The Good Mother
Searing drama set at the dawn of the fentanyl crisis
Josh Kupecki
1-30 of 467 entries
Movie Review, Sept. 1, 2023
Retribution
Liam Neeson does the Liam Neeson thing, this time with exploding cars in Berlin
Movie Review, Aug. 25, 2023
Chile '76
Story of radicalization evokes the golden age of political thriller
Movie Review, Aug. 18, 2023
Aporia
Judy Greer contemplates killing her own Hitler in this intriguing time-travel drama
Movie Review, Aug. 11, 2023
Afire
Summer retreat becomes a point of friction in this sure-footed melodrama
Movie Review, July 28, 2023
Stay Awake
Low-key drama puts teenage caregivers of an adult addict first
Movie Review, July 7, 2023
Master Gardener
A lesser study in collapsing masculinity from Paul Schrader
Movie Review, May 19, 2023
Wild Life
Biography of the millionaires saving millions of acres of mountains
Movie Review, April 28, 2023
Somewhere in Queens
Sitcom royalty underdelivers with a stack of Italian American stereotypes
Movie Review, April 21, 2023
Smoking Causes Coughing
Rubber director's sentai spoof is weird, discursive magic
Movie Review, March 31, 2023
Film Review: Join or Die
Can Rotary Clubs and bowling save America?
Screens, March 20, 2023
Film Review: The Lady Bird Diaries
The first lady and her tumultuous times, in her own words
Screens, March 17, 2023
Film Review: Angel Applicant
Award-winning documentary finds two artists linked by one disease
SXSW, March 17, 2023
Moving On
Misguided rape-revenge dramedy depends on Tomlin and Fonda's charm
Movie Review, March 17, 2023
Full Time
French drama revamps the ticking clock thriller as biting social commentary
Movie Review, March 17, 2023
Thomas Kinkade Was the World's Biggest Selling Painter. Art for Everybody Asks Why.
Shedding light on the superstar of schmaltz
Screens, March 9, 2023
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Everyone's favorite rule-breaking copper ends up lost in the snow
Movie Review, March 3, 2023
2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films – Documentary
Environmental warnings come with mordant humor and sweetness
Movie Review, Feb. 17, 2023
Saint Omer
French true-crime drama gives sharp insight into the immigrant experience
Movie Review, Jan. 13, 2023
Corsage
Vicky Krieps shines in this sullen biopic of Austrian Empress Elisabeth
Movie Review, Jan. 6, 2023
White Noise
Can Don DeLillo's postmodern landmark make it to the actual future?
Movie Review, Dec. 9, 2022
There There
Mumblecore pioneer innovates again with his pandemicless pandemic film
Movie Review, Nov. 25, 2022
Last Flight Home
The decision to embrace death becomes a touching affirmation of life
Movie Review, Oct. 28, 2022
Decision to Leave
Park Chan-wook strips away his signature violence for a tender, tragic love story
Movie Review, Oct. 21, 2022
Old Man
Uninspired cabin-in-the-words horror elevated by engaging acting
Movie Review, Oct. 14, 2022
Stars at Noon
Minor Claire Denis juggles an ill-fated love affair and a murky espionage plot
Movie Review, Oct. 14, 2022
The Good House
Sigourney Weaver drags this addiction drama out of comfortable numbness
Movie Review, Sept. 30, 2022
Waiting for Bojangles
Ham-fisted literary adaptation loses everything interesting about the book
Movie Review, Sept. 2, 2022
The Territory
Inside the war to save the Amazon and its Indigenous peoples
Movie Review, Aug. 19, 2022
Emily the Criminal
Aubrey Plaza goes from wage slave to free crook in a capitalist critique
