Barry Jenkins’ James Baldwin adaptation may very well be the only film of 2018 that can be called “beautiful.”
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Barry Jenkins’ James Baldwin adaptation may very well be the only film of 2018 that can be called “beautiful.”
See Alfonso Cuarón’s Best Picture contender on the big screen while you can.
Robert Zemeckis’ effects-heavy hybrid builds on Mark Hogancamp’s psychology as introduced in the acclaimed documentary Marwencol.
The fact-based cross between House of Cards and Game of Thrones never quite reaches the heights of those stylistic inspirations.
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palm d’Or-winning drama further cements his status as the Japanese Mike Leigh.
Natalie Portman and young Raffey Cassidy shine in Brady Corbet’s unusual celebrity satire — or whatever it’s supposed to be.
It takes a particular talent to make an acting impact in a Clint Eastwood film. Dirty Harry himself is not one of them.
If you’re going to make a costume drama in 2018, you might as well make it weird.
Runner-up as best film of the year at this week’s Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards, Burning is long, leisurely and worth the investment of time.
The false feel-good movie of the holiday season realizes its low ambitions with the puzzling assumption that something profound has been achieved.
Paul Dano’s directorial debut starts off in extraordinary fashion before devolving into a fairly rote domestic drama.
Joel Edgerton cements his reputation as a talented filmmaker with help from a gifted ensemble.
The Asheville Movie Guys follow Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet on a fact-based tale of addiction.
Jonah Hill’s directorial debut is a promising but all too brief look at rites of passage in a bygone era.
The Asheville Movie Guys join Robert Redford on his alleged final heist.
The timely, well-made adaptation of the best-selling novel plays like a YA cousin of Blindspotting, down to several parallel scenes.
The Asheville Movie Guys take different trajectories with Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong biopic.
Strong performances by Keira Knightley and Dominic West are hampered by flat filmmaking in this would-be provocative biopic.
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper make beautiful music in the latter’s directorial debut, but the film fails to deliver the emotional wallop it seemingly promises.
The violent, messy hodgepodge of influences ranging from The Purge to De Palma is meritless even as social critique.