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State violence and racial justice: ‘The Hate U Give’ could sear on screensFor young people who already walk in the shoes of the story’s protagonist, ‘The Hate U Give’ offers affirmation of their identities, as a Texas librarian says.
‘The Old Man & the Gun’ may be Robert Redford’s last acting roleThe film disserves what Redford, at his best, can be as an actor in favor of a fraudulent, senior citizen variation on glossy movie-star iconography.
Tonal shifts in 'The Sisters Brothers' seem like the result of indecisionThe cast, which includes John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Riz Ahmed, and Jake Gyllenhaal, is strong and demonstrates yet again how good acting can carry audiences through movies that otherwise would not be worth the trip.
Two September movies you should seeMonitor film critic Peter Rainer was most impressed this month by a film about a young woman who says she has seen the Virgin Mary and a documentary about young people entering a science fair.
- Documentary 'Science Fair' showcases humble hopefuls
The movie is about the run-up to the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).
'Pick of the Litter' avoids specifics but is fairly enjoyableThe documentary follows five Labrador siblings born into a litter for special training for the Guide Dogs for the Blind organization.
#MeToo pervades Toronto film festTopical documentaries and a fourth version of ‘A Star is Born’ stand out.
‘The Apparition’ focuses on issues of faith, truthIn writer-director Xavier Giannoli's film, a young woman in France claims to have been visited by the Virgin Mary.
‘The Bookshop’ evokes nostalgia for all things literaryFlorence Green (Emily Mortimer) loves books and decides to convert the run-down home she owns and occupies into a bookshop, the only one within many miles.
Rom-com 'Juliet Naked' is indeed romantic and comedicThe adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel is sweet and unprepossessing.
'We the Animals' continually wafts away into artinessThe movie, which focuses on a trio of brothers, is all nuance with no clear sense of place.
Can ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ help redefine how Hollywood portrays Asians?Historically, Hollywood has misrepresented Asians. Understanding how offers lessons on more authentically portraying minorities, eventually making movies like ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ expected rather than exceptions.
In MoviePass morass, lessons about risks, opportunities of industry changeMoviePass hoped to fundamentally change the moviegoing experience. A series of problems has put the company in jeopardy, but its bold experiment may help disrupt the movie theater industry.
Landmark cast, high expectations for 'Crazy Rich Asians'The film, which opens Aug. 15, is an extreme rarity – the first movie from a major Hollywood studio with Asian-Americans at its center since “The Joy Luck Club” in 1993. According to a study released by the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, 4.8 percent of speaking characters in Hollywood films in 2017 were Asian.
'BlacKkKlansman' tells a truth-is-stranger-than-fiction story about the KKKIn the early 1970s, African-American police officer Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) joins the Ku Klux Klan, with fellow officer Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), who is white and Jewish, impersonating Ron.
‘What Will People Say’ presents a cultural divide with urgencyNisha (Maria Mozhdah) is a 16-year-old girl who lives on the outskirts of Oslo with her tightknit Pakistani immigrant family until her misbehavior causes her father to take her to live in Pakistan.
First LookOscar's new popular film category sparks backlashFacing declining viewership, the Academy of Motions Pictures Arts and Sciences has created a popular film award category. The move led questions over the category well-reviewed blockbusters such as "Black Panther" would fall under.
Sweet 'Christopher Robin' has impressive voice workThe film takes a while to get going.
'Far From the Tree' chronicles very different children, parentsAuthor and psychologist Andrew Solomon’s bestselling 2012 book 'Far From the Tree' chronicled some 300 case histories of families in which a child and the child’s parents were vastly unalike. Rachel Dretzin’s documentary draws on his book.
'Eighth Grade' is a gently humorous and nuanced portrait of middle schoolIt’s rare to see a movie about middle school years that looks and sounds as right as 'Eighth Grade,' which is written and directed by Bo Burnham.
