'The Instigators' Review: Damon and Affleck, Comic Criminals
Viewers and critics often say that what they expect most from movies is originality, but let’s not discount the solid…
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'Sebastian' review: a gay writer takes risks to boost his career
The impulse to write about what one knows can be both empowering and restrictive. In director Mikko Mäkelä’s moving and…
'Made in England' review: Scorsese celebrates the filmmaking duo
Those who believe that filmmaking is inherently collaborative know that the films written, produced and directed by the Englishman Michael…
'The Fab Four' Review: Frenemies Arrive in a Tropical Place
In “The Fab Four,” a quartet of female friends in their golden years, played by a powerhouse ensemble of beloved…
'Deadpool & Wolverine' Review: A Frenzied Meta-Mass-Up Just For Fans
The last time we saw Deadpool, the anti-superhero with a mouth, was a pandemic and an entire presidency ago. It’s…
'Confessions of a Good Samaritan' Review: Do You Need That Kidney?
When documentary filmmaker Penny Lane decided to donate a kidney to a stranger (the dramatic centerpiece of her new film,…
'Mother, Couch' review: A surreal family clash is a strange ride
Whether it tickles your absurdist heart or tests your sense of narrative logic, there is one incontestable fact about the…
'A Quiet Place: Day One' Review: Moody's Prequel Surpasses the Original
To watch “A Quiet Place: Day One” is to recalibrate your senses, not to the alien horror movie you know…
'Daddio' Review: A Taxi Ride From Hell Could Use More Hell
The art of conversation has been a casualty of these deeply divided days in which we live, and the poor…
'Horizon' review: Costner's western is excessive tedium
Kevin Costner's new Western epic, “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1,” is the kind of movie that asks the…