LAT	RTMC	RTC	note: “~” = the film's name. *RT fresh
documentary
Midnight Traveler	yes	100	79	*unexpectedly intimate and involving
Vision Portraits	yes	100		a touching ode to the inner life of all artists
Desolation Center	yes	100		DIY desert roots of mega festivals
A German Youth	yes	100		Fiendishly researched and smartly constructed
On the President’s Orders	yes	100		hateful rhetoric turned policy in the Philippines
Celebration	yes	100		feels like an unearthed gem released from a vault
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles	yes	98	98	*tugs at the heart
The Cave	yes	97	80	an underground Syrian hospital under siege
Jawline	yes	97	48	celebrity and loneliness in the digital age.
Aga	yes	96	65	Poetic and striking
Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins	yes	95	100	*revels in late pundit Molly Ivins’ eviscerating humor
American Factory	yes	95	80	*thorough, compelling
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool	yes	92	81	*captures all the beauty and ugliness
The Elephant Queen	yes	91	89	Incredible images are abundant
Don’t Be Nice	yes	91	86	Pushing poets to find their voices
Diego Maradona	yes	90		*from cheers to the jeers
Linda Rondstadt: The Sound of My Voice	yes	89	99	*potent, mind-expanding
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch	yes	89	62	We humans have messed the house
Where’s My Roy Cohn?	yes	87	78	The life of a monster manipulator
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?	yes	87	60	*indictment of systematic racism
Always in Season	yes	85	100	rightfully disturbing
Serendipity	yes	83		Facing cancer, artist turns to art
Memory: The Origins of "Alien"	yes	81	92	*The insights just burst right out
Blink of an Eye	yes	67	88	solidly assembled portrait
Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel	yes	67		makes for buoyant viewing
Becoming Nobody	yes	62	71	enjoyable, though hardly a definitive look
Cracked Up	yes		75	devastating yet life-affirming
Liberty: Mother of Exiles	yes			HBO exalts the beacon’s abiding glow
Tell Me Who I Am	so-so	97	88	Absorbing if incomplete
Friedkin Uncut	so-so	86		a reverential look
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken	so-so	74	77	largely entertaining, with Spurlock’s smug shtick
Emanuel	no	100	98	lacks in context
Gift	no	100	89	A pretty if trivial doc on creativity
Jim Allison: Breakthrough	no	92	100	glossy dramatic re-creations
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements	no	86	88	doesn’t strike the right chords
Buzz	no			A writer’s desires unfold carelessly
Scared of Revolution	no			doesn’t provide much context
Rezo	no			Gabriadze’s art is woefully slighted
animated
Promare	yes	97	93	Day-Glo fantasia of bright action
Another Day of Life	yes	89	91	vividly realized
Abominable	yes	82	95	*surprises and delights
The Addams Family	yes	45	69	a faithful and satisfying version
Ne Zha	so-so	88	98	CG excess and bodily functions,
Dilili in Paris	no	67		Poor execution upends girl’s tale
regular movies
One Cut of the Dead	yes	100	87	*layered and brilliant horror-comedy
Fagara	yes	100	80	Food and family a satisfying combo
The Load	yes	100	75	The heavy weight of war in Balkans
Parasite	yes	99	90	*a thriller of extraordinary cunning and emotional force
First Love	yes	98	88	*Madcap, jovial thriller-romance
Dolemite Is My Name	yes	97	91	*Eddie Murphy’s back. @#$% yeah
Tigers Are Not Afraid	yes	97	82	*unfolds in a world of hellish incongruities
Pain and Glory	yes	96	91	*A surprise in all ways except its surpassing quality
The Blonde One	yes	93		tender, hypnotic drama
Monos	yes	92	85	*When Earth, heaven and war collide
The Harvesters	yes	92		a profound story of brotherhood
End of the Century	yes	91	71	*intriguingly told story
The Lighthouse	yes	90	72	*bleak and blisteringly funny squall of a film
Send Me to the Clouds	yes	90		A soulful journey of self-discovery
Give Me Liberty	yes	89	72	wonderful rough-hewn realism
Brittany Runs a Marathon	yes	88	87	*A rewarding race to the finish line
Freaks	yes	88	86	*eerie, B-movie thrills
Hustlers	yes	87	65	*smart about its crimes, criminals and consequences
Adam	yes	87	43	superbly acted
Downton Abby	yes	84	94	*charms returning guests and new arrivals
Before You Know It	yes	83	56	*the messy business of parenting; fresh sense of charm
Official Secrets	yes	82	89	*crackling
Judy	yes	82	85	A Joy
This Is Not Berlin	yes	82	65	*exuberant Mexican drama
Cyrano, My Love	yes	81	100	delightful, buoyantly performed period comedy
Greener Grass	yes	81		*Crazy comedy feels like a cult film in the making
Little Monsters	yes	79	100	*Zombie-fighting teacher a delight
Asako I & II	yes	78	74	*A rewarding race to the finish line
The Plagiarists	yes	77		Jagged and acrid, slippery and provocative
Death of Dick Long	yes	74	86	*oddly amusing
The Sky Is Pink	yes	73	91	Bollywood drama touches the heart
The King	yes	70	83	Shrewd remake of a royal legend
Haunt	yes	69	100	A smart look at what scares them
The Day Shall Come	yes	64	51	Bitter hilarity in a security threat
The Sound of Silence	yes	64		Aural film strikes the right chord
Itsy Bitsy	yes	60	42	Creature feature is creepy fun
Tone-Deaf	yes	44	32	Nothing about ~ is routine
Vita & Virginia	yes	41	58	film’s visual language is rich and revealing
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	yes	39	95	an enjoyably deranged sequel
The Goldfinch	yes	25	72	The pleasures are quiet but real, befitting its Dickens-like source
Running With the Devil	yes	24	36	It doesn't matter that it doesn't make a lick of sense
Trauma Is a Time Machine	yes			A tone poem on a woman’s assault
Genèse	yes			three teens caught up in romantic drama
Ready Or Not	so-so	88	78	*heavy layers of irony
Ad Astra	so-so	83	40	*Space odyssey stumbles, soars
Auggie	so-so	82	69	exhaust most of its ideas early, but ...
Jojo Rabbit	so-so	80	94	*turns the weapon of humor on Hitler
Between Two Ferns	so-so	75	43	*semi-amusing
Angel of Mine	so-so	73	86	clichéd thriller premise; effective tension.
Low Tide	so-so	73	64	packs a genuine depth
Joker	so-so	68	88	*Awfully overdetermined
Spider in the Web	so-so	67	41	well-made albeit overly reserved
Strange But True	so-so	55	83	twisty; schlocky charms; tragic secrets
The Golden Glove	so-so	54	80	Depraved drama about a real killer
American Dreamer	so-so	53	76	overwrought, but ...
Angel Has Fallen	so-so	39	93	strangely dull at times, but...
Lucy in the Sky	so-so	21	31	fascinatingly messy
Ms. Purple	no	87	70	Moody silence isn’t nuance
Collisions	no	83	100	compassionate but ultimately underwhelming
Neither Wolf Nor Dog	no	82	94	Native American drama is too slow
Loro	no	79	58	*sometimes beguiling, but strangely engineered
Sink or Swim	no	76	80	Somewhere between a splash and a belly-flop
Britt-Marie Was Here	no	71		Her ordinary life fails to captivate
Zombieland: Double Tap	no	69	88	the same old schtick
Edie	no	67	74	A senior’s quest is stuck in the muck
It Chapter Two	no	62	78	not-so-scary sequel
Overcomer	no	56	98	keeps veering off course
Burn	no	54	47	Rather too eager to be in this mess
Bennett’s War	no	50	82	Comeback try is an endurance test
Bloodline	no	50	55	Shocking, but not distinctive
Don't Let Go	no	43	79	too convoluted
Laundromat	no	40	40	playful yet uneven survey of financial chicanery
In the Tall Grass	no	36	32	Creeping terror tires itself out
Killerman	no	30	63	A lethally dumb, would-be thriller
Gemini Man	no	27	83	Two suffering Smiths is too much
Rambo: Last Blood	no	27	81	a truly grisly Grand Guignol horror conclusion
Corporate Animals	no	25	16	whiffs
Jexi	no	19	71	a dumb, lazy film
Hot Air	no	17	62	Humanizing but without humor
The Fanatic	no	16	29	misbegottenl; terrible; dumb
Lucky Day	no	9	39	has a pulp affliction
Jacob’s Ladder	no	4	36	mindlessly action-packed
Last Ferry	no			Jumbled stumble into the gay scene
Next Level	no			Dance musical has two left feet
Game Day	no			Clichés overrun workplace drama
Pretenders	no			Impressive cast can’t save this one
Albanian Gangster	no			Gritty but clichéd