

Glenn Kenny
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‘Day of the Fight’ Review: Innovating an Old Cliché
Revisiting a boxing classic, and honoring a filmmaking legend.

‘Joy’ Review: The Humans Behind I.V.F.
Thomasin McKenzie plays an unheralded pioneer of in vitro fertilization in a new biography.

‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ Review: How It Got So Great
The film, based on a 1972 children’s book by Barbara Robinson, tells the story of an unlikely group of kids stunning a small town for...

‘The Gutter’ Review: A Phenom Is Born
This bowling comedy, co-directed by the standup comedian Yassir Lester and his brother Isaiah, has absurdity to spare.

Review: ‘Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’
At 75, Springsteen is doggedly committed to live performance. This documentary chronicles how he keeps up on tour, and why.

‘White Bird’ Review: After ‘Wonder,’ a Bully Moves On
A boy starts a new school and gets a history lesson from his grandmother, played by Helen Mirren.

‘Never Let Go’ Review: Do the Woods Have Eyes?
Halle Berry plays the ultimate helicopter parent in this new horror movie, where evil lurks in the trees beyond the family cabin.

‘The Killer’s Game’ Review: Catch Him if You Can
An assassin (Dave Bautista) meets his match (Sofia Boutella), but a diagnosis sets off an absurd chain of events in this rom-com action movie.

‘Reagan’ Review: Dennis Quaid’s Time-Hopping Cold War Drama
In this unabashed love letter to former president Ronald Reagan, Dennis Quaid fights the Cold War with conviction.

‘The Killer’ Review: John Woo With a French Twist
Woo’s new version of his Hong Kong action movie “The Killer,” starring Nathalie Emmanuel and Omar Sy, may be a remake, but it’s not a...