‘Zappa’ Review: A Modernist Mozart Who Happened to Be a Rock Star
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An exhaustive new documentary on Frank Zappa offers up a portrait of an artist as a walking contradiction
‘Stardust’ Review: Rock & Roll Biopic Suicide
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA what-if look at David Bowie’s brief tour of America at a pivotal, pre-Ziggy point in his career is a textbook case of how not to make a rock movie
Viola Davis Goes BIG and BOLD in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Posted in: Movie ReviewsGeorge C. Wolfe’s screen adaption of the seminal August Wilson play also stars a stunning Chadwick Boseman, in his final film role, as ambitious horn player Levee
‘Collective’: A Tragedy, a Cover-Up, an Expose — and the Best Documentary of the Year
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA fire at a Bucharest nightclub kicks off an investigation into deep systematic rot in this nonfiction procedural-cum-masterpiece
Steve McQueen Captures a Pivotal Uprising of British West Indians in ‘Mangrove’
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe director’s ‘Small Axe’ series focuses on the black British experience — and the first of five is now streaming on Amazon Prime
‘Run’ Review: The Adventures of a Barren Munchausen Thriller
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThriller about a sickly young woman — and her loving and extremely suspicious mother — is one empty exercise in maternity-run-amuck camp
‘Sound of Metal’ Review: Riz Ahmed Composes a Song for the Deaf
Posted in: Movie ReviewsStory of a drummer navigating life after deafness immerses you in a noiseless world — but it’s the star that makes it speak volumes loudly and clearly
‘Jungleland’: Two Brothers, A Woman, One Last Fight — You Know the Drill
Posted in: Movie ReviewsCharlie Hunnam and Jack O’Connell are two down-and-outers pinning their hopes on one last bareknuckle bout in this familiar drama
‘The Craft: Legacy’ Review: The Spell Remains the Same
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThis sequel-of-sorts to the 1996 cult classic updates the coven empowerment for a new era — but it’s still a witches’ brew that tastes like weak tea
‘The Witches’ Review: A D.O.A. Fantasy Made From Dahl Parts
Posted in: Movie ReviewsRobert Zemeckis takes Roald Dahl’s dark, macabre novel for a spin, and winds up with a lot of sound, fury, and an over-the-top Anne Hathaway
