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documentary



Attica yes 100 84 *will rattle you. As it should.
Little Girl yes 100 54 delicately affecting
The Price of Freedom yes 100
taking aim at the NRA
Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters yes 100
faces down death
Love It Was Not yes 100
What’s ‘Love’ got to do with it?
Keyboard Fantasies yes 100
At long last, an embrace of his music
Summer of Soul yes 99 98 *‘Soul’-stirring event
Ascension yes 98 61 *Vivid look at China’s growing class divide
Faya Dayi yes 97
dignifying, transfixing intimacy
The Rescue yes 96 99 *Thai cave rescue
In the Same Breath yes 96 81 *the pandemic’s early days
No Ordinary Man yes 94
contemplation of transmasculine musician Billy Tipton
Her Socialist Smile yes 92
trumpets the ever-relevant Helen Keller
The Witches of the Orient yes 92
they cast a golden spel on the ‘64 Olympics
In Balanchine’s Classroom yes 89
very fine, heartfelt
The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 yes 88 81 not your average nature documentary
Speer Goes to Hollywood yes 88
engrossing, often chilling
Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog yes 80 89 family-style adventure drama
Enemies of the State yes 78 33 *exquisitely thorny investigation
How It Ends yes 68 42 a stroll through L.A. before the apocalypse
The Last Forrest yes

Illuminating
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain so-so 91 94 a powerful tribute — with one serious misstep
Convergence: Courage in a Crisis so-so 82
well-intentioned if scattershot
My Name Is Pauli Murray no 93 89 *a historical catalog rather than a way to enliven
A Cop Movie no 93 83 *intimate, disorienting hybrid
Ailey no 90 86 *can seem glancing rather than immersive
Super Frenchie no 56
deserving of a deaper dive
Moby Doc no 50 40 self-indulgent
animated



Spirit Untamed yes 48 95 a sweet film with a moving message
Luca yes

Studio goes Italian style; one of its loveliest films in years
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro yes

a must see
Annette yes

entrancingly strange
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway so-so 67 89 Meta hop through the bunny patch
Space Jam: A New Legacy no

strands LeBron James in a swirling CGI garbage tornado
The Addams Family 2 no

loses its way on a road trip
regular movies



Undine yes 100 90 a captivating supernatural romance
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy yes 99 79 *extends fascination with the coincidental
Pig yes 97 84 *is an unusually beautiful meditation on loss
I Carry You With Me yes 97 83 *a bittersweet ode to restlessness
Gaza Mon Amour yes 96 83 sweet, funny
Days yes 96 78 *couldn't be simpler or more affecting
Mass yes 95 91 *It’s time to have this conversation
In the Heights yes 94 94 *terrific ensemble rises to energize the Miranda musical
CODA yes 94 91 *is a beautifully devastating tale
Old Henry yes 94 91 *a western with a nice trick up his sleeve
All Light, Everywhere yes 94 64 *Beneath the seen lie the unseen
Cicada yes 93 73 gently complex romance
Swan Song yes 92 75 *Udo Kier is glorious as he swans about
The Beta Test yes 92 62 Deranged, yet so magnetic
No Sudden Move yes 92 59 *the car movie of the summer
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings yes 91 98 *far from perfect, but ...
Scales yes 91
Darkly feminist parable
The Souvenir Part II yes 90 86 *completes portrait in thrilling fashion
Passing yes 90 86 *worth pausing for
Titane yes 90 85 *It shocks, then seduces
The Suicide Squad yes 90 82 *is a trippy, joy-bomb redo
Nine Days yes 89 72 *rousing metaphysical drama
Censor yes 89 58 *a bold artistic statement
The Green Knight yes 89 50 *Arthurian adventure bewitches
Charlatan yes 89
ponders a man’s conflicting layers
The Harder They Fall yes 88 93 *a stylish, violent effort to reclaim a genre
Fear Street Part 3: 1666 yes 88 76 *pulls off a magic trick: It’s the best of the trilogy
The Night House yes 88 69 *an elegant nerve-jangler
Zola yes 88 68 *a real wild ride
Ema yes 88 63 *Firey exploration of the family
Lamb yes 88 61 *the eyes have it
The Card Counter yes 87 42 *brooding sinners; levity, romance
The Last Dual yes 85 81 *darkly funny and subversive
No Time to Die yes 83 88 *007 is just in time to save the day
Spencer yes 83 52 *artful portrait of a princess under siege
Copshop yes 82 74 *shows some smarts and star power
Blue Bayou yes 75 93 a very messy, moving tempest of a movie
The Evening Hour yes 71 60 the opioid addiction crisis in Appalachia
Fever Dream yes 71 43 sensually mystifying thriller
The Nowhere Inn yes 67 74 a clever comedic commentary on fame
F9: The Fast Saga yes 60 82 'Fast' back on track
Venom: Let There Be Carnage yes 57 84 batty, deeply felt sequel
Eternals yes 47 77 cosmic breath of fresh air
Don't Breath 2 yes 43 85 This sequel has oxygen of its own
Isabelle Huppert yes

Godmother in amusing French crime story ‘Mama Weed’
Eyimofe yes

affecting Lagos-set drama
Azor so-so 98 61 *might seem confounding, but ...
Only the Animals so-so 93 77 *an engrossing ride
Minyan so-so 93 64 Imperfect sense of community
Violet so-so 82 68 is a bit of a one-trick pony
Last Night in Soho so-so 76 90 *A spectral spectacle with feminist bite
Cryptozoo so-so 71 52 Dash Shaw’s uneven second animated feature
Respect so-so 68 95 Aretha biography is a respectable effort
Settlers so-so 59 36 Mars drama asks: Whose land is it, anyway?
Joe Bell so-so 40 73 the guilt-ridden shoes of a despairing parent
Dear Evan Hansen so-so 29 88 the film isn’t a train wreck
Detention so-so
67 Puzzles and a painful history lesson
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It no 100 74 Can anyone exorcise kitsch?
Bad Tales no 100 61 corrosive Italian psychodrama
Sheep Without a Shepherd no 100
cranked-up bad cop crime thriller
7 Prisoners no 98 89 *plot is a little thin, its message quite blunt
Mandibles no 91 59 *another absurdist wild ride from Quentin Dupieux
Dachra no 86 75 it’s not especially “new”
Dune no 83 90 *a visionary spectacle but feels too dry
Summertime no 81 85 *the movie’s too breezy
Free Guy no 80 94 *lacks heart in its code
Black Widow no 79 91 *misses the mark
Stillwater no 79 72 *Man on a mission trips on himself
The French Dispatch no 75 76 *Visual overkill
Finch no 74 66 apple tv+ mawkish apocalyptic tale
Falling For Figaro no 73 74 not much to sing about
The Many Saints of Newark no 72 59 Not enough Tony
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain no 70 71 meow-sterpiece
How to Deter a Robber no 70 59 Neither dark or comic enough goes down too easily
The Eyes of Tammy Faye no 68 86 patchy but glibly watchable movie
Army of Thieves no 68 69 a big movie with skimpy ideas
Jungle Cruise no 62 92 waterlogged
Prisoners of the Ghostland no 61 53 less a movie than an environment
Antlers no 60 67 Dark and dreary horror
Cry Macho no 57 64 signature mannerisms, clumsy formulations
Running Against the Wind no 56
and into uncertainty
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions no 51 75 rips, and there’s no doubt more to come
Old no 50 53 isn’t so bad, except when it’s terrible
Casanova, Last Love no 42
fails to illuminate the notorious wooer
Flag Day no 40 49 A bumpy cliche-filled ride
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins no 35 74 pulls back the hero’s mask and it’s Henry Golding
The Starling no 20 71 Whimsy overwhelms grief in forced dramedy
Sisters no

a jarring mix of tones to contend with