‘Tyler Perry’s Straw’ Review: The Accidental Bank Robber
Movies, Yesterday
A single mom in Atlanta (Taraji P. Henson) is having a very, very, very bad day.
‘Sunlight’ Review: A Man Wakes Up in a Camper, Monkey at the Wheel
Movies, June 5
In Nina Conti’s absurdist love story, a radio host and a new friend have nowhere to go but up.
‘The Ritual’ Review: An Exorcism to Forget
Movies, June 5
Al Pacino speaks in an exaggerated accent and Dan Stevens looks overly concerned in this movie directed by David Midell.
‘Slumlord Millionaire’ Review: Costs of Living
Movies, June 5
A documentary looks at New York City residents pushing back against housing troubles.
‘The Life of Chuck’ Review: Don’t Worry, Be Happy
Movies, June 5
Tom Hiddleston dances his way through a movie about death and dystopia, based on a Stephen King story, that has an incongruous feel-good vibe.
‘The Last Twins’ Review: A Rare Holocaust Story
Movies, June 5
Erno Spiegel was spared because he was a twin. He went on to help others at Auschwitz, as detailed in this documentary by Perri Peltz and Matthew O’Neill.
‘I Don’t Understand You’ Review: Murder and Mayhem in Italy
Movies, June 5
The film follows dads-to-be Dom (Nick Kroll) and Cole (Andrew Rannells) as they make a series of disastrously wrong turns during their anniversary trip.
‘Dangerous Animals’ Review: Here, Sharky Sharky!
Movies, June 5
The Australian director Sean Byrne combines the serial killer and shark movie subgenres into a trashy good time.
‘From the World of John Wick: Ballerina’ Review: Dance, Killer, Dance!
Movies, June 5
Ana de Armas twirls into the franchise as a ballerina-assassin with vengeance on her mind in this by-the-numbers cash grab.
When the Whole Country Watched a Nuclear War Movie at Once
Movies, May 30
The 1983 ABC movie “The Day After” was a landmark moment that proved contentious even before it aired, as a new documentary shows.
‘Karate Kid: Legends’ Review: The Student Becomes the Teacher
Movies, May 29
The latest installment to the long-running franchise is a messy entry that tries to throw too many legacies into a blender.
‘Tornado’ Review: She Wants Revenge
Movies, May 29
In the title role, the singer-songwriter Koki is both charming and indomitable as she goes after a band of thieves led by Sugarman (Tim Roth).
‘Ghost Trail’ Review: A Cat and Mouse Thriller
Movies, May 29
A hypnotizing Adam Bessa anchors this tale about a Syrian refugee living in France who believes he has found the man who tortured him.
‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Review: Benicio Del Toro Plans to Save His Soul
Movies, May 29
Wes Anderson returns with another intricately designed film, and an inquiry into the meaning of goodness.
‘Bring Her Back’ Review: A Foster Mother Like No Other
Movies, May 29
Sally Hawkins plays a menacingly unhinged foster parent to two bereaved siblings in this emotionally potent chiller.
‘Fountain of Youth’ Review: John Krasinski Goes Continent Hopping
Movies, May 22
An adventurer enlists his disapproving sister (Natalie Portman) in this Guy Ritchie movie with a hint of Indiana Jones.
‘Bad Shabbos’ Review: Guess Who’s Kvetching About Dinner?
Movies, May 22
A newly engaged Jew and gentile plan to introduce their parents. But first: There’s a crisis involving a body, a ticking clock and a doorman played by Method Man.
‘The Last Rodeo’ Review: One for the Money, Two for the Show
Movies, May 22
A family tragedy forces an aging bull rider back into the saddle in this blandly wholesome drama.
‘The New Boy’ Review: Finding a Light in the Darkness
Movies, May 22
Cate Blanchett stars as a nun who encounters an Indigenous Australian boy with special powers in this film about forced assimilation.
‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ Review: It’s Not Me, It’s Jane
Movies, May 22
A modern heroine learns about love, and a whole lot more, at a writing residency.
‘Lilo & Stitch’ Review: Creature Chaos
Movies, May 20
The live-action remake of the hit 2002 Disney film is mostly serviceable and often adorable, even if the best parts of the original got left behind.
‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ Review: The Shadow Cast by Blinding Lights
Movies, May 15
A filmic companion to the Weeknd’s latest album, this meta psychological thriller is all style and no substance.
‘Sister Midnight’ Review: The Feminine Mystique, but Make It Macabre
Movies, May 15
A housewife’s domestic distresses take a horrifying turn in this dark comedy set in the slums of Mumbai.
‘The Kiss’ Review: A Romance Without Love?
Movies, May 15
A young military man asks a woman to dance, but they’re in for a bumpy ride in this story adapted from a novel by Stefan Zweig.
‘Desert of Namibia’ Review: Ups and Downs
Movies, May 15
Yoko Yamanaka’s film is a brilliantly observed portrait of a young woman simmering with frustrations and coming to terms with her relationships and place in the world.
‘Deaf President Now!’ and the Biases of a Hearing World
Movies, May 15
The documentary recalls the 1988 protests that erupted at Gallaudet University when trustees rejected deaf candidates to lead it.
‘Love’ Review: Connection, Oslo Style
Movies, May 15
A poetic drama weaves together the lives of Norwegians as they pursue connection in their own ways.
‘Final Destinations: Bloodlines’ Review: Born to Die
Movies, May 15
The sixth installment in the horror franchise might be the most self-consciously silly of the bunch — and it’s all the better for it.
‘The Damned’ Review: Unfortunate Sons
Movies, May 15
In Roberto Minervini’s intimate and impressionistic drama, a group of Civil War scouts faces the harsh realities of the uncharted Montana territory.
‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’ Review: Tom Cruise Defies All
Movies, May 14
For the eighth installment of this stunt-spectacular franchise, the star returns to fight off A.I. planetary domination, the bends, gravity and maybe mortality itself.
‘My Robot Sophia’: An Unsettling Look Into the Soul of a Machine
Movies, May 9
This film by Jon Kasbe and Crystal Moselle skirts gimmicks to examine a creator’s drive to build a humanoid device powered by artificial intelligence.
‘Nonnas’ Review: Oversauced
Movies, May 8
Vince Vaughn plays a restaurant owner who hires Italian grandmothers to cook for him in this corn-filled gabagool.
‘Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net’ Review: How the Magic Happens
Weekend, July 25
This documentary chronicles the reboot and reopening in Las Vegas of the acrobatic show “O,” which shutdown during the pandemic.
‘Fire Through Dry Grass’ Review: Unsafe Space
Weekend, September 28
This enlightening, troubling documentary chronicles life (and death) among residents in a long-term care facility during the heights of the pandemic.
‘Broadway Rising’ Review: Surviving the Pandemic
Weekend, December 27
Stakeholders including Patti LuPone and Lynn Nottage share their real-time reactions to New York theater’s shutdown and reopening in Amy Rice’s documentary.
‘Bad Axe’ Review: A Pandemic Family Portrait
Weekend, November 17
The filmmaker David Siev chronicles his family’s struggle to keep their Michigan restaurant afloat through the pandemic in this hermetic documentary.