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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
3.5/4
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
It's not exactly cheerful holiday viewing, but this "Macbeth" is nonetheless a gift.
Posted Jan 31, 2022
2
4/4
Generations pass, this wise movie tells us; family endures.
Posted Jan 17, 2022
3
3.5/4
The Lost Daughter (2021)
It's the kind of movie that haunts you for a while afterward, like clouds that hang in the sky long after the storm has passed.
Posted Dec 23, 2021
4
2.5/4
The Tender Bar (2021)
The movie isn't terrible, but too often it feels Hollywood-bland; a missed opportunity, served neat.
Posted Dec 22, 2021
5
4/4
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
Wachowski has taken the familiar and modified it in such a way to make it seem new. It's a brilliant act of transformation.
Posted Dec 21, 2021
6
4/4
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
7
3.5/4
Nightmare Alley (2021)
This "Nightmare Alley" is a gorgeous exercise in style and mood.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
8
3.5/4
West Side Story (2021)
If you know the original "West Side Story" pretty well, watching this one is fascinating, like getting reacquainted with an old friend who now looks quite different.
Posted Dec 2, 2021
9
3/4
Julia (2021)
10
3/4
House of Gucci (2021)
"House of Gucci" is no masterpiece, but it's often crazy good fun.
Posted Nov 23, 2021
11
2/4
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
The humor, such as it is, seems like it's being doled out in a dropper. A drip here, a splat there.
Posted Nov 18, 2021
12
4/4
The Power of the Dog (2021)
It's a unique ride of a movie, beautiful and disturbing and haunting - in other words, it's a Jane Campion film. Here's hoping we don't have to wait 11 years for the next one.
Posted Nov 17, 2021
13
3.5/4
King Richard (2021)
14
3.5/4
Belfast (2021)
"Belfast" is brief, tidy and lovely; a heartfelt story of family and home, and how where the former is, the latter resides.
Posted Nov 10, 2021
15
3/4
Spencer (2021)
16
2/4
Antlers (2021)
"Antlers" dulls its edge and blunts its point with its clichéd scares.
Posted Oct 28, 2021
17
3/4
Eternals (2021)
It's a different kind of superhero movie; not to everyone's taste, but made for us all.
Posted Oct 27, 2021
18
3.5/4
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
19
3.5/4
Last Night in Soho (2021)
Though Wright can't quite sustain the tension through the final half-hour, "Last Night in Soho" is full of dark pleasures.
Posted Oct 26, 2021
20
3/4
21
3.5/4
The French Dispatch (2021)
"The French Dispatch" is an elegant ode to good writing, and to those who quietly stand behind the words.
Posted Oct 18, 2021
22
4/4
Dune (2021)
Just see it. It's remarkable.
Posted Oct 14, 2021
23
3/4
The Last Duel (2021)
Scott, who knows a thing or two about how to mount sweeping historical epics, is in his element here.
Posted Oct 11, 2021
24
2.5/4
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
The picture's stylistic excesses... leave the viewer feeling pulverized by the time the closing credits roll.
Posted Sep 30, 2021
25
2.5/4
No Time To Die (2021)
26
3/4
East of the Mountains (2021)
It's a small-scale intimate movie solidly anchored by Skerritt's disciplined, deeply felt work. It's one of the best performances of his career.
Posted Sep 21, 2021
27
3/4
The Card Counter (2021)
The filmmaker's trademarks - guilt, redemption, a soul in torment - are all here.
Posted Sep 9, 2021
28
2.5/4
Flag Day (2021)
Clearly, the picture is a labor of love by the Penns, but too often it just feels labored. There's a sense of everyone trying too hard.
Posted Aug 26, 2021
29
3.5/4
Ailey (2021)
You leave "Ailey" hoping that, somewhere, he's watching still.
Posted Aug 26, 2021
30
Cool as Ice (1991)
Try to imagine Vanilla Ice in the Marlon Brando role in The Wild One. Somebody did, and this is the embarrassing result.
Posted Aug 13, 2021
31
2.5/4
Free Guy (2021)
There's nothing new here, but thanks to Reynolds it's worth stepping out to a theater to enjoy a tasty summertime treat.
Posted Aug 10, 2021
32
3.5/4
The Suicide Squad (2021)
33
2/4
Stillwater (2021)
For most of its length, "Stillwater" goes along as a meticulous examination of its central characters. And then suddenly near the end it jumps the tracks.
Posted Jul 27, 2021
34
1.5/4
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021)
It's as though Schwentke was operating from a checklist of expected action-movie clichés and hurries through them all.
Posted Jul 22, 2021
35
3/4
36
3.5/4
Moreno, now in her late 80s, thoughtfully walks us through a life that encompassed both enormous success and constant struggle.
Posted Jun 17, 2021
37
3/4
Luca (2021)
Maybe not every Pixar movie can be "Up." For now, we'll just let adorable be enough.
Posted Jun 15, 2021
38
4/4
In the Heights (2021)
Maybe I didn't exactly dance down the aisle on my way out of the theater, but rest assured that I did so in my heart.
Posted Jun 9, 2021
39
3.5/4
Cruella (2021)
"Cruella" feels like a wildly imaginative superhero movie, but with fashion instead of superpowers.
Posted May 26, 2021
40
3/4
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
Bring on Part III, quietly.
Posted May 25, 2021
41
3.5/4
The Dry (2021)
You watch waiting for rain and hoping it doesn't come, so you can stay in "The Dry" a little bit longer.
Posted May 20, 2021
42
3/4
Bhaji On the Beach (1995)
The scenes in Blackpool are vibrant, funny and finally quite complex and powerful.
Posted May 10, 2021
43
3/4
The Paper Tigers (2021)
It's a fun, satisfying picture.
Posted May 5, 2021
44
2/4
French Exit (2021)
"French Exit" isn't without its pleasures; but you watch it dreaming of the movie it might have been.
Posted Apr 6, 2021
45
2.5/4
"The United States vs. Billie Holiday" isn't quite worthy of the performance at its core.
Posted Mar 2, 2021
46
4/4
Fellini and Masina's unique collaboration appears to demolish the wall between life and art, film and audience.
Posted Feb 28, 2021
47
3.5/4
Minari (2020)
In creating a filmic love letter to his own family, Chung has crafted one for us all.
Posted Feb 24, 2021
48
The Half of It (2020)
It's a wistful charmer.
Posted Feb 20, 2021
49
4/4
Nomadland (2021)
Zhao shows us the difficulty of this life - the endless laundromats, the cramped bed in the van, the cold, the possessions left behind - but also its beauty and freedom.
Posted Feb 11, 2021
50
2.5/4
The Little Things (2021)