This week’s roundup includes reviews of several new releases, both in theaters (“Passages,” “Love Life” and “Winter Kills”) and on disc (“Fast X,” “Broken Mirrors” and “Other People’s Children”). In-Theater/Streaming Releases of the WeekPassages (MUBI) Ira Sachs has...
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This week’s roundup includes as interesting new films from Germany (“Afire”), Spain (“The Beasts”) and America (“The Restless Hungarian” and “The Unknown Country”) as well as three vintage films making their 4K/UHD debuts (“East of Eden,” “Enter the Dragon” and “Rio...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of several new releases on Blu-ray, including HBO’s latest post-apocalyptic series “The Last of Us,” the offbeat Holocaust drama, “Persian Lessons,” and the even stranger Nazi-revenge thriller, “Sisu.” Blu-ray Releases of the...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of Christopher Nolan’s new lumbering epic, “Oppenheimer,” and Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius’ new zombie satire, “Final Cut,” along with the 4K release of Martin Scorsese’s 1985 surreal nightmare, “After Hours.” In...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of new films in theaters and streaming, including an Italian character study, “Amanda,” and a blackly comic look at a dysfunctional family with the great Richard E. Grant, “The Lesson”; there are also, on Blu-ray, a couple of by-the...
This week’s roundup includes my reviews of new releases, including “Revoir Paris,” starring Belgian actress Virginie Efira in her award-winning portrayal of a grieving mass-shooting survivor; and several interesting documentaries: “Make Me Famous,” “Umberto Eco—A...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of a new biopic about “The Scream” artist Edvard Munch; 4K releases of the latest—and longest—“John Wick” sequel and Terry Gilliam’s 1981 fantasy, “Time Bandits”; and Blu-ray releases of “The Covenant,” an Afghan war film with Jake...
This week’s roundup is highlighted by the entertaining new documentary, “Squaring the Circle” by Anton Corbijn, an illuminating look at Hipgnosis, creators of the most iconic album covers of the 1970s. In-Theater/Streaming Releases of the WeekSquaring the Circle...
This week’s roundup features my Blu-ray reviews of two great films by directors at the peak of their powers: Celine Sciamma’s “Petite Maman” (2021) and Shohei Imamura’s “Warm Water Under a Red Bridge” (2001), along with two fascinating art-world documentaries, in...
This week’s roundup features my reviews of several new releases, both in theaters and streaming, featuring top-notch performances: “Master Gardener,” with Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver and Quintessa Swindell; “Sanctuary,” with Margaret Qualley; “Giving Birth to a...