“Joker: Folie à Deux” Review: Not the Sequel We Want, But the One We Deserve

There’s nothing wrong with making a disappointing sequel. Just make sure you disappoint the right people.
“Megalopolis” Review: Francis Ford Coppola Builds a City of Dreams and Nightmares

Coppola creates a film mesmerizingly at war with itself: obvious and abstract, conservative and progressive, ugly and beautiful.
“Furiosa” Review: Mythic Form Battles Cinematic Function in George Miller’s Epic

What’s a director to do after transporting us to moviegoing heaven? Reach for the sun and get burned, I guess.