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‘Creed III’ Is a Muscular, Punishing Statement on Race in America
Michael B. Jordan’s feature directorial debut sees his Adonis Creed step into the ring with a mysterious figure from his past, played by the talented Jonathan Majors
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A Terrifying Tale of a Teenage Girl Groomed Into Being Sex Trafficked
Filmmaker Jamie Dack’s debut feature Palm Trees and Power Lines is a realistic, deeply disturbing portrait of a lost teen girl and the predator who exploits her
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‘Cocaine Bear’ Has More Coke and Gore Than a Night With Charlie Sheen
Director Elizabeth Banks’ loosely-based-on-a-true-story tale of a cocaine-huffing bear ripping likable actors to pieces in the woods knows exactly what it is
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A Sensual Portrait of a Brilliant Young Woman Far Ahead of Her Time
Frances O’Connor’s intimate film Emily tells the story of author Emily Brontë, played by rising actress Emma Mackey, and how she pushed back against society
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‘Sharper,’ Apple TV+’s Con-Artist Caper, Is a Lot Less Sexy Than It Thinks It Is
Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan topline a throwback movie about con artists that maybe could have worked when movies were allowed to be titillating
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One of the Most Controversial Movies Ever Is Back in Theaters
Irréversible: Straight Cut is a chronological version of Gaspar Noé’s notorious rape-revenge saga starring then-married couple Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci
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Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher Try to Revive the Romcom With Zero Chemistry
Aline Brosh McKenna’s (The Devil Wears Prada) cross-country Netflix romcom shouldn’t work given the two leads’ lack of sparks, yet it has a strange charm
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‘The Outwaters’: Found Footage of a Music Video Shoot Turned Bloody Nightmare
Robbie Banfitch’s low-budget horror film sees a group venture out into the Mojave Desert to shoot a music video. Then, things turn bloody
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‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ Is Very Unlikely to Turn You On
Steven Soderbergh returns to the director’s chair for the third (and final?) installment in Channing Tatum’s stripper saga — this time set in London with Salma Hayek Pinault
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An Urgent Ode to Worker Solidarity, Through the Eyes of a Desperate Woman
Filmmaker Éric Gravel’s César-nominated Full Time chronicles the chaotic life of a chambermaid contending with a transit strike and so much more
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