Tod Browning’s Freaks is an icon of pre-Code horror and a great drama about the lives of circus performers.
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The Witches remains a notable blend of horror and adventure for kids, and the most surprising movie of Nicolas Roeg’s career.
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Unknown: Cave of Bones, the Netflix documentary about the Rising Star cave system, is often affecting, but overreaches on some of its scientific claims.
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The late Pema Tseden’s Snow Leopard is a beautiful drama that captures the mysterious power of the Tibetan plateau.
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Ethan Hawke’s Wildcat examines the life and work of Flannery O’Connor in unconventional, passionate fashion.
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Ali Kalthami’s Mandoob is a strong debut that recalls classic film noirs in its exploration of one pathetic man’s increasingly bad decision making.
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Dead Man’s Chest is the best film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, a big, fun, rollicking adventure.
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Jon Else’s documentary The Day After Trinity is a useful nonfiction companion to Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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Talk to Me hides some clever commentary on the dissociation of Gen Z in its creepy seance scenario.
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This Clint Eastwood-starring psychosexual thriller interrogates Eastwood’s onscreen persona in a way similar to Sudden Impact.
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Barbie is a summer confection that never resolves the contradictions behind its approach.
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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One has industry-leading actions sequences, but the structure and length demonstrate the bloat that has infected all of Hollywood.
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The Flash is another Hollywood blockbuster mediocrity and the messy end to the DC Extended Universe.
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods is an affable sequel, but it also proves the DCEU has well and truly run out of gas.
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Louis Leterrier’s Fast X is most distinctly an overlong franchise jumble.
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Graham Foy’s The Maiden is a remarkable debut feature and the kind of mysterious drama that provokes the same profound reaction as our most vivid, consequential dreams.
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Paul Schrader ends his “Man in a Room” trilogy with Master Gardener, which is simultaneously the most challenging and optimistic of the trilogy.
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Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry is a rollicking, self-aware, gutsy good time.
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Adrian Murray’s Retrograde is a subdued micro-indie that’s too limited by its style and approach.
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Makoto Shinkai’s remarkable new anime, Suzume, is defined by striking visuals and a compelling blend of fantasy adventure and contemporary character drama.
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