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documentary





Power yes 100 91 lands plenty of hard truths

Catching Fire: The Story if Anita Pallenberg yes 100
unflinching portrait; an iconic presence

Confessions of a Good Samaritan yes 100
it does look incredibly rewarding

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressberger yes 99 94 *film duo's timeless subversive magic

Daughters yes 95 96 *an achingly beautiful case for second chances

Reagan yes 91
!A childish, worshipful portrait

Look Into My Eyes yes 89
*compassionate take on a band of psychics

Separated yes 88
Trump's shocking immigration solution

Union yes

Essential documentary traces ~ efforts.

Mahoney yes

A rich and absorbing exploration

The World According to Allee Willis so-so 96
zesty, illuminating

Porcelain War no 18 98 *sublime and stirring

animated





Wallace & Grommet: Vengeance Most Fowl yes 100
*A superb return

Flow yes 97 98 *!gorgeous, hypnotic

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 yes 85 95 *!shows there's still more mileage left

Piece by Piece yes 83 89 *!a gimmick that works

Moana 2 yes 61 86 Dazzling adventure

The Garfield Movie so-so 37 79 isn't a cat-astrophe

Inside Out 2 no 91 95 *!fails to impart anything insightful to an adult audience

Mufasa no 57 89 Is Lion King losing its roar?

Despicable Me 4 no 56 87 swirls with overplotted mania

regular movies





All We Imagine as Light yes 100 69 *miraculously subtle piece of work

Thelma yes 98 83 *heralds an unlikely action hero

Good One yes 98 72 revealing and exquisitely composed

Coup yes 97 98 *a tasty morsel of social commentary

Sing Sing yes 97 97 *The quiet power of the arts behind bats.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig yes 97 94 *A metaphor for Iran's societal schism
Do Not Expect Too Much From The End of the World yes 97 70 *A darkly funny satire of life’s indignities.

Kneecap yes 96 95 *A fist-pumping good time

The Count of Monte Cristo yes 96 94 *back in epic, gripping form

Dìdi yes 96 91 *Friends come and go, but family remains

A Real Pain yes 96 82 *beautifully observed dramady

Rebel Ridge yes 96 73 *has all the right moves

Exhibiting Forgiveness yes 95 92 *A refreshingly bone-deep view

Hit Man yes 95 91 *a breezy comedy-romance crime story

The Fire Inside yes 93 94 *!fleet, full-of-feeling

Touch yes 93 92 *A gentle caress of love haunted memory

Juror #2 yes 93 91 *gently probing/Civic duty leads to morale quagmire

Conclave yes 93 86 *handsomely rendered and meticulously acted

Anora yes 93 84 *!Happily ever after? Hardly

The Brutalist yes 93 80 *whopper of a film

Green Border yes 93 79 *A grim drama about Europe's refugee crisis

Close Your Eyes yes 93
*shines with elegant lyricism

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever yes 92 97 !Heart-warming holiday high jinks

The Order yes 92 89 *!revelatory and timely

The Girl With the Needle yes 92 85 *grimly transporting experience.

The Black Sea yes 92
loose lively and big-hearted tale

Evil Does Not Exist yes 91 83 *A woodsy Eden confronts malice of a modern stripe

Nickel Boys yes 91 75 *Stunning ode to young lives

Young Woman and the Sea yes 88 96 *A true story of perseverance on an epic scale

Better Man yes 88 90 *pop star's ego goes ape in biopic

Babes yes 88 78 *delivers truth of motherhood

Wicked: Part I yes 87 95 *!defies gravity and soars

Smile 2 yes 86 81 *bigger, gorier, more fun than the original

Bird yes 86 79 *a raw fable with a hopeful streak

Great Absence yes 86
A haunting puzzle

Between the Temples yes 85 52 *A joyful hymn of praise

Janet Planet yes 85 48 *A quietly luminous film debut

Piece by Piece yes 83 89 *a gimmick that works

I Used To Be Funny yes 83 69 *a full and fulfilling narrative arc

Complete Unknown yes 82 95 *gives off sparks

The Fall Guy yes 82 85 *A stuntman in love should never let go

Blitz yes 81 81 *The finer points of England’s finest hour

Room Next Door yes 81 76 *tough favor for an old friend

Alien: Romulus yes 80 85 *is a very enjoyable [pizza]

Widow Clicquot yes 80 82 *worthy, if abbreviated

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes yes 80 77 *Out of this monkey business, a hero is born

The Bikeriders yes 80 74 *evokes a nostalgic cool with a slick style

Twisters yes 75 90 *!bigger and better than the original

La Cocina yes 75 85 *A blast of furious energy

Sebastian yes 75 61 soulful and observant

Crossing yes 72 50 *compassionate, cautiously hopeful

Emilia Pérez yes 72 16 *Danger and passion heat up ~

Immaculate yes 71 58 cheeky, freaky, lushly designed horror movie

Ezra yes 70 92 A heartfelt road movie driven by autism

Gladiator II yes 70 82 *More sandals and swords, but still satisfying

The Universal Theory yes 70
lush air of enchantment and doom

Lee yes 67 94 !a penetrating biopic

Rumors yes

deliciously absurd and Buñuelian

Y2K yes

fascinating test case

My Old Ass so-so 90 89 *fairly traditional coming of age story

Furiosa : A Mad Max Saga so-so 90 88 *forgets what makes ‘Mad Max’ films great

Challengers so-so 88 75 *a trim naughty ferociously acted trifle

The Killer so-so 85 61 *a modestly rousing encore

The Apprentice so-so 83 84 *How ~ became the master

Saturday Night so-so 78 83 *affectionate yet hollow homage

Queer so-so 77 65 *doesn't totally cohere

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice so-so 75 79 *Despite its charm, shouldn’t have been summoned

Skincare so-so 69 60 skims the surface

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin so-so 67 92 !displaced history

Dance First so-so 43
isn't quite Beckettian, but ...

The Front Room so-so 41 42 over-the-top, totally bizarre

Venom: The Last Dance so-so 40 80 A final twirl

Kraven the Hunter so-so 15 73 More dumb and campy fun from Marvel

All Shall Be Well no 96
this ache of a movie

September 5 no 93 90 *retro-grainy; dim-bluish lighting

Heretic no 91 76 *the plot [doesn't] quite hold up under scrutiny

Day of the Fight no 85 93 *lumbering though always well intentioned

Nosferatu no 84 73 *too much deference to the original

I Saw the TV Glow no 84 71 *claustrophobic mood piece

Speak No Evil no 83 83 remake turns down volume on malevolence

The Outrun no 82 82 *Slipshod filmmaking

We Live in Time no 79 83 *twisty weepie

Tuesday no 76 51 *If this is death then no thanks

Babygirl no 76 48 *Yaaas queen" to "How hyporitical

Blink Twice no 75 71 *is a dark fantasy that gets lost in its execution

MaXXXine no 72 75 *a flimsy thriller

Kinds of Kindness no 71 49 dirty limericks delivered at an excruciating pace

Bad Boys: Ride or Die no 65 96 !it feels flimsy and disposable

Fly Me to the Moon no 65 89 !Throwback rom-com gets lost

1992 no 65 88 so-so heist caper

Oh, Canada no 64 91 Shaky salute to guilt and suffering

Unsung Hero no 61 99 !murky confusing territory

Maria no 59 95 !a chilly Callas isn't enough

Boy Kills World no 58 73 plenty of gore and even more to bore

It Ends With Us no 55 89 !a stark reality unfortunately gets muddled here

Horizon: An American Saga no 51 70 Costner swings big, and misses

Megalopolis no 45 35 wildly ambitious, overstuffed

Slingshot no 38 67 They’re hitting snooze, and so are we

Here no 37 58 it does not work at all

Joker: Folie a Deux no 31 31 Who are the deux in this folie?

Red One no 30 90 !Santa Claus isn't all that's missing in ~

Harold and the Purple Crayon no 27 89 !should go back to the drawing board

The Fabulous Four no 25 71 constantly swerves away from anything real

The Crow no 21 62 Desolate 'Crow' can't rise above the muck

The Strangers - Chapter 1 no 21 43 feels overfamiliar

Borderlands no 10 49 game to screen misfire

The Investigators no

Perhaps the ride is too smooth