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.
“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.
“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.
“Mickey 17” Review: Major Pattinson, You’re Pretty in the Most Peculiar Way
I have some bad news for Robert Pattinson: He is a charming, handsome, and charismatic man.
“Cleaner” Review: Live Dirty or Clean Hard
“Cleaner” could have been the existential slapstick thriller of the season. Alas, it has other ideas.
“Asura” Review: A Cerebral Soap Opera From the Director of “Shoplifters”
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Netflix series is about four sisters and the unfaithful father they’re stuck with.
“The Magic Hours” Review: A Brilliant Biography of Terrence Malick’s One Big Soul
It is a book about Malick, and also a Malickian book.
“The Brutalist” Review: There Will Be Architecture
There is always the possibility that the director you decry today will be the director you defend tomorrow.
“Babygirl” Review: Leaning Into Sex Positivity
At once risqué and humane, “Babygirl” rejects the false choice between wholesomeness and transgression.
“Nightbitch” Review: Motherhood Makes Her Want to Howl
“Nightbitch” is best described as a movie about a woman who turns into a dog, which is accurate and off the film’s narrative scent.
