The New York Times – Film:
It’s no “Home Alone” or “Jesus Christ Superstar,” but it does have Antonio Banderas as a song-slinging Herod and Lecrae as a quavering Angel Gabriel.
Author: Glenn Kenny
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‘In the Court of the Crimson King’ Review: 50 Years of Off-Kilter Rock
The New York Times – Music:
Toby Amies’s documentary dives into the history of the British progressive rock band King Crimson and its chief disciplinarian, Robert Fripp.
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‘Old Dads’ Review: Bill Burr Rails Against Modern Life as a Dad
The New York Times – Film:
A curmudgeon, starting fatherhood late, has lots to say about the world.
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Jamie Foxx in a Lively Courtroom Drama
The New York Times – Film:
Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones deliver bravura performances in this Maggie Betts film about a funeral-home proprietor in financial trouble.
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‘Shadows in the City’ Review: A Sleazy Slice of 1980s No Wave
The New York Times – Film:
The director Ari M. Roussimoff’s black-and-white homage to the downtown crowd gets a raw screening at the Museum of Modern Art before its restoration.
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‘Mister Organ’ Review: Antiques Sideshow
The New York Times – Film:
A documentarian’s investigation into peculiar events outside a New Zealand antiques shop turns into a horror story.
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‘The Kill Room’ Review: Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson Reunite
The New York Times – Film:
The “Pulp Fiction” actors Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson reunite in a bloody saga that is past its “best by” date, but includes an all-star supporting cast.
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‘The Saint of Second Chances’ Review: Baseball Inferno
The New York Times – Film:
This documentary from Morgan Neville and Jeff Malmberg reconsiders the troubled career of Mike Veeck, a son of the M.L.B. impresario Bill Veeck.
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‘Mr. Jimmy’ Review: Trying for That Perfect Page Re-Creation
The New York Times – Music:
Akio Sakurai is obsessed with sounding exactly like the Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page. This documentary plumbs the depths of his devotion.