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documentary





No Other Land yes 100 100 *sense of grim futility

The Alabama Solution yes 100 92 feels like a dipatch from hell

A Photographic Memory yes 100
deeply affecting

Marley Matlin: Not Alone Anymore yes 98
*told in affecting detail.

Every Little Thing yes 95 98 *mending hummingbirds

Prime Minister yes 93 67 *A mix of love and steel

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story yes 90 94 *warm, engaging tribute

Pavements so-so 95
*rough edges could never be buffed out

Megadoc no 98
*too respectful and admiring of Coppola

The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue no 81
leaves much unsaid

Nobu no 50
A thin dry slice of sushi

There's No Going Back no

uneven

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley yes 98 97 *loving, spirited and honest.

animated





Elio yes 83 98 *!a trippy voyage through space

Smurfs no 21 64 so unimaginative you'll be blue too

regular movies





Eephus yes 100 64 *A loving tribute to adult league baseball

Santosh yes 100
*not quite naturalism and not quite noir

I'm Still Here yes 99 95 *remarkably life-afirming

Caught by the Tides yes 99
*a poignant new story

Familiar Touch yes 99
*Sensitive, sharp exploration of caregiving

Killer of Sheep yes 98 83 *still quietly radical
Sister Midnight yes 98 53 *a gritty rock-inflected comedy

Sinners yes 97 96 *!hits all the glorious, gory high notes

Twinless yes 97 94 *shrewdly contructed, heartrending dramady

The Ballad of Wallis island yes 97 93 *a highly quotable charmer

One of Them Days yes 97 89 *!a treat to be gobbled up like pancakes

Sorry, Baby yes 97 84 *Overcoming trauma, with help of a friend

Preparation for the Next Life yes 97 58 a powerful assertion of dreams

Black Bag yes 96 70 *sexy fun with a cunning couple

Hard Truths yes 95 82 *unpleasantness turns out to be time well spent

Universal Language yes 95 72 *speaking from a deep well of humanity

April yes 95
*a riveting abortion drama

Lurker yes 94 85 *teeth-gritting great dramedy

Misericordia yes 94 64 *accommodates the vagaries of human behavior

Companion yes 93 88 *!appealing dark lark

Weapons yes 93 85 *!a spellbinding mystery

Downtown Abbey: The Grand Finali yes 92 95 *!a fine send-off

Warfare yes 92 92 *!short and gripping thriller

Final Destination: Bloodlines yes 92 86 *!gleefully gory and low-brow bloody thrills

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You yes 92 75 *exhausting,claustrophobic, anxiety-in-ducing

Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight yes 91 83 *History through the eyes of youth

Grand Tour yes 91
*is stuck in the past, beautifully so

The Damned yes 90 47 *an America still in conflict

Bring Her Back yes 89 79 *the horrors of a mother’s misery

Meeting With Pol Pot yes 89
cooly observed and tense

Naked Gun yes 88 72 takes everything, and nothing, seriously

The Friend yes 84 80 *mild, casually elegant

F1 yes 82 97 *!muscular and thrilling and zippy

Relay yes 82 89 *!smart punchy cloak and dagger

Jane Austin Wrecked My Life yes 82 85 *a balm for any battered romantic's soul

Novocaine yes 81 84 *violent yet breezy

Holy Cow yes 78 85 *punchy, sweet coming-of-age

Mickey 17 yes 78 73 *sloppy but enjoyable sci-fi comedy

The Phoenician Scheme yes 77 70 *A fast talking and charismatic comic caper

Kiss of the Spider Woman yes 76 67 *a sexual and scatological dazzler

East of Wall yes 75 73 *a worthy modern story of cowgirl hardiness.

Lilo & Stitch yes 72 91 !remake as cute and cuddly as ever

Ash yes 71 53 cosmic survival with true sound-and-image flair

Eddington yes 69 66 a superb social satire

Rust yes 57 71 beautifully filmed and all the sadder for it.

On Swift Horses yes 53 70 handsomely realized romantic melodrama

Magic Farm yes 50
a biting critique of hypocrisy.

A Minecraft Movie yes 47 84 A big Minecraft block of dumb fun

Captain America: Brave New World yes 46 75 A new hero carries more than a shield

Honey Don’t! yes 45 39 a smutty desert mystery

The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr yes
92 a gritty biopic that sidesteps cliché 

Grand Theft Auto yes

guns-blazingly funny

One Battle After Another yes

invigorating political thriller

Paddington in Peru so-so 93 90 *!still quality fun

40 Acres so-so 89 94 *A family takes on Canadian cannibals

Thunderbolts so-so 88 93 *!jokey, moody and middling

The Long Walk so-so 88 85 *A contest of cruelty disguised as sport

The Lost Bus so-so 87 95 *True tale of a harrowing rescue mission

The Toxic Avenger so-so 86 80 *diverting homage schlock.

The Assessment so-so 84 91 *elegantly oddball if undercooked

How to Train Your Dragon so-so 78 97 *!Little life in a live-action 'Dragon'

The Actor so-so 78 83 A lost soul clings to his art

Heart Eyes so-so 78 76 *leans into all rom-com and slasher cliches

Steve so-so 78 66 *The lesson of ~ gets muddled

Fight or Flight so-so 76 74 *cheeky and entertaining enough

Ballerina so-so 75 92 *!has style but loses its balance

Freaky Tales so-so 75 88 *a choppy curio

The Legend of Ochi so-so 75 64 dazzling but lacks full immersion.

Bonjour Tristesse so-so 68 42 can a new movie capture that same breezy intrigue?

Eleanor the Great so-so 67 93 a bit thin and treacly

The Roses so-so 64 79 the schadenfreude is just sad, but ...

The Alto Knights so-so 40 71 busy stylistic and storytelling tics

Snow White so-so 39 69 has some smart updates but isn’t all that galvanizing

The Accountant 2 no 95 72 *!Assets few and far between

Good Boy no 90 81 *ultimately more bark than bite

Together no 89 76 *It's body horror with an icky-sweet heart

Friendship no 88 73 *Spontaneous nose bleeds happen twice.

28 Years Later no 88 63 *a dull central plot beefed up

Dangerous Animals no 87 74 *boneheaded plots twists

Presence no 87 52 *Family rattles a ghostly story

Wedding Banquet no 86 83 *Remake lacks food for the soul

Caught Stealing no 85 83 *grimy trifle

The Surfer no 84 46 *the mythic crashes into the ridiculous

Superman no 83 90 *!All if the brawn, none of the brains

Drop no 83 79 *Phone-based thriller ~ doesn’t land

The Last Showgirl no 83 71 *as padded as a push-up bra

Magazine Dreams no 80 89 *!a weak vehicle despite the actor's strong efforts

Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning no 80 88 *!heavy-handed exposition

The Life of Chuck no 80 88 *from fireballs to fizzle

Materialists no 77 65 *smart but has commitment issues

The Monkey no 77 55 *goes bananas with gore and shock humor.

Freakier Friday no 73 91 *!nostalgic but overcrowded return

Armand no 73 71 a daring debut that falls apart in the end

Love Brooklyn no 69 91 doesn't venture deep enough

Oh, Hi! no 64 65 Bliss goes amiss

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera no 62 79 a rote Ronin ripoff

Eden no 58 73 a reality show about mismatched survivalists

Karate Kid: Legends no 57 90 !Too many legends

M3GAN 2.0 no 57 81 A killer doll gets a goofy upgrade

The Conjuring: Last Rights no 57 76 It's a sluggish farewell

Him no 56 88 !a striking but vacuous gridiron Grand Guignol

Anemone no 52 57 a flimsy drama

Jurassic World Rebirth no 50 70 can't cure franchise fatigue

Wolf Man no 48 54 a boring body-horror endurance test

Parthenope no 47 58 pretty but unfocused

Working Man no 46 87 an unsteady balance between solemn and ridiculous

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey no 37 57 It's a corny road trip.

I Know What You Did Last Summer no 36 67 Nothing deadlier than nostalgia

After the Hunt no 36 39 raises some interesting questions but ultimately flunks

Hurry Up Tomorrow no 14 60 a long sloppy music video

Love Hurts no

fizzles like a science class volcano

Springville no

too in love with itself