‘The Painter and the Thief’ Review: The Art of Healing (and Vice Versa)
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Documentary on an artist who turns the man who’s stolen her work into a muse is a tribute to an unlikely, undeniably powerful frendship
‘The Trip to Greece’ Review: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s Last Supper
Posted in: Movie ReviewsFinal entry of the British duo’s ‘Trip’ series is, per usual, hilarious — and a little heavier than usual
‘Spaceship Earth’ Review: Under the Domes, Out of Their Minds
Posted in: Movie ReviewsDocumentary on rise and fall of the Biosphere 2 project is a fascinating look at one of the eco-science community’s most noble failures
‘How to Build a Girl’ Review: Combine Rock-Critic Snark With Coming-of-Age Tale
Posted in: Movie ReviewsAdaptation of Caitlin Moran’s bestselling novel benefits from a bravura performance by Beanie Feldstein
‘Blue Story’ Uses Hip-Hop Beats to Bring Mythic Weight to British Youth-Gang Drama
Posted in: Movie ReviewsIf you want a blast of pure nitro in your pandemic viewing, start streaming this standout first feature from rapper-director Andrew Onwubolu, a.k.a. Rapman
‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ Review: Return of the Aussie Rock-Star Outlaw
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA revisionist, punk-rock look at the 19th-century Australian outlaw blows the dust off a calcified mythology
‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ Review: Return of the Aussie Rock-Star Outlaw
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA revisionist, punk-rock look at the 19th-century Australian outlaw blows the dust off a calcified mythology
The Perfect-Life Facade Crumbles Fantastically in ‘Bad Education’
Posted in: Movie ReviewsHugh Jackman and Allison Janney shine in their roles as New York school administrators who stole millions from their Long Island school district
Sundance 2020: ‘The Go-Go’s’ Gives ’80s New Wave Band a Proper Music Doc (Finally)
Posted in: Movie ReviewsPremiere of the seminal all-female group’s long-deserved portrait gets the band back together, charting their rise-and-fall-and-return while making the case for their revolutionary status
40 Most Anticipated Movies of 2018
Posted in: Movie ReviewsFrom a solo Black Panther to a young Han Solo, Spielberg going retro to Barry Jenkins doing James Baldwin – the films we can't wait to see this year.
