Movie

  • Pacific Rim Uprising

    - Mar 23, 2018
    I’m writing this review in a hurry because every hour I wait makes it harder to remember “Pacific Rim Uprising.”  On a craft level, this sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s monsters-versus-biomechanical warriors saga “Pacific Rim” isn’t...
  • Showtime’s “Billions” Maintains Creative, Clever Energy

    - Mar 22, 2018
    There’s a flow to “Billions” that’s not quite like anything else on television. The quick pace of the dialogue is often reminiscent of prime David Mamet—as is the examination of male power roles—but it’s also a...
  • Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: March 22, 2017

    - Mar 22, 2018
    10 NEW TO NETFLIX “300””Casino””The Descent””Forgetting Sarah Marshall””Ghostbusters””The Gift””In This Corner of the World””Moon””People Like Us””Wet Hot American Summer” 13 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “The Age of Innocence” (Criterion) When people, especially those on Film Twitter, go...
  • Bill Hader’s “Barry” is Dry, Brilliant Comedy

    - Mar 21, 2018
    A lot of programs have tried to mimic the inspirations behind HBO’s “Barry”—including the work of Elmore Leonard and Vince Gilligan—but few have done so with the consistency of this offering, one of the best new...
  • Unsane

    - Mar 21, 2018
    Steven Soderbergh’s “Unsane” opens from the perspective of a stalker. We hear in voiceover how the object of his affection made him see the world in a completely new way. And make no mistake. This woman...
  • I Have Seen Grace: Revisiting Harriet Andersson’s Classic Performances

    - Mar 20, 2018
    There’s something in the way Harriet Andersson moves. Throughout the Swedish actress’ 45-year career, not counting a small role in Lars von Trier’s “Dogville” (2003), she effortlessly commanded the screen while communicating sharp emotions without saying...
  • Syfy’s Krypton Imagines the Origins of Superman

    - Mar 20, 2018
    Anyone who knows the story of Superman very likely knows what happens to his home planet of Krypton, even before the Man of Steel grew up. So it is curious to imagine Superman’s true Kryptonian connections,...
  • Behind the Lens: Isabelle Huppert on “Claire’s Camera”

    - Mar 19, 2018
    Very few actors can fit and blend as naturally into Cannes as the French living-legend Isabelle Huppert. So when she strolls through the streets of the very town synonymous with cinema and cinephilia as a bit...
  • We’re Still the Lunatics: A Special Edition of “The ‘Burbs”

    - Mar 19, 2018
    Sometimes I miss channel surfing. It’s an act of digging amidst a more passive activity—just hanging around, being lazy. That’s how many discovered Joe Dante’s 1989 horror satire “The ‘Burbs”—on a random channel on many a...
  • SXSW Film Festival 2018: “The World Before Your Feet,” “Alt-Right: Age of Rage,” “First Light”

    - Mar 19, 2018
    In 2010, the equally amiable and amicable Matt Green walked across America, a total of more than 3,000 miles over more than 150 days. His latest project is smaller on a geographical scale, but even more ambitious—walking every...