Silent Twins: Incommunicado
Agnieszka Smoczyńska made her first film in her native Poland. It was a musical called The Lure, about two man-eating mermaid sisters who become...
See How They Run: Murder Behind the Scenes
Oh, how the British must have watched Knives Out with jealousy. Time was, the U.K. used to turn out lighthearted murder mysteries like that...
Honk for Jesus: The Pastor’s Wife
The latest film about the Black church is the mockumentary comedy Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. It’s by no means the best; The...
Prey: Thunderbird
Hallelujah, praise the Lord! At long last, somebody did something creative with the Predator series! It took only 35 years after the release of the...
Alienoid: Space Oddity
Opening this week at Cinemark Alliance Town Center and AMC Grapevine Mills, Alienoid is by no means the best alien-invasion film of the season,...
Inu-Oh: Under the Bridge
Playing at multiplexes and the Modern Art Museum this weekend, Masaaki Yuasa’s Inu-Oh is a heady mash-up of Noh theater and glam rock that...
Emily the Criminal: Boxcutter
Aubrey Plaza’s transition to dramatic actress continues apace with Emily the Criminal, which opens this week. Some actors who spend years on a sitcom,...
Bullet Train: Ladybug Express
Something to recognize about Japanese thrillers: Ridiculous comic elements are often baked in. It’s part of their sense of humor, and the zaniness can...
Vengeance: Conspiracy Theory
It’s a plot as old as plots: a city slicker comes to the countryside with preconceived notions about the rural folk and then finds...
Hansan: Naval Ops Commander
Eight years have passed between Kim Han-min’s record-breaking period naval war film The Admiral: Roaring Currents and his prequel, Hansan: Rising Dragon, which opens...
