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Take a Delightfully Strange Road Trip with a Donkey in ‘EO,’ a Fantasia of the Animal and Human World
Director Jerzy Skolimowski’s weird, wonderful and moving tale forces the audience to confront civilization through the eyes of a beast of burden
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‘The Inspection’: A Story of the Few, the Proud, and the Very Horny
Director Elegance Bratton's makes a poignant autobiographical film debut about a gay Marine trying to find acceptance in the hypermasculine landscape of the military and having more than a few homoerotic fantasies along the way
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‘Is that Black Enough for You?!?’ Elvis Mitchell's History of Black Cinema Is a Tour de Force
The longtime movie critic's documentary is both the personal journey of a lifelong moviegoer and a tribute to the Blackexploitation genre of the 1970s that blew up Hollywood stereotypes and helped redefine Blackness.
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‘Falling For Christmas’ is a Formulaic Holiday Comedy But Marks the First Step In the Welcome Return of Lindsay Lohan
After years in the wilderness, Lohan finally gets a her chance to make movies again and reminds audiences what made her a movie star in the first place
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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is a Grief-Stricken Tribute, an Angry Blockbuster — and a Mostly Super MCU Sequel
Be prepared to weep as Ryan Coogler and his cast mourn a character and the actor who played him — while resetting the power dynamic in the franchise
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‘Good Night Oppy’: Mars Rover, Mars Rover, Say It Ain't Over
A new Amazon documentary pays loving tribute to Spirit and Opportunity — the exploration vehicles that unexpectedly lasted years on the Red Planet — and the scientists who made them
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‘Something in the Dirt’: A Kooky, Spooky Journey Through the Minds of Two Paranoid Dudes
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s kinda-sorta-mystery feels like tumbling down an internet rabbit hole — in a good way
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‘Till’: Facing an Unspeakable Murder Through a Mother’s Eyes
Chinone Chukwu’s retelling of the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till focuses on the private grief and public action taken by his mother, Mamie
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‘Descendant’ and ‘All That Breathes’ Find Hope in Two Different Hells
The subjects of two stirring documentaries — one about a town founded by freed slaves, the other about two men who rehabilitate injured birds — are a testament to perseverance
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‘Armageddon Time’ Will Put You in a 1980s New York State of Mind
Director James Gray’s nostalgia piece is a devastating family drama and poignant portrait of young friendship
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