The New York Times – Film:
A.O. Scott conducts his own exit interview as he moves to a new post after more than two decades of reviewing films.
Author: A.O. Scott
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‘Moving On’ Review: Cracking Jokes and Settling Scores
The New York Times – Film:
Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda team up in an awkward comedy about two women contemplating the murder of a predatory man.
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’65’ Review: An Extraterrestrial Adam Driver Lands on Earth
The New York Times – Film:
Millions of years ago, a guy from another planet landed on this one. Like most survivors, he had a moody little girl with him.
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‘La Civil’ Review: A Mother’s Desperation
The New York Times – Film:
The violence of Mexico’s drug cartels is the backdrop for Teodora Ana Mihai’s first dramatic feature.
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‘Dancing the Twist in Bamako’ Review: Youth in Revolt
The New York Times – Film:
Robert Guédiguian’s jaunty new film places a young romance against the backdrop of post-colonial Mali in the early 1960s.
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Why A.I. Movies Couldn’t Prepare Us for Bing’s Chatbot
The New York Times – Film:
Instead of the chilling rationality of HAL in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” we get the messy awfulness of Microsoft’s Sydney. Call it the banality of sentience.
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‘Pacifiction’ Review: Trouble in Paradise
The New York Times – Film:
Albert Serra’s languorous new film is a dreamy meditation on post-colonial geopolitics.
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‘Marlowe’ Review: The Adventures of a Worn-Out Gumshoe
The New York Times – Film:
Liam Neeson and Neil Jordan try to breathe new life into Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled hero.
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‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ Review: Stripping Down to Bare Essentials
The New York Times – Film:
Channing Tatum returns as Florida’s favorite male exotic dancer, romancing a restless socialite played by Salma Hayek Pinault.