Carol Kane and Jason Schwartzman bond Between the Temples
Just as he did in Rushmore, Jason Schwartzman plays a young man with an irrational longing for one of his teachers, a woman much older than him. Great awkwardness ensues.
Nine reasons to see Didi
Sean Wang's Sundance Award-winning coming-of-age film is a joy and one of the year's most promising directorial debuts. Here are some of the reasons I enjoyed it so much.
Lee Isaac Chung gets carried away with Twisters
The personal touch of Minari director Lee Isaac Chung is evident in this surprising sequel to a 1996 summer blockbuster, which turns some blockbuster cliches sideways.
Dazzled and disappointed by Furiosa, “the darkest of angels”
While it's a thrill to be back in George Miller's awe-inspiring cinematic…
A Quiet Place: Day One is a decent exercise in an exhausting, exhausted genre
Nyong’o shines in an otherwise unremarkable prequel about an alien invasion, a…
Hail any cab but Daddio’s
Why I probably won't revisit Daddio, a movie about a Manhattan cab driver and…
Stranded on Janet Planet, a young girl struggles to survive
Annie Baker's directorial debut is a discomforting, intimate portrait of a…
Not so fast, but oh so furious: Thelma is a blast.
June Squibb is 2024's funniest and most endearing action hero in this…
Ghostlight celebrates the healing power of community theater
Kelly O'Sullivan's film about grief, reconciliation, and community theater…