Capsule reviews for Dec. 25
Dear Comrades Almost 60 years later and half a world away, the circumstances surrounding the…
Todd Jorgenson
Greenland
By big-budget disaster flick standards, Greenland deserves some credit for focusing more on the human…
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
The late Chadwick Boseman deserves to go out on a high note, although his final…
Capsule reviews for Dec. 18
Bad Impulse An impulsive viewing of this ridiculous psychological thriller would indeed be unfortunate. It…
The Midnight Sky
Unlike some other recent cinematic outer-space adventures, the existential crisis in The Midnight Sky remains…
Let Them All Talk
As an incisive study of creative inspiration and author ethics, Let Them All Talk doesn’t…
Wild Mountain Thyme
The dialogue in Wild Mountain Thyme is stuffed with dusty old Irish sayings passed down…
Capsule reviews for Dec. 11
Archenemy Some ambitious visual and narrative concepts are buried beneath the genre conventions of this…