Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
Category: Movies
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Amy Adams, Marielle Heller and How ‘Nightbitch’ Speaks to Women
They set out to subvert expectations for depictions of motherhood. “There’s conscientious discomfort,” Heller says. Reactions have been polarized.
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In the ’90s, She Was a Surprise Oscar Nominee. It May Happen Again.
Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s lead role in “Hard Truths,” directed by Mike Leigh, is her most substantial onscreen role since “Secrets and Lies” earned them Academy Award nominations in 1997.
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‘Mary’ Review: An Epic Biopic for the Mother of God
No genre gesture goes untapped in this Netflix film, a coming-of-age saga about the Virgin Mary featuring Anthony Hopkins as King Herod.
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‘Mary’ Review: An Epic Biopic for the Mother of God
No genre gesture goes untapped in this Netflix film, a coming-of-age saga about the Virgin Mary featuring Anthony Hopkins as King Herod.
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‘Hard Truths’ Review: Mike Leigh’s Brutal Comedy
The British director casts the superb Marianne Jean-Baptiste in the role of an excruciatingly lonely character whose pain reveals hidden depths.
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Review: ‘The Return,’ Starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche
Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche burn through the screen in this grim take on the homecoming of Odysseus.
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‘The Order’ Review: Catch Him if You Can
The thriller, about a white supremacist (Nicholas Hoult) and the killing of a real-life radio host, among other crimes, hits familiar genre beats.
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‘Lake George’ Review: An Odd Couple Crime Comedy
A stoic former convict reluctantly teams up with his would-be victim in this off-kilter film by Jeffrey Reiner.
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‘The Girl With the Needle’ Review: A Series of Unfortunate Events
This grim and exceptionally stylish film centers on a Danish woman who becomes tied up in the black-market baby trade.
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‘Day of the Fight’ Review: Innovating an Old Cliché
Revisiting a boxing classic, and honoring a filmmaking legend.
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‘Bona’: A Filipina Superstar Wreaks Vengeance in a Two-Fisted Melodrama
Recently rediscovered and now digitally restored, Lino Brocka’s 1980 movie, starring Nora Aunor, opens for a week at Metrograph.