The New York Times – Film:
June Squibb stars in Scarlett Johansson’s sometimes moving but often uneven directorial debut.
Author: Alissa Wilkinson
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‘Swiped’ Review: A Woman in a Man’s World
The New York Times – Film:
A drama about the rise and fall and rise again of a founder of Tinder and Bumble suffers from some flimsiness.
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Robert Redford’s Many Types of Heroes
The New York Times – Film:
The Outlaw, the Romantic, the Survivor: From the Sundance Kid to his final role, he showed different ways to be a hero onscreen.
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As an Activist, Robert Redford Understood the Power of Celebrity
The New York Times – Film:
His knowledge of the ways cameras and media create narratives helped him redirect those stories in service of larger causes like environmentalism.
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Jennifer Lopez’s Life Is Her Greatest Art. These 7 Roles Explain Why.
The New York Times – Music:
Her casting in the forthcoming “Kiss of the Spider Woman” underscores how her best onscreen work has always been informed by what’s happening offscreen.
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‘Lost in the Jungle’: A Real-Life Thriller in Documentary Form
The New York Times – Film:
The movie peels back the layers of a headline story to find a complex tale, centuries in the making.
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‘The Man in My Basement’ Review: A Prison of His Own Making
The New York Times – Film:
Corey Hawkins and Willem Dafoe star in an overstuffed drama about a man haunted by the weight of history.
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Fighting the Power, One Political Cartoon at a Time
The New York Times – Film:
“A Savage Art” looks at the life of the prizewinning Pat Oliphant and argues such work is “a serious expression of a political thought.”
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‘Twinless’ Review: Just the One of Us
The New York Times – Film:
Dylan O’Brien stars in an uneven but heartfelt tragicomedy about loneliness and longing.