LAT RTMC RTC note: “~” = the film's name
documentary



Pick of the Litter yes 100 100 a complete delight, a much-needed balm for the soul
Inventing Tomorrow yes 100 100 it’s their futures you want them to win
Free Solo yes 100 100 El Capitan with no ropes
Susanne Bartsch: On Top yes 100
persuasive canonization
Letter From Masanjia yes 100
human suffering, compassion and perseverance
Science Fair yes 98 10 It’s showtime for smarties
Hale County This Morning, This Evening yes 95 100 involving visual symphony
Bisbee '17 yes 95 94 impressive in its scale and sweep
Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable yes 93 100 a fine exploration of the artist
Hal yes 91 82 lively and evocative
Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco yes 88
A warm remembrance
Love, Gilda yes 87 83 *a stirring valentine
Kusama — Infinity yes 84 100 A mesmerizing work of art
Active Measures yes 83 86 [a] thorough, chilling rabbit-hole inquiry
Reversing Roe yes 83
timely
Quincy yes 78 70 loving and yet surprisingly clear-eyed
Fahrenheit 11/9 yes 77 70 *channels outrage in a messy, powerful way
The Sentence yes

A family torn apart
Studio 54 yes

immersive and entertaining
Moynihan yes

unusually detailed and thoughtful
Living in the Future's Past yes

Climate change as a cultural problem
Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow yes

a slick, engrossing sizzle reel of the agency's triumphs
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection so-so 88 89 at times risks being too pleased with itself
Chasing the Win so-so

lags a bit in the backstretch
animated



Smallfoot so-so 73 67 clever twist on the Yeti myth works well
regular



Tea With the Dames yes 100 100 *Candid, insightful and unpredictable
I Am Not a Witch yes 97 100 *audacious satire of modern Africa is deeply involving
The Hate U Give yes 96 94 *A girl changed by 'Hate'
Private Life yes 95 96 *a brilliantly agonizing peek into fertility woes
Mandy yes 94 95 *visionary revenge thriller
The Kindergarten Teacher yes 91
*deft and intelligent minor-key variation
A Star Is Born yes 90 96 *Passionate, emotional and fearless; gangbusters
Old Man & the Gun yes 90 95 *Robert Redford hits the bull's-eye
Hereditary yes 89 96 *supremely tense and devastating
All About Nina yes 89 82 *Both bleakly humorous and laugh-out-loud funny
First Man yes 88 89 *soars beyond the typical biopic
After Everything yes 88
real soul and gravitas
Museo yes 87 100 a fun, stylish, singular heist flick
Knuckleball yes 87
A thriller, but with a slow build
White Rabbit yes 86
a fast-moving, funny film
Colette yes 85 86 *shrewd, witty
A Simple Favor yes 85 80 *bracing as an ice-cold gin martini
Monsters and Men yes 83 95 *A police shooting is viewed from three perspectives
The Land of Steady Habits yes 83 75 Laying it all out with a piercing authenticity
22 July yes 80
*Aftermath of terror
The Last Suit yes 78 83 A road-trip-flick with distinction
Let the Corpses Tan yes 77 67 *a gorgeous, nasty valentine
Five Fingers for Marseilles yes 74 86 crackles with energy toward an explosive finale
Final Score yes 71 80 sufficiently fleshed out and well performed
The Happy Prince yes 71
dreamy, inventive and beautifully crafted
Hold the Dark yes 70 75 The moodily violent, Alaska-set mystery
Wobble Palace yes 70
dreamy, sunny; an elevated look
The House With a Clock in Its Walls yes 67 57 moderately transporting, visually elaborate
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser yes 65 60 Netflix high school rom-com
Stella's Last Weekend yes 65
A chatty family affair with feeling
The Little Stranger yes 59 63 tells a familiar but pleasurably engrossing story
Bel Canto yes 58 75 Swelling with humanity and romance
White Boy Rick yes 58 50 tender and tragic among the glitz and the grime
Trouble yes 50 50 Bumper crop of fine acting
Painless yes

This won’t hurt a bit. No, really
Blaze so-so 98 100 overlong, shaggy slice of musical Americana
Heavy Trip so-so 91 100 spewing bodily functions; amusing ride
The Sisters Brothers so-so 85 84 Is this a western or a comedy?
Sadie so-so 79
meanders and is often a bit pokey
Black 47 so-so 76 75 Anglo-Irish western-style revenge tale
The Children Act so-so 69 79 evinces measured intelligence, but ...
The Apparition so-so 65 57 somewhat less than the sum of its parts
Boarding School so-so 38 40 uncompromising coming-of-age psychodrama/gothic horror
Mara so-so 14
eventually delivers some decent scares
Alright Now so-so

crazy, loose energy
Beyond the Sky so-so

a pastiche of The X-Files and Close Encounters
Longing so-so

a gutsy slice of emotional complexity
The Samuel Project so-so

Flaws can't blunt Holocaust drama
Revenge no 93 95 gradually finds its way to a predictable
Nelly no 86
flows with endless melodrama
A Crooked Somebody no 80 80 He didn't see this coming? Really?
Apostle no 80
piles it on with a supernatural twist
Chasing the Blues no 80
as tiresome as a stuck record
Diane no 80
Thriller takes an aimless direction
Scaffolding no 80
small-bore Israeli drama
Bad Times at the El Royale no 73 60 messy Tarantino-esque thriller
The Ranger no 72
promises more than it delivers
Assassination Nation no 70 59 An insulting grrrl power ruse
Beautiful Boy no 69
overly familiar and dramatically unsatisfying
I Think We’re Alone Now no 66 10 illogical, unremarkable concerns
Lizzie no 64 63 methodical and measured to a fault
Blood Fest no 62
strictly for fans
The Oath no 62
enough to give you indigestion
Lost Child no 50
A bonding effort better left undone
MDMA no 50
Little insight into a drug dealer’s life
Shine no 50
melodramatic story makes "West Side Story" look subdued
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween no 48
a dud
The Song of Sway Lake no 47 14 Much nostalgia, but little story
The Laws of Thermodynamics no 44
Science can’t help generic rom-com
Destination Wedding no 43 24 a painfully indulgent anti-romantic comedy
Cruise no 38
'80s throwback is just that, no more
The Predator no 34 26 will make you laugh and groan
Little Women no 33 14 New take feels stuck in the past
Unbroken: Path to Redemption no 33 0 Too much time on one ‘Path’
Ride no 33
On a ‘Ride’ to nowhere
Kin no 31 20 a dark and confounding young-adult thriller
Night School no 29 36 mediocre material fails skilled ensemble
Loving Pablo no 29 25 broad and glossy biopic
Venom no 29 18 as sludgy as it looks
The Nun no 28 35 Habit-forming? Not this ‘Nun’
Little Italy no 23
Pizza with a side of stereotypes
Bayou Caviar no 20
Cajun hash
A Happening of Monumental Proportions no 18 14 A wealth of talent with scant results
Peppermint no 13 14 action thriller that misses the true targets
Life Itself no 13 6 emotionally sadistic
God Bless the Broken Road no 13
narrative hodgepodge
Reprisal no 0 0 a strictly routine B-movie
American Dresser no 0
Full of plotholes and potholes
Maximum Impact no 0
A tolerably dumb action comedy
Age of Summer no

Sunny teen tale makes few waves
An Actor Prepares no

comedic road movie doesn’t take any fresh detours
Bigger no

If only the script had worked out
Cynthia no

awfully bland
Lost Fare no

well-meaning indie drama
Morning, Noon & Night no

meandering, pointless and boring
The Breeding no

Artsy and erotic, but pretentious
The Church no

Horrors-it's so bad, it's amusing
The Padre no

A noir unworthy of its locations