The New York Times – Film:
Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington lead a crowded cast of zanies in David O. Russell’s latest screwball outing.
Author: Manohla Dargis
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In 60th Year, New York Film Festival Stays True to Its Mission
The New York Times – Film:
Standouts like “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” and “Descendant” are still on tap in the second half of this marathon of cinematic art.
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‘Blonde’ Review: Exploiting Marilyn Monroe for Old Times’ Sake
The New York Times – Film:
She was an actress of uncommon talent. But once again a director is more interested in examining her body (literally, in this case) than getting inside her mind.
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‘Petrov’s Flu’ Review: Roaming a Grim, Rowdy Underworld
The New York Times – Film:
In this fever dream of a movie by Kirill Serebrennikov, a Russian man wanders a wild urban landscape that he regularly hallucinates his way out of.
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‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Review: Burning Down the Dollhouse
The New York Times – Film:
Florence Pugh plays a seemingly happy housewife whose world starts to crack apart in Olivia Wilde’s wobbly feminist gothic.
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In Toronto, Films by Women About Women, but That’s Where the Similarities End
The New York Times – Film:
The Toronto International Film Festival returns to business mostly as usual with throngs of excited attendees and some of the year’s most anticipated new movies.
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‘God’s Country’ Review: A Solitary Woman Isn’t Left Alone for Long
The New York Times – Film:
In this simmering thriller, Thandiwe Newton plays a professor in rural Montana who confronts two hunters who say they’re just passing through.
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‘The Woman King’ Review: Viola Davis Slays
The New York Times – Film:
Viola Davis leads a strong cast into battle in an epic from Gina Prince-Bythewood, inspired by real women warriors.
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Godard Taught Me How to Watch Cinema, Even as He Kept Reinventing It
The New York Times – Film:
Jean-Luc Godard was a prophet of film’s future as an art form, layering images and sound that the body could sink into and the mind could puzzle through.