‘Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo’ Review: Takashi Miike Serves Up a Bloody, Filthy, Very Spicy Meatball
An entertaining and blood‑soaked ride that captures the grimy spirit of its predecessors while forging its own twisted path.
‘The Stunt Driver’ Review: Jay Baruchel Adds Fuel to a Biopic Running on Empty
Can’t rise to the occasion in delivering an entertaining movie as death-defying as the Mad Canadian himself.
‘Rehearsals for a Revolution’ Review: A Poetic Love Letter to Iran’s Generations of Resistance
A powerful, potent memoir that illustrates how true radicalism forms and continues generationally.
‘Edward Said: Between Worlds’ Review: A Timely Portrait of a Palestinian Scholar Who Refused to Stay Silent
Said teaches so much, allowing you to get closer to a figure whose humanity and spirit should inspire more to use their voice.
‘I Play Rocky’ Review: Stallone’s Origin Story Gets Knocked Out by Generic Biopic Boredom
This Glass Joe of a movie-about-making-movie loses the match the moment it gets into the ring.
‘Alpha Gang’ Review: David and Nathan Zellner’s Sci-Fi Alien Invasion Comedy Got a Big Heart and Bigger Goofy Energy
The Zellners got these A-list stars looking like the Peanuts gang.
‘Prima Facie’ Review: Cynthia Erivo Carries Legal Drama That Fails its Own Case
An uneven, heavy-handed, disappointing missed opportunity as a legal drama, despite Erivo’s riveting lead performance.
‘Purgatory’ Review: Catholic Girlhood Is Hell in This Hilarious, Tender Coming-of-Age
For a movie centered around God’s followers, Purgatory is a hell of a coming‑of‑age story.