakers. This movie makes it abundantly clear what a double-edged sword artistic passion and perseverance can be, and yet how vital.
Posted Dec 3, 2021
32
3/5
Wolf (2021)

Chris Knight

With its own unique art-house identity, Wolf is a mutation that might even qualify as a new species. It's not perfect, but it's never boring.
Posted Dec 3, 2021
33
3.5/5
Benedetta (2021)

Chris Knight

Verhoeven does a good job navigating the choppy waters of belief, reason and superstition.
Posted Dec 3, 2021
34
2/5
The Hand of God (È stata la mano di Dio) (2021)

Chris Knight

The story [Sorrentino] tells here, while personal and at times moving, also feels aimless and a touch self-indulgent. Not all "most personal films" are created equal.
Posted Dec 3, 2021
35
4/5
C'mon C'mon (2021)

Chris Knight

If the film leaves you with questions -- and what good film doesn't? -- then it also offers places to find answers.
Posted Nov 29, 2021
36
4/5
Drive My Car (2021)

Chris Knight

What follows is a fascinating, multi-layered metaphor for power dynamics -- between driver and passenger, to be sure, but also between director and actor, play and performer, writer and text.
Posted Nov 29, 2021
37
3/5
Julia (2021)

Chris Knight

There are some lovely moments here.
Posted Nov 29, 2021
38
4/5
The Humans (2021)

Chris Knight

The Humans is either the scariest drama I've ever seen, or the least terrifying horror movie of the year. It seems to be asking the question: What if a haunted house was only a little bit haunted?
Posted Nov 29, 2021
39
1.5/5
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021)

Chris Knight

I don't know what they were smoking during this year's Berlin film festival, but I want some the next time I need to sit through a Transformers movie.
Posted Nov 29, 2021
40
1.5/5
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)

Chris Knight

Welcome to Raccoon City plays more like an extended cut of a shampoo commercial than the latest chapter in a long-running action-horror franchise. Resident Evil : Now with 100% less Jovovich!
Posted Nov 24, 2021
41
3.5/5
House of Gucci (2021)

Chris Knight

For all its flawed pacing, uneven emotional palette and bloated running time... Ridley Scott's latest features a powerhouse performance by Lady Gaga, whose turn as Patrizia Reggiani is itself worth the price of admission.
Posted Nov 24, 2021
42
4.5/5
The Power of the Dog (2021)

Chris Knight

Campion's tightly crafted tale explores all manner of masculinity, upending more than a few of our expectations along the way.
Posted Nov 19, 2021
43
3/5
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)

Chris Knight

Filmmaker Robert Weide spent almost 40 years making a documentary about the life (and, as of 2007, the death) of writer Kurt Vonnegut. In the process, he gained a friend.
Posted Nov 19, 2021
44
4/5
tick, tick...Boom! (2021)

Chris Knight

When it comes to musical theatre, Miranda knows what makes it tick, and what goes boom. And Garfield is there to light the fuse.
Posted Nov 19, 2021
45
2.5/5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

Chris Knight

I'm going to sit firmly on the fence for this one.
Posted Nov 19, 2021
46
3/5
On Broadway (2021)

Chris Knight

As a celebration of theatre, featuring clips of everything from Evita to Shrek the Musical , On Broadway is hard to fault.
Posted Nov 12, 2021
47
2.5/5
Red Notice (2021)

Chris Knight

Reynolds does his silky-voiced sarcasm thing, Johnson counters with bullet-headed seriousness, and Gadot sidles between them, charming and dangerous. They look like they're having a blast.
Posted Nov 12, 2021
48
4.5/5
Belfast (2021)

Chris Knight

This is a tribute to a city from a man who left it, even while his heart stayed and a bit of his soul was lost in the process.
Posted Nov 12, 2021
49
3.5/5
Portraits from a Fire (2020)

Chris Knight

Portraits from a Fire boasts some superb production values in the larger film, but wrapped around a simple, heartfelt tale that is clearly close to the heart of its 29-year-old director.
Posted Nov 10, 2021
50
2/5
Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)

Chris Knight

Clifford's computer-generated nature isn't egregious, though it does cause the movie to suffer from the same problem as last year's The Call of the Wild; namely, animated pooches behaving as though being directed and not just being animals.
Posted Nov 10, 2021