Boston Globe
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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
2
Beloved (1998)
Beloved is a strong, dark, tangled powerhouse of a film that comes to grips with the scars of slavery as no previous American film has.
Posted Feb 2, 2022
3
Nothing But a Man (1963)
Nothing But a Man is a great movie. It has a universal story. It is superbly acted. It keeps to a point of view, some thing rare in American film making.
Posted Jan 31, 2022
4
2/4
Jockey (2021)
A gorgeous film, but in a bizarrely empty way.
Posted Jan 27, 2022
5
Sidewalk Stories (1989)
6
The Watermelon Woman (1997)
A sweet, sassy mockumentary.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
7
3.5/4
Drive My Car (2021)
Over the course of just under three hours, Hamaguchi reworks and expands a Haruki Murakami short story (it first ran in The New Yorker) into an intimate epic.
Posted Jan 20, 2022
8
2.5/4
Munich: The Edge of War (2022)
Once various ducks have been gotten in a narrative row and the conference starts, the movie becomes pretty good.
Posted Jan 20, 2022
9
3/4
Flee (2021)
"What does the word 'home' mean to you?" the director asks Amin early on. He struggles for an answer. Those watching "Flee" may well do so, too.
Posted Jan 20, 2022
10
3.5/4
11
3.5/4
Cruz is a marvel: forceful, passionate, casually sexy. There are lots of people who star in movies. There are very few honest-to-Hollywood movie stars. Cruz is one of them.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
12
The Queen of Sheba (1921)
Although [Blythe] wears about as few clothes as the censor will allow, she is lovely enough to keep the role from becoming at all gross or sensual.
Posted Jan 12, 2022
13
The Miracle Man (1919)
The story is of interest to believer and unbeliever alike. There is a human interest to plot that cannot fail but grip man, woman or child.
Posted Jan 11, 2022
14
London After Midnight (1927)
15
3.5/4
A Hero (2022)
Seeing both sides in a drama can be a formula for noble tedium. With Farhadi, it works to enrich his material and make it memorable.
Posted Jan 6, 2022
16
2/4
The 355 (2022)
What had been slick emptiness in a diverting sort of way... becomes curdled slick emptiness in a look-at-your-watch sort of way.
Posted Jan 6, 2022
17
3/4
Licorice Pizza (2021)
The things in Licorice Pizza that are so good, like the performances from Haim and Hoffman and Cooper and the period fidelity, make you wish that the entire movie was just as good.
Posted Dec 30, 2021
18
Excalibur (1981)
19
3/4
Red Rocket (2021)
"Red Rocket" isn't like any other movie you've seen this year. Expect the taste of pink sparkle doughnuts to linger.
Posted Dec 23, 2021
20
2.5/4
The Tender Bar (2021)
It's pure pleasure to see Affleck having such a good time here - and giving such good acting value.
Posted Dec 23, 2021
21
2.5/4
A Journal for Jordan (2021)
The film is earnest, if also a bit slick, though not so much as to keep it from being affecting. Expect to shed a tear, or two, at its conclusion.
Posted Dec 23, 2021
22
2/4
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
A sequel is never about either the old movie or the new one. It's about the audience. What one is "Resurrections" meant for?
Posted Dec 22, 2021
23
3.5/4
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
It's Washington who dominates, of course, and not just because Macbeth dominates the play. His presence is that commanding.
Posted Dec 22, 2021
24
2/4
The King's Man (2021)
History is just one big playpen for "The King's Man," but some games are less fun than others.
Posted Dec 22, 2021
25
3/4
26
Wyatt Earp (1994)
27
The Lion King (1994)
Make no mistake, the magnitude of the achievement here far outweighs any shortcomings. The Lion King is both populist blockbuster and royal treat.
Posted Dec 21, 2021
28
2.5/4
The Lost Daughter (2021)
[Gyllenhaal's] direction is unemphatic without ever being tentative, and she's made a film with a relaxed, easy rhythm - but not too easy.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
29
2.5/4
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Definitely not a folly or disaster, "Nightmare Alley" is something even more dismaying coming from talent like this: It's dull and mediocre.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
30
3/4
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
You don't need to have seen any of the previous Spider-Man movies to follow this one. But it's much more entertaining - more affecting, too - if you have.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
31
3/4
Being the Ricardos (2021)
Like the title characters and the performances that go with them, "Being the Ricardos" has real zip. It's a virtue of Sorkin's tendency to glibness.
Posted Dec 17, 2021
32
3.5/4
West Side Story (2021)
33
2/4
Don't Look Up (2021)
34
Nightmare Alley (1947)
35
3/4
The Velvet Underground (2021)
36
West Side Story (1961)
37
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
38
All the King's Men (1949)
39
2.5/4
Julia (2021)
"Julia," a brisk documentary survey of Julia Child's life, is warmly admiring. This makes sense, as there's lots to admire.
Posted Nov 24, 2021
40
2/4
House of Gucci (2021)
Say this for "House of Gucci," it announces its basic silliness right off the bat.
Posted Nov 24, 2021
41
3/4
tick, tick...Boom! (2021)
With "tick, tick ... BOOM!", Miranda has done [Larson] proud.
Posted Nov 24, 2021
42
3/4
Encanto (2021)
It's overblown at times and a bit too busy - visually, emotionally, and as narrative - but its vibrancy and ingenuity are hard to resist.
Posted Nov 24, 2021
43
The Sandpiper (1965)
44
2/4
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
It has its moments... but they don't make up for a general flat-footedness and tendency to wobble.
Posted Nov 22, 2021
45
2.5/4
The Power of the Dog (2021)
The movie begins and ends with Smit-McPhee. Plemons plays the most winning character. And Dunst gets the most to do expressively. But Cumberbatch dominates the film.
Posted Nov 18, 2021
46
3/4
King Richard (2021)
It's a showy part, and Smith gives it all he's got, which is a lot.
Posted Nov 18, 2021
47
3/4
Passing (2021)
48
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
49
2.5/4
The Souvenir: Part II (2021)
There's nothing actor-ish or mannered about Byrne. She doesn't even seem to be giving a performance, which underscores just how good a performance it actually is.
Posted Nov 14, 2021
50
3/4
Spencer (2021)