‘Son of Saul’ Review: Hungary’s Oscar Entry Is a Tense, Immersive Masterpiece
Holocaust drama is as harrowing as it is brilliant
Holocaust drama is as harrowing as it is brilliant
Unfunny, unaffecting, unnecessary live-action film will nibble away at audiences’ patience quite quickly
Fans will be most relieved to know that there are no Ewoks, no Jar Jar Binks, no midi-chlorians, no “Yippee!”
Don’t let the Ultra Panavision 70 fool you: This locked-room mystery takes place almost entirely in stagecoaches and cabins, but it’s fun if you like...
Kentucker Audley’s riveting, wounded performance adds emotional heft to this delicate debut from writer-director Charles Poekel
Both outrageous and humane, new comedy from the director of “Pitch Perfect” shows what happens when you take the time to finesse funny scenes
12 of the 15 top-grossing films of the year were hits with critics as well as audiences, including “Inside Out” and “The Martian”
Actress’ third collaboration with David O. Russell has the ambition of “Silver Linings Playbook” and “American Hustle” but is undone by script and tone problems
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s violent vengeance yarn is a masterpiece of all-in filmmaking
Alan Bennett‘s tale of a homeless woman who lived in his driveway for 15 years is too much about him, and not enough about her
Fassbender proves his genius for combative malevolence once again in an exciting new vision of the Scottish play
After early promise, both laughs and scares are few in this tale
Pleasures are sporadic and never that deep in Paolo Sorrentino’s visually sumptuous follow-up to “The Great Beauty”
Ron Howard‘s tale of the real-life whaling crew that inspired “Moby-Dick” is sweeping and epic but the characters are flotsam and jetsam
TheWrap’s film critic Alonso Duralde rates all the animation studio’s features, placing this week’s “The Good Dinosaur” in the top half
This sloppy origin story of the infamous surgeon can’t seem decide whether or not to put tongue in cheek
Juliet Stevenson stars in a dramatically comatose feature that feels like Sunday school homework
The 2,400-year-old comedy “Lysistrata” feels as relevant as ever, as Teyonah Parris (“Mad Men”) leads Chicago’s women to withhold sex until the rampant gun violence...
In Turkey, oppressed adolescent girls find strength in numbers in this spirited celebration of female rebellion
Actress and designer-turned-director Tara Subkoff channels teenage aggression and wrings her hands over social-media sadism in moody, visually striking genre film
Sexuality and repression clash in gorgeous, aching adaptation of Patricia Highsmith‘s groundbreaking lesbian novel
Brian Helgeland‘s cartoon mythologizing of ’60s-era London mobsters is lucky to feature Hardy’s bursting portrayal of two-headed malevolence
This remake of the Argentine Oscar winner has many impressive pieces that never manage to fit together
Sylvester Stallone‘s back, but this generational twist on the underdog series never lands any original blows
Moments of genuine comedy and drama get lost amidst a shuffle of sloppy sex jokes and lazy improv in this holiday farce
First-time filmmaker Josh Mond avoids treacle in this realistic portrait of a young man caring for his terminally ill mother
After a schmaltzy start, this Jurassic coming-of-age story blossoms into a tale as subtle, funny and moving as anything the studio has ever made
Director Adam McKay gets serious with an inventive and intellectual condemnation of Wall Street
“Hoosiers” and “Rudy” writer Angelo Pizzo directs a schmaltzy football film that’s so gravely square that it plays like unintentional parody
For all its acknowledgements of football’s beauty, the film makes it unequivocal that going pro might mean an early death