More from David Rooney
‘Steve’ Review: Cillian Murphy Pours Damaged Heart and Soul Into a Bad Day in the Life of a Reform School Teacher
Following ‘Small Things Like These’ and ‘Peaky Blinders’ as the Oscar-winning actor’s third collaboration with director Tim Mielants, the Netflix drama also features Tracey Ullman, Emily Watson and Jay Lycurgo.
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‘The Christophers’ Review: Michaela Coel’s Steely Self-Possession and Ian McKellen’s Scalding Wit Are an Irresistible Match in Steven Soderbergh’s Tart Art Comedy
Jessica Gunning and James Corden also star as siblings angling to cash in on the looming death of their estranged father, a once-renowned painter.
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‘Couture’ Review: Angelina Jolie Explores Her Vulnerability in a Vacuum in Alice Winocour’s Wispy Mood Piece
Louis Garrel and Vincent Lindon also appear in a drama that considers the interior lives of three women behind the façade of glamorous ateliers and pulsing catwalk shows during Paris Fashion Week.
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‘Roofman’ Review: Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst’s Chemistry Sweetens Romance Veined With Melancholy in Derek Cianfrance’s True-Crime Caper
Based on a late-‘90s robbery spree and the prison break and fugitive months that followed, the film boasts a supporting cast including LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple and Peter Dinklage.
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‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ Review: Daniel Craig Returns but Josh O’Connor Steals the Spotlight in Rian Johnson’s Overworked Threequel
An ensemble including Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott and Jeremy Renner gets caught up in the latest Benoit Blanc investigation, this one taking place around a small-town church.
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‘The Lost Bus’ Review: Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera Are Affecting as Modest Heroes in Paul Greengrass’ Visceral Real-Life Wildfire Thriller
Mixing docudrama with a story of human courage, the Apple TV+ film recreates the deadliest blaze in California history and the determination of two strangers to rescue 22 schoolchildren.
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‘Christy’ Review: Sydney Sweeney Throws a Convincing Enough Punch, but David Michôd’s Boxing Movie Never Transcends Bio-Drama Formula
Based on the life of Christy Martin, who helped legitimize women’s boxing, the film also stars Ben Foster as the trainer who becomes her abusive husband.
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‘Duse’ Review: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Radiates Feverish Luminosity in Challenging Historical Character Study
Pietro Marcello imagines the twilight years of legendary Italian stage actress Eleanora Duse in the period between World War I and the rise of fascism.
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‘Dead Man’s Wire’ Review: Bill Skarsgard Does His Strongest Work to Date in Gus Van Sant’s Stylish and Gripping ’70s Throwback
A regular American screwed over by bloodsucking moneymen strikes back in this fact-based crime thriller, also starring Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo and Al Pacino.
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‘A House of Dynamite’ Review: Idris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson in Kathryn Bigelow’s Precision-Tooled, Viscerally Unsettling Nail-Biter
The Netflix thriller captures from multiple perspectives the White House response to an unattributed missile launch headed for a major U.S. city in the harrowing 20 minutes until projected impact.
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‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: Amanda Seyfried Channels Agony and Ecstasy in Audacious Epic That’s Easier to Admire Than to Love
Co-written by director Mona Fastvold with Brady Corbet, this portrait of the 18th century religious leader who founded the Shaker movement also stars Lewis Pullman, Thomasin McKenzie and Christopher Abbott.
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‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Review: Cate Blanchett and Adam Driver in Jim Jarmusch’s Funny, Tender, Astutely Observed Jewel of a Family Triptych
Tom Waits, Indya Moore and Charlotte Rampling are also part of the ensemble in three minor-key stories about adult siblings and their parents, set in the Northeast U.S., Dublin and Paris.
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