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Nine reasons to see Didi

Nine reasons to see Didi

Sean Wang's Sundance Award-winning coming-of-age film is a joy and one of the year's most promising directorial debuts. Here are some of the reasons I enjoyed it so much.

Lee Isaac Chung gets carried away with Twisters

Lee Isaac Chung gets carried away with Twisters

The personal touch of Minari director Lee Isaac Chung is evident in this surprising sequel to a 1996 summer blockbuster, which turns some blockbuster cliches sideways.

By My Lights: a surprise package for the first week of 2025

By My Lights: a surprise package for the first week of 2025

A new year: new ambitions, new sights and sounds, new prayers... and new writing!

Kings of infinite space: Inmates of Sing Sing stage a prison break through art

Kings of infinite space: Inmates of Sing Sing stage a prison break through art

The latest entry in the "Art Can Change Your Life" genre has particular strengths—it's a true story, it avoids narrative contrivance, and, most of the time, it shows admirable restraint.

Wicked Little Letters serves up wisdom with a clustercuss of conflict

Wicked Little Letters serves up wisdom with a clustercuss of conflict

Now streaming on Netflix, Wicked Little Letters should not be overlooked. It's much more than a swear-word showdown between Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley.

Dazzled and disappointed by Furiosa, "the darkest of angels"

Dazzled and disappointed by Furiosa, "the darkest of angels"

While it's a thrill to be back in George Miller's awe-inspiring cinematic universe, Furiosa's story feels too narrowly focused on revenge.

A Quiet Place: Day One is a decent exercise in an exhausting, exhausted genre

A Quiet Place: Day One is a decent exercise in an exhausting, exhausted genre

Nyong’o shines in an otherwise unremarkable prequel about an alien invasion, a cat, and the search for transcendent pizza.

Hail any cab but Daddio's

Hail any cab but Daddio's

Why I probably won't revisit Daddio, a movie about a Manhattan cab driver and his fare.

Stranded on Janet Planet, a young girl struggles to survive

Stranded on Janet Planet, a young girl struggles to survive

Annie Baker's directorial debut is a discomforting, intimate portrait of a struggling mother and a wide-eyed, intuitive daughter who draw difficult neighbors into their orbit.

Not so fast, but oh so furious: Thelma is a blast.

Not so fast, but oh so furious: Thelma is a blast.

June Squibb is 2024's funniest and most endearing action hero in this delightful play on Mission: Impossible clichés.

Ghostlight celebrates the healing power of community theater

Ghostlight celebrates the healing power of community theater

Kelly O'Sullivan's film about grief, reconciliation, and community theater deserves major acting awards.

Inside Out 2 gives us all some strong anti-anxiety treatment

Inside Out 2 gives us all some strong anti-anxiety treatment

While it doesn't quite reach the heights of Pixar's golden-age masterpieces, we can be grateful for the wisdom and whimsy of this surprising sequel.

Hit Man hits and hits... but misses when it matters most

Hit Man hits and hits... but misses when it matters most

Linklater's smart, good-humored comedy looks ready to launch a fantastic franchise starring Glen Powell... and then fumbles the ball and loses the game just when it seemed like a sure win.