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Critic’s Notebook: In Praise of Frederick Wiseman, America’s Greatest Living Filmmaker
As career-spanning retrospectives in three major cities come to a close, a THR critic reflects on the 95-year-old documentarian's lasting importance and timelier-than-ever body of work.
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‘Havoc’ Review: Tom Hardy Dials the Ultra-Violence and the Body Count Way Up in Netflix’s High-Octane Action Thriller
Jessie Mei Li, Timothy Olyphant and Forest Whitaker also star in Gareth Evans’ neo-noir about a compromised detective caught between Triad killers and crooked fellow cops.
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‘Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh’ Review: Blunt-Edged Drama About an Indian Tragedy Occasionally Hits the Mark
Akshay Kumar stars as renowned lawyer and statesman C. Sankaran Nair in a film about the court case that followed the 1919 massacre, from first-time director Karan Singh Tyagi.
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‘Until Dawn’ Review: Ella Rubin and Odessa A’zion in a Confused Video Game-Inspired Horror Flick
Five friends find themselves stuck in a time-loop nightmare in this offering based on the PlayStation game and penned by Blair Butler and Gary Dauberman.
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‘Sneaks’ Review: Anthony Mackie, Chloe Bailey and Martin Lawrence in an Animated Comedy That Takes the High Out of Hi-Tops
Rob Edwards and Christopher Jenkins' film about a pair of coveted sneakers that get separated squanders a starry voice cast that also includes Swae Lee, Macy Gray and Laurence Fishburne.
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‘The Encampments’ Review: A Gripping Doc Goes Inside Gaza Protests at Columbia University
Kei Pritsker and Michael T. Workman's film, executive produced by Macklemore, chronicles the divestment movement that swept college campuses last spring.
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‘Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey’ Review: ‘My Octopus Teacher’ Director Delivers Another Heart-Tugging Study of Man and Nature
Pippa Ehrlich’s Netflix doc traces a volunteer conservationist’s experience with the rehabilitation of a traumatized pangolin pup rescued from illegal traffickers in South Africa.
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‘Sinners’ Review: Michael B. Jordan Doubles the Magnetism in Ryan Coogler’s Audacious Journey Into a Community’s Violated Soul
Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Wunmi Mosaku and Miles Caton also star in this genre-bending brew of vampire horror, Southern Gothic, folklore and blues-soaked spirituality.
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‘G20’ Review: Viola Davis Does Her Swaggering Part as a President Under Duress in Silly but Serviceable Prime Video Popcorn Thriller
The Oscar-winning actress joins Anthony Anderson, Ramón Rodríguez, Douglas Hodge, Marsai Martin and Antony Starr in Patricia Riggen's action film.
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‘The Amateur’ Review: Rami Malek Transforms From CIA Desk Jockey Into Ace Field Agent in Preposterous but Entertaining Vengeance Thriller
Rachel Brosnahan, Laurence Fishburne and Caitríona Balfe also star in James Hawes’ film of the Robert Littell novel about a man shattered by loss but galvanized by justice.
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‘She’s the He’ Review: An Endearing Debut Takes on Coming Out While Coming of Age
Writer-director Siobhan McCarthy's first feature, which premiered at SXSW, sends up conservative bathroom panic to fashion a scrappy tale about self-discovery.
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‘A Minecraft Movie’ Review: Jason Momoa and Jack Black Lead Unimaginative Video-Game Adventure Comedy
Sebastian Hansen, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks and Jennifer Coolidge also star in the story of four strangers who must find their way back home after being pulled into a cubic wonderland created by a doorknob salesman.
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Critic’s Appreciation: Val Kilmer, an Unclassifiable Heartthrob Who Always Had an Edge
The 65-year-old actor, who died Tuesday from pneumonia, rose to stardom in the 1980s and was famed for his roles in films ranging from 'Top Gun' to 'Tombstone' to 'The Doors.'
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‘Warfare’ Review: Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland Plunge the Audience Into the Hell of Combat in Visceral Real-Time Nerve-Shredder
Shaped from the memories of Navy SEALS on a 2006 mission in Iraq, the drama features rising stars including Joseph Quinn, Kit Connor, Charles Melton and ‘Reservation Dogs’ discovery D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai.
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‘The Woman in the Yard’ Review: Danielle Deadwyler Stars in a Stately and Stylish Blumhouse Horror Flick
The latest from Jaume Collet-Serra revolves around a family who becomes rattled by a mysterious stranger who shows up at their isolated farmhouse.
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‘A Working Man’ Review: Jason Statham in David Ayer’s Formulaic but Effective Actioner
The actor reunites with his 'Beekeeper' director for a thriller co-scripted by Sylvester Stallone.
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