Mike D'Angelo

3/1/22

Cuts are sharper than expected in the clumsy Palestinian thriller <i>Huda's Salon</i>

Cuts are sharper than expected in the clumsy Palestinian thriller Huda's Salon

Alternating between two women's stories, the latest from Paradise Now's Hany Abu-Assad diminishes both

2/15/22

Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg retrace familiar action-movie routes in <i>Uncharted</i>

Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg retrace familiar action-movie routes in Uncharted

Adapted from the popular video game series, the whole thing plays like ersatz Indiana Jones

2/9/22

Zoë Kravitz can’t escape big tech’s eyes and ears in Steven Soderbergh’s fun <i>Kimi</i>

Zoë Kravitz can’t escape big tech’s eyes and ears in Steven Soderbergh’s fun Kimi

Alexa, play an entertainingly dumb techno-thriller

2/3/22

Moonfall is a moonfail

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s… not exciting enough

1/25/22

Finnish prizewinner <i>Compartment No. 6 </i>proves that rom-com formula works perfectly well with subtitles

Finnish prizewinner Compartment No. 6 proves that rom-com formula works perfectly well with subtitles

They’re opposites. They attract. Whaddaya need, a road map?

12/21/21

The best films of 2021: The ballots

Here's how 10 critics voted in our annual poll on the year in movies

12/21/21

The best films of 2021

West Side Story, The Green Knight, and Licorice Pizza are among our favorite movies of the year

12/20/21

One of the most famous Christmas songs ever is actually a real downer

“Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” one of the most frequently played holiday songs, is both somber and…

12/20/21

Tilda Swinton hears a strange sound in the magnificently mysterious <i>Memoria</i>

Tilda Swinton hears a strange sound in the magnificently mysterious Memoria

Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Cannes prizewinner transforms "exploding head syndrome" into an offbeat odyssey

12/15/21

The best movie scenes of 2021

Some of the year's best movie moments came from No Time To Die, Shang-Chi, and Licorice Pizza

12/14/21

Peter Dinklage and his perfectly ordinary nose make for a solid <i>Cyrano</i>

Peter Dinklage and his perfectly ordinary nose make for a solid Cyrano

Were his singing as strong as his acting, it might have been a great Cyrano

12/14/21

Only those with a stomach for nonstop anxiety should watch<i> White Lie</i>

Only those with a stomach for nonstop anxiety should watch White Lie

A college kid fakes a cancer diagnosis in this riveting, deliberately opaque character study

12/2/21

The best movies of 2001

Where do Memento, Lord Of The Rings, and Mulholland Drive fall on our retrospective countdown?

11/30/21

Identifying as an animal takes on extra baggage in the thin, iffy parable <i>Wolf</i>

Identifying as an animal takes on extra baggage in the thin, iffy parable Wolf

For George MacKay and Lily-Rose Depp, being human ain’t all it’s cracked up to be

11/24/21

Sandra Bullock shows off her tediously stoic side in Netflix’s <i>The Unforgivable</i>

Sandra Bullock shows off her tediously stoic side in Netflix’s The Unforgivable

Adapted from a three-part British miniseries, this thriller/melodrama seems to have lost a lot in translation

11/16/21

Joaquin Phoenix is unusually grounded in the family drama <i>C’mon C’mon</i>

Joaquin Phoenix is unusually grounded in the family drama C’mon C’mon

Having made films about his mother and father, Mike Mills turns his attention to the uncle

11/9/21

<i>Mayor Pete </i>can’t find the warmth beneath the wonk of the former presidential candidate

Mayor Pete can’t find the warmth beneath the wonk of the former presidential candidate

Pete Buttigieg isn’t a terribly exciting documentary subject… which is part of what makes the documentary about him…

11/3/21

Tom Hanks makes the post-apocalypse cuddly in <i>Finch</i>

Tom Hanks makes the post-apocalypse cuddly in Finch

It's the end of the world as we know it, and you'll feel fine

10/19/21

Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy do their best to electrify a drab biopic

The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain is about a famous artist, but his art is the least interesting part of the movie

10/5/21

There's nothing to get excited about in the Netflix slasher <i>There's Someone Inside Your House</i>

There's nothing to get excited about in the Netflix slasher There's Someone Inside Your House

These teens make good company, but the horror movie in which they're trapped is strictly rote.

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