Criterion’s new Jackie Chan box set, “Emergence of a Superstar,” captures a fraught period in the career of a budding…
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After promising us back in 2007 that “white meat … dark meat … all will be carved, this Thanksgiving,” Eli…
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Ridley Scott’s big-budget war epic “Napoleon” is a series of accomplished battle sequences looking for a better movie to connect…
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“Mountains,” director Monica Sorelle’s richly personal directorial feature debut, is an eloquently composed story of a Haitian-American family navigating gentrification…
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Matt writes: With the awards season in full swing, there are plentiful enticing films arriving both on streaming platforms and…
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With the arrival of the 29th annual Black Harvest Film Festival, I am again reminded of the spirit of the…
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“They’re here to witness my swag,” growls Indian super-spy Tiger midway through “Tiger 3,” a mostly staid but still satisfying…
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Transgender philosopher-filmmaker Paul B. Preciado’s “Orlando, My Political Biography” starts with footage of the filmmaker on a city street at night, wheatpasting posters…
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There’s something refreshing about the plainly weird premise of “Dream Scenario”. Nicolas Cage plays a nondescript evolutionary biology professor named Paul…
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Albert Brooks has been one of the giants of American comedy for half a century. “Albert Brooks: Defending Your Life”…
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