|
LAT |
RTMC |
RTC |
note: “~” = the film's name |
documentary |
|
|
|
|
Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy |
yes |
100 |
100 |
always worth the journey |
Breaking Point: The War for Democracy In Ukraine |
yes |
100 |
100 |
the predatory invasion of the rest of Ukraine |
Survivors Guide to Prison |
yes |
100 |
|
a valuable primer for those arrested |
Hondros |
yes |
100 |
|
combat photographer has something special to offer |
The Peacemaker |
yes |
89 |
100 |
sharpeyed |
Itzhak |
yes |
79 |
75 |
a sprightly tag-along |
The Homeless Chorus Speaks |
yes |
|
|
brief but potent |
Where Have You Gone, Lou DiMaggio? |
yes |
|
|
A comic’s attempt to pick up where he left off |
The Opera House |
yes |
|
|
A charming, convivial aria |
The Redeemed and the Dominant: Fittest on Earth |
yes |
|
|
pure entertainment; feats of strength and speed |
King in the Wilderness |
yes |
|
|
powerful |
Wilde Salomé |
yes |
|
|
captivating, enjoyable, often edifying |
Ramen Heads |
so-so |
75 |
71 |
brisk, uneven celebration of the soup-and-noodle staple |
Our Blood Is Wine |
no |
80 |
|
a haphazard tasting |
Augie |
no |
80 |
|
lacks consistency, glosses over some moments |
In the Land of Pomegranates |
no |
77 |
71 |
feel[s] disorganized and overlong |
Demon House |
no |
50 |
|
oddly muddled; pointless digressions; lousy |
¡Viva Kino! |
no |
|
|
too confused about its component parts |
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace |
no |
|
|
suffers from repetition of anecdotes and ideas |
animated |
|
|
|
|
Early Man |
yes |
81 |
76 |
*Offbeat, amusing |
Isle of Dogs |
so-so |
93 |
90 |
*savage and soulful, mangy and refined |
Sherlock Gnomes |
so-so |
18 |
25 |
a fairly serviceable animated feature |
regular movies |
|
|
|
|
Black Panther |
yes |
97 |
100 |
*a royally imaginative standout |
The Death of Stalin |
yes |
96 |
97 |
*a dazzling film that’s the blackest of farces |
November |
yes |
95 |
100 |
braids together the primordial and the divine |
The Green Fog |
yes |
94 |
100 |
a cracked, collage-like retelling of “Vertigo” |
Outside In |
yes |
94 |
94 |
sharp and stirring |
Loveless |
yes |
93 |
97 |
a marriage on cruel, unvarnished display |
Love, Simon |
yes |
92 |
88 |
*Sweet, funny and disarming, |
Journey’s End |
yes |
92 |
72 |
*WWI drama works remarkably well |
We Not Cats |
yes |
91 |
100 |
funky, punky horror romance |
Claire’s Camera |
yes |
88 |
100 |
a delightful, teasing wisp of a tale |
Annihilation |
yes |
87 |
80 |
*a mind-bending foray into the unknown |
Hannah |
yes |
87 |
78 |
Gorgeously and at times frustratingly austere |
Thoroughbreds |
yes |
86 |
90 |
*a couple of sociopathic BFFs |
Mohawk |
yes |
84 |
75 |
a gripping and despairing action picture |
First Match |
yes |
83 |
86 |
provides moments to cheer |
The Party |
yes |
83 |
81 |
*wickedly fun |
Pyewacket |
yes |
81 |
60 |
about the hells people conjure for themselves |
Goldstone |
yes |
80 |
100 |
a tangy chew of socially conscious Outback Noir |
Unsane |
yes |
79 |
81 |
*diabolically shrewd and spooky psychological thriller |
I Kill Giants |
yes |
78 |
90 |
*assured, compelling filmmaking |
Gemini |
yes |
77 |
74 |
*A moody noir pop-up |
Don’t Talk to Irene |
yes |
75 |
80 |
uplifting tale about an outsider |
The China Hustle |
yes |
74 |
73 |
a sound case for greater regulation of financial systems |
Double Lover |
yes |
72 |
89 |
psychosexual thriller is a twisty, trashy delight |
Final Portrait |
yes |
72 |
70 |
*an involving examination of the creative process |
Back to Burgundy |
yes |
71 |
78 |
A full-bodied film to savor |
Golden Exits |
yes |
68 |
70 |
Unhappy lives and painful truths |
Caught |
yes |
67 |
|
a retro style and sharp hook |
The Housemaid |
yes |
63 |
|
Classy-trashy fun horror-romance |
They Remain |
yes |
60 |
57 |
makes the natural feel threateningly alien |
Foreign Body |
yes |
60 |
|
accomplished survival tale |
The Boy Downstairs |
yes |
57 |
67 |
taps into a rarely broached coming-of-age dilemma |
The Young Karl Marx |
yes |
54 |
27 |
audacious, engrossing |
Submission |
yes |
51 |
50 |
tart, rueful and keenly observed |
Tomb Raider |
yes |
49 |
43 |
sturdy, serviceable new action extravaganza |
A Wrinkle in Time |
yes |
39 |
49 |
reaches boldly for stars |
The Monkey King 3 |
yes |
33 |
|
generous with images that make audiences go "Oooh!" |
Madame |
yes |
30 |
33 |
offers up some wicked fun and deft social commentary |
7 Days in Entebbe |
yes |
22 |
24 |
gripping political thriller |
All I Wish |
yes |
16 |
33 |
light-as-air |
Pickings |
yes |
|
|
visually arresting, wickedly entertaining crime drama |
Golden Slumber |
yes |
|
|
rare chase picture; rich detail |
Salomé |
yes |
|
|
a well-shot and edited theater piece |
Oh Lucy! |
so-so |
100 |
100 |
a sharp vein of absurdist comedy; bitter, melancholy undertow |
Midnighters |
so-so |
92 |
100 |
plays like “Blood Simple’s” less proficient kid brother |
Roxanne Roxanne |
so-so |
74 |
70 |
disorienting gaps; brilliant sequences |
Beauty and the Dogs |
so-so |
71 |
57 |
fever pitch begins to feel at odds with its artistry |
Finding Your Feet |
so-so |
70 |
79 |
It’s predictable, but cast shines |
The Lullaby |
so-so |
56 |
|
tawdry B-horror |
The Lodgers |
so-so |
52 |
38 |
Short on scares but still haunting |
The Last Movie Star |
so-so |
48 |
22 |
the overtly maudlin film works better than it should |
The Hurricane Heist |
so-so |
45 |
0 |
incredibly ridiculous but entertaining |
Pacific Rim Uprising |
so-so |
43 |
41 |
a bland, efficient, cheerfully witless sequel |
Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies |
so-so |
43 |
|
isn’t all that scary or original, but ... |
The Strangers: Prey at Night |
so-so |
38 |
29 |
a stylish 1980s throwback that packs plenty of terror |
Game Over Man! |
so-so |
9 |
|
Netflix: an unrepentantly raunchy throwback action comedy |
Hidden Light |
so-so |
|
|
an involving ride despite sometimes murky storytelling |
Broken Ceiling |
so-so |
|
|
story elements are fumbled to the film’s detriment |
Eat Me |
so-so |
|
|
simultaneously garish and sensitive |
Apartment 212 |
so-so |
|
|
squeaks by thanks to its cast |
The Happys |
so-so |
|
|
a cutesy classic Hollywood tale |
Elis |
so-so |
|
|
beautiful but flawed |
Gone Are The Days |
so-so |
|
|
something of a welcome sight, flaws and all |
Then There Was Joe |
so-so |
|
|
need for much crisper comedy pacing |
A Normal Life |
so-so |
|
|
authentic emotions and good intentions |
The Outsider |
no |
94 |
94 |
Netflix: a slick copy of multiple, much-better films |
A Bag of Marbles |
no |
90 |
71 |
slickly sentimental thriller |
Poop Talk |
no |
86 |
|
avoid eating while watching |
Game Night |
no |
82 |
78 |
Making many bad moves |
I Can Only Imagine |
no |
70 |
20 |
leaves out larger story of song's success |
Beuys |
no |
69 |
40 |
fails to enlighten |
Us and Them |
no |
64 |
40 |
more distracting than effective; underdeveloped plot |
The Cured |
no |
63 |
53 |
An intriguing twist on zombies |
Benji |
no |
60 |
40 |
Netflix: inevitable reboot is underwhelming |
Every Day |
no |
59 |
55 |
film needs brain transplant |
Half Magic |
no |
58 |
60 |
It’s giddy with empowerment |
Flower |
no |
52 |
42 |
wobbly dark teen comedy |
The Forgiven |
no |
52 |
14 |
sluggishly paced; disparate parts never come together |
Red Sparrow |
no |
47 |
37 |
Spy games better left to the pros |
Allure |
no |
47 |
20 |
feels haphazard and wraps up too neatly |
Souvenir |
no |
46 |
|
this tale is glossy nonsense |
Paul, Apostle of Christ |
no |
42 |
38 |
A biblical slog that lacks passion |
Gringo |
no |
40 |
22 |
The laughs end up going south |
Nostalgia |
no |
36 |
25 |
Memories best ignored |
The Chamber |
no |
36 |
|
Sea-floor voyage needs more thrills |
The Leisure Seeker |
no |
34 |
14 |
sticks to trite and true |
Beast of Burden |
no |
33 |
|
isn’t worth struggle |
Irreplaceable You |
no |
31 |
0 |
swinging and missing at a version of "Love Story" |
Birthmarked |
no |
20 |
17 |
Experiment needs some rethinking |
Furlough |
no |
20 |
|
thin, meandering two-hander |
Looking Glass |
no |
18 |
25 |
plodding screenplay and tension-challenged execution |
Death Wish |
no |
17 |
8 |
Packing heat but no sense |
Midnight Sun |
no |
16 |
15 |
Romantic sparks sputter |
Dear Dictator |
no |
15 |
33 |
a turkey of the first order |
Mute |
no |
14 |
7 |
Netflix. atonal hodgepodge |
Josie |
no |
14 |
|
a Southern-fried thriller that fails to deliver |
God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness |
no |
13 |
14 |
Story of faith is at odds with itself |
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall |
no |
9 |
0 |
Only thing to vanish is interest |
Curvature |
no |
0 |
|
Sci-fi is bogged in first dimension |
7 Guardians of the Tomb |
no |
0 |
|
Better when it sticks to spiders |
Honor Up |
no |
|
|
a criminally inept '90s urban gangsta movie |
Being Black Enough |
no |
|
|
Uneven take on race and identity |
Days of Power |
no |
|
|
Mixed messages undercuts action |
Agenda: Payback |
no |
|
|
a middling psychological thriller |
Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk |
no |
|
|
Uneven tale of coming of age |
Tilt |
no |
|
|
shapeless, stumbling toward a frustrating ending |
Dead on Arrival |
no |
|
|
nowhere near the vitality and urgency it needs |
Shifting Gears |
no |
|
|
lurches, grinds |
Barren Trees |
no |
|
|
clunky and confusing |
Status Update |
no |
|
|
Lowbrow comedy adds nothing new |
Fourplay |
no |
|
|
it betrays little understanding of how good plays work |