12/21/21The best films of 2021: The ballotsHere's how 10 critics voted in our annual poll on the year in moviesByA.A. Dowd, Caroline Siede, Katie Rife, Noel Murray, Carlos Aguilar, Charles Bramesco, Mike D'Angelo, Jesse Hassenger, Leila Latif, and Vikram MurthiPublishedDecember 21, 2021
12/21/21The best films of 2021West Side Story, The Green Knight, and Licorice Pizza are among our favorite movies of the yearByA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Mike D'Angelo, Jesse Hassenger, Noel Murray, Leila Latif, Charles Bramesco, Vikram Murthi, Caroline Siede, and Carlos AguilarPublishedDecember 21, 2021
12/15/21The best movie scenes of 2021Some of the year's best movie moments came from No Time To Die, Shang-Chi, and Licorice PizzaByA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Noel Murray, Charles Bramesco, Vikram Murthi, Jesse Hassenger, Mike D'Angelo, Caroline Siede, Leila Latif, Lawrence Garcia, and Carlos AguilarPublishedDecember 15, 2021
12/2/21The best movies of 2001Where do Memento, Lord Of The Rings, and Mulholland Drive fall on our retrospective countdown?ByA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Jesse Hassenger, Craig D. Lindsey, Leila Latif, Noel Murray, Mike D'Angelo, Charles Bramesco, Vikram Murthi, Roxana Hadadi, and Carlos AguilarPublishedDecember 2, 2021
8/9/21Hulu's Homeroom is a fascinating snapshot of teen advocacy on the cusp of a pandemicShot in late 2019 and early 2020, the documentary follows politically involved students at an Oakland high schoolByCarlos AguilarPublishedAugust 9, 2021
7/28/21Sabaya offers a firsthand account of a dangerous search and rescue operationIt's an intense but incomplete documentary about efforts to save the girls kidnapped by The Islamic StateByCarlos AguilarPublishedJuly 28, 2021
3/31/21Concrete Cowboy turns a unique subculture into a coming-of-age clichéMuch as the recent Charm City Kings did with dirt bike riders in Baltimore, Concrete Cowboy zeroes in on North…ByCarlos AguilarPublishedMarch 31, 2021
2/25/21Under current rules, there’s no way adventurous animation can compete at the OscarsTo realize the shameless disdain many Academy members feel toward the Best Animated Feature category—and toward…ByCarlos AguilarPublishedFebruary 25, 2021
1/20/21Identifying Features is among the greatest, most devastating films about Mexico’s drug warSome movies wound us so profoundly that once darkness has consumed their final frame we are incapable of shaking off…ByCarlos AguilarPublishedJanuary 20, 2021
1/12/21The incisive MLK/FBI revisits the shameful surveillance campaign against Martin Luther King Jr.Note: The writer of this review watched MLK/FBI on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to see…ByCarlos AguilarPublishedJanuary 12, 2021
11/4/20Charlie Hunnam and Jack O’Connell bring macho tenderness to boxing drama JunglelandEarnest fraternal affection is the main attraction in Jungleland, director Max Winkler’s moody road-trip movie by…ByCarlos AguilarPublishedNovember 4, 2020