The Suicide Theory movie review: to die or not to die
Guilt, grief, and forgiveness get wrapped up in a Twilight Zone-ish shroud of fate in this downbeat trifle of a crime drama.
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Lila & Eve movie review: rage engaged
When movies like this star the likes of Liam Neeson, they open on 3,000 screens. It’s difficult not to see racism and sexism in the disparity.
13 Minutes (aka Elser) movie review: the ultimate what-if
This intense dramatization of the true story of a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1939 is an unpleasant experience but a provocative one.
Closer to God movie review: far from heaven
More standard horror flick, if elegantly presented, than the thoughtful science fiction drama it thinks it is.
Jackie & Ryan (aka Love Me Like You Do) movie review: in the moment
A romance of a gentle, bittersweet, grownup variety that doesn’t pretend that every connection has to be a grand, sweeping, happily-ever-after thing.
The Sisterhood of Night movie review: bitch hunt
There are no cartoon Mean Girls here; instead, we get striking portraits of girls in pain, desperately grasping for coping mechanisms.
Index Zero movie review (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
Smart, thoughtful science fiction that’s about ideas, not spectacle, with an extra kick of cautionary-tale warning in light of current events.
Manglehorn movie review: old man bitter
Al Pacino fully arrives at old-coot-dom, ushered in by David Gordon Green in an apparent self-parody of his usual elegiacal visual style.
Maggie movie review: sympathy for the zombie’s dad
Admirable but not very engaging SF drama that either fails to recognize the potential of its central conceit, or else is too afraid to confront it head-on.
Dawn Patrol movie review: total wipeout
A repulsive and disgustingly manipulative roundrobin of revenge that veers from softcore porn to an emotionally ignorant parody of a family drama.
