Viola Davis raises the bar on sheer brawniness in this action film where an American president has to fight Australian crypto-terrorists.
Category: Movies
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‘Warfare’ Review: A Combat Movie That Refuses to Entertain
In Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s film about an American platoon in Iraq, there is no admirably staged bloodshed or witty repartee. That’s the point.
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‘The Uninvited’ Review: A Surprise Guest at the Garden Party
Hollywood types get skewered in this comedy of manners, starring Walton Goggins, Pedro Pascal and Elizabeth Reaser.
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‘The Teacher’ Review: Harsh Lessons in the West Bank
A legal procedural, a family tragedy, a romance and a kidnapping plot are a lot to hang on one character in this debut film by Farah Nabulsi.
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‘Sacramento’ Review: Best Frenemies
In this warmly funny indie comedy, two friends with a complicated past confront their grief and anxieties on a California road trip.
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‘One to One: John & Yoko’ Review: A Year in the Life
Kevin Macdonald’s immersive documentary follows the couple from their heady first days in New York to their galvanizing concert at Madison Square Garden in 1972.
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‘The King of Kings’ Review: A Remaking of the Christ
The story of Jesus, told through the eyes of Charles Dickens, that nobody asked for.
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‘Drop’ Review: The Ultimate Doomscroll
A first date turns hellish when a terrified woman’s phone is cloned by an anonymous psycho in this stylishly silly thriller.
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‘The Amateur’ Review: An Unsafe World
Rami Malek stars in a spy movie that struggles with its conspiratorial angle.
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‘Pink Narcissus’: A Home Movie Both Abject and Erotic
Originally released anonymously, this homoerotic fantasia by James Bidgood gets its first theatrical run in 54 years at Metrograph.
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Angel Studios Turns to Viewers of Faith to Greenlight Movies
The company behind “Sound of Freedom” follows an unusual strategy that relies on an army of subscribers to its streaming platform.
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Film at Lincoln Center Chooses Daniel Battsek as Next President
At the production company Film4 he was instrumental in financing British movies. In New York, his goal is to attract a younger, more diverse audience.