Film-Forward

Action

Embattled

A father and son rivalry set in the brutal world of mixed martial arts fighting.

Tenet

Christopher Nolan’s time-bending fantasy deliberately prioritizes mystery and spectacle over character and keeps viewers in the dark for most of its first half.

Robert the Bruce

A sequel of sorts to Mel Gibson’s wildly successful, albeit historically inaccurate, 1995 epic Braveheart.

Ford v Ferrari

If the racing scenes give off a you-are-there sensation, the rest of the movie doesn’t leave you in the dust either.

Gemini Man

Unlike its lead assassin, the action movie misses all its targets.

Shadow

The camerawork is masterful. Every shot could be hung in a museum.

Desierto

A band of migrants brave the scorching desert, hunted by a serial killer as they cross the U.S./Mexican border.

Green Room

Writer/director Jeremy Saulnier reminds one of a young Steven Spielberg. Not the family-friendly Spielberg but the mean, young, hungry Spielberg who had a taste for genre filmmaking.

The Revenant

As has been reported often over the past year, The Revenant was a troubled shoot, where the budget rose to great heights and crew walked off over the unendurable conditions on location in the woods of Alberta, Canada, where the temperature went down to minus 40 below. To the actors’ credit, most of all Leonardo […]