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‘My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission’ Review: Boy on the Run

The third full-length movie in this franchise offers a formulaic plot and forgettable villain.

‘Cicada’ Review: A New Relationship Buds as Old Wounds Reopen

Matthew Fifer writes and co-stars in this understated drama about a man struggling with his past as he forges a new bond.

‘Chess of the Wind’ Review: A Remnant of an Iran That Used to Be

Mohammad Reza Aslani’s 1976 film about family mendacity existed for mere days before it was banned and then lost in the ensuing tumult. Now it’s…

‘Antlers’ Review: Buck Wild

An environmental parable is tucked inside this gloomy film about a creature that terrorizes a small Oregon town.

‘Joy Ride’ Review: Still Standing

Bobcat Goldthwait and Dana Gould share the stand-up stage in “Joy Ride,” trading war stories, family nightmares and twisted anecdotes.

‘Only the Animals’ Review: A Missing Woman, a Cruel World

When an outsider disappears from a remote region in France, she leaves a mystery and a lot of messy complications in her wake.

‘The Spine of Night’ Review: Cosmic Forces at Work

Ultraviolent world-building and bone-crushing dominate this animated fantasy film.

‘Last Night in Soho’ Review: Dream Girls

Two young women from different eras form a psychic bond in Edgar Wright’s sumptuous and surprising horror movie.

‘Army of Thieves’ Review: A Little Help From Some Old Friends

This “Army of the Dead” prequel leans in, deliberately, to every last heist movie cliché.

‘Snakehead’ Review: Nightmares on the Way to the American Dream

The writer and director Evan Jackson Leong sets a crime tale in New York City’s Chinatown.