‘Violation’ Is Latest Rape-Revenge Thriller That Seeks to Subvert the Genre
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Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli construct a searing, disorienting psychological set-up
Women in Love: ‘The World to Come’ Is Filled With the Wild Excitement of Romance
Posted in: Movie ReviewsVanessa Kirby is utterly magnetic in director Mona Fastvold’s 19-century historical drama focused on the desire between women
‘Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell’ Avoids the Trap of Mythology
Posted in: Movie ReviewsNetflix documentary focuses on the environment that created the Notorious B.I.G. and the people whose lives he touched
‘Truth to Power’: How System of a Down’s Serj Tankian Tried to Change the World
Posted in: Movie ReviewsBy focusing on two sides of the singer — the artist and the activist — the film shows what musicians can be capable of if they believe in their message
‘Supernova’: Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth’s Love Story Is Explosively Moving
Posted in: Movie ReviewsHarry Macqueen’s film contains remarkable wise moments between a longtime gay couple — even if it smooths over some of the pricklier parts of their relationship
‘Some Kind of Heaven’ Review: The Seniors Aren’t Alright
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA doc on the massive Floridian retirement community known as “The Villages” skips the sociology— and goes straight to the good, the bad and the weird of it all
‘The Marksman’ Review: Cowboys vs. Cartels, Liam Neeson-Style
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe Irish actor goes full metal Eastwood in this Western-flavored “Action Movie Dad” thriller
‘Locked Down’ Review: Once Upon a Crime in Quarantine
Posted in: Movie ReviewsDoug Liman’s guerilla project uses a real-life pandemic as background for a rom-com heist movie — and a display of movie-star chemistry
‘Shadow in the Cloud’ Review: Gremlins and Gaslighting at 20,000 Feet
Posted in: Movie ReviewsChloë Grace Moretz is a WWII pilot with a mysterious package, a misogynistic flight crew and a monster on the wing in this frantic genre mash-up
‘News of the World’ Wants to be a New Classic Western
Posted in: Movie ReviewsTom Hanks, the Henry Fonda of our moment, clears the hurdles in director Paul Greengrass’ movie set in post-Civil War America
