Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza is two-thirds of a fantastic movie until it spirals into a dizzying unraveling that makes one wish this was perhaps something that was episodic in nature and therefore more developed.
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Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog is a powerful, searing look at the way we weaponize cruelty as a means of survival. The masterful performances and filmmaking make this one of 2021’s best films.
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The Tender Bar has good intentions and a well-intentioned heart, but is simply a film that has been made countless times before.
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Adam McKay’s doom-and-gloom satire Don’t Look Up is a polarizing and divisive look at a world apathetic to an impending catastrophe that could end all of humankind.
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Completing a teen-focused trilogy with Tom Holland as Peter Parker, a/k/a Spider-Man, Spider-Man: No Way Home is a bittersweet but thoroughly entertaining adventure with lots of emotion, action, and surprises for the most loyal and most recent of fans.
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Guillermo del Toro’s remake of 1940s film noir, Nightmare Alley, features Bradley Cooper as a mentalist who sees his carefully constructed world begin to crumble when he meets a psychiatrist who takes a keen interest in him.
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Kenneth Branagh’s memory-filled callback to his childhood in 1969 Ireland is a sweet-natured, domestic drama about a family struggling to survive in a community they once knew and a future most uncertain, through the eyes of a 9-year-old boy.
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French film TITANE is a critical darling, but struggles to stretch beyond its arthouse provocations and define a clear meaning and purpose.
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Nicolas Cage gives one of the best performances of his career, elevating a choppy screenplay to one of the most buzzworthy movies of 2021.
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Jessica Kingdon’s documentary Ascension shines a light on modern-day Chinese culture, where individuals seek to find their place in a world of innovation, influence, and productivity.
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New documentary Try Harder! takes us inside one of the most competitive high schools in the nation, Lowell High School, as graduating seniors deal with stress and anticipation about college and the future in front of them.
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Steven Spielberg’s reimagining of West Side Story is nothing short of exhilarating.
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Though the film is messy and a bit overthought, Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos is a compelling look at significant events surrounding Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Jr. in 1950s Hollywood.
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Will Smith disappears into the role of Richard Williams in King Richard, a career high for the actor in an otherwise conventional biopic film that still finds way to win over even the most jaded of moviegoers.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s directorial debut, tick, tick…BOOM!, pays tribute to “Rent” creator Jonathan Larson, featuring an inspired and moving performance from Andrew Garfield.
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Adapted from a 1929 novel of the same, Passing may be set in that time period, but its themes, topics, and messages resonate just as prominent today as they did nearly 100 years ago.
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You always want to assume the best of intentions, but Clifford the Big Red Dog is a clumsy dog toy of a movie with the inside stuffing strewn all over the place and the squeaker quickly silenced.
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Malta’s official 2021 Oscar selection, Luzzu, is a gritty, hard-scrabble look at a man desperate to find success in the fishing trade, with the temptation to enter the black market a temptation hard to resist.
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Full of style and confidence, The Harder They Fall is a modernized Western, with a largely all Black cast, coasting on an impressive first half before giving into indulgences that diffuse the overall impact.
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Kristen Stewart’s gives a remarkable, transformational performance in Spencer, a striking and unconventional fable involving Princess Diana’s final days married to Prince Charles.
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