The New York Times – Film:
That time when Mom and Dad hired Jennifer Lawrence to introduce you to the pleasures of the opposite sex before you started college.
Author: Glenn Kenny
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‘Surrounded’ Review: Letitia Wright Impresses in an Overbaked Western
The New York Times – Film:
Playing a woman disguising herself as a man, Wright is haunting and haunted, and Michael K. Williams is an energetic presence in one of his last roles.
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‘Apes Together Strong’ Review: Rooting for the Small Investors
The New York Times – Film:
The 2021 “short squeeze” of GameStop was a rare victory for the little guy. This documentary explains why the house — Wall Street wealth, that is — almost always wins.
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‘Padre Pio’ Review: A Movie in Need of a Miracle That Never Comes
The New York Times – Film:
In this film directed by Abel Ferrara, Shia LaBeouf gives viewers a contemporary version of the saint — that is, one who curses a blue streak.
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‘The Machine’ Review: A Hard-Partying Comedian Pays for His Sins
The New York Times – Film:
In a movie extrapolated from one of his stand-up bits, Bert Kreischer is dragged to Russia to face a gory but still comedic reckoning.
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‘About My Father’ Review: Robert De Niro in Dad Mode Again
The New York Times – Film:
The comedian Sebastian Maniscalco enlists his “Irishman” colleague in this labored comedy, where gags fall flat.
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‘Queenmaker’ Review: Society Blogger to Self-Made Celebrity
The New York Times – Film:
The chronicler of the post-9/11 New York social whirl who is at the center of this documentary was no Manhattan insider but rather a student in Illinois.
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‘Hypnotic’ Review: A Twisty Thriller Sends Ben Affleck on the Run
The New York Times – Film:
Alice Braga plays a psychic and Affleck a cop in this action-packed Robert Rodriguez picture that gets a little overly ambitious.