The Worst Person in the World
By Rania Richardson February 3, 2022
The “worst person” label is a misdirection that belies the richly observed characters in Joachim Trier’s smart and playful film.
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Compartment No. 6
By Paul Weissman January 25, 2022
Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen has made essentially a less romantic, more realistic Before Sunrise and the first great surprise of 2022.
The Tragedy of Macbeth
By Kent Turner December 27, 2021
This adaptation becomes a celebration of what filmmakers can achieve confined within a soundstage.
Jockey
By Paul Weissman
A quiet, observant, and sympathetic character study with a standout performance by the always reliable Clifton Collins Jr.
The Hand of God
By Andrew Plimpton December 20, 2021
Naples is as important to this semi-autobiographical film as its characters and events. It’s where the sacred and the profane collide.
The Best of 2021
By Kent Turner December 19, 2021
In some ways, this is the best of times for a film buff, with new selections more readily accessible than they ever have been, either in theaters or online.
Drive My Car
By Christopher Bourne
Ryusuke Hamaguchi has masterfully and thrillingly expanded Haruki Murakami’s typically spare and evocative short story into a three-hour feature.
West Side Story
By Kent Turner December 9, 2021
The one individual who has the largest imprint on this 21st-century retelling is its screenwriter, Tony Kushner, more so than its director, Steven Spielberg.
The Summit of the Gods
By Kent Turner December 1, 2021
This vertigo-inducing animated feature offers proof that 2D provides just as many stomach-turning, vicarious thrills (or fears) as 3-D animation.