“F1: The Movie” Review: Driving Into a Pitt of Motorized Propaganda

“F1” rejects satire to make speed hot, nasty, and badass again. It’s more akin to a Formula One commercial than a feature film.
“The Life of Chuck” Review: God’s Dancing Accountant Trips Over His Own Feet

Chuck is large, Chuck contains multitudes.
“Materialists” Review: Love Dies To Be Reborn In Celine Song’s 21st Century Romance

Song’s follow-up to “Past Lives” is a romantic not-comedy that is entrancing, honest, and heartfelt.
“Always Hold On To Smallville” Review: A Poignant Podcast Eclipses Its Inspiration

“Always Hold On To Smallville” is better—wiser, wittier, more emotional—than “Smallville” itself.
Last Mission: Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, and the Unfulfilled Promise of “The Final Reckoning”

“The Final Reckoning” is one of the bitterest and most baffling cinematic disappointments of my lifetime.
This Is How Childhood Ends: Growing Up in the Shadows of “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith”

When “Revenge of the Sith” was released, I was finally old enough to experience the allure of the dark side.
Wong Kar-wai’s “2046” in 2025: A Requiem for Romance, an Elegy For Hong Kong

Fantasias of auteurism hold no allure for Wong, who shows how the story of a man can become the story of a region.
“Being Maria” Review: Dancing Beyond the Degradations of “Last Tango in Paris”

While most biographical movies are infected with momentousness, “Being Maria” is a lithe series of vignettes.
Adam Driver Will Return as Cesar Catilina in “Avengers: Doomsday”

Here’s to the fools who dream.
“Black Bag” Review: Thinker, Traitor, Fassbender, Spy

Like Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s” trilogy, “Black Bag” is a less a story than style bath, bubbling with dashing performers and delectable fashions.