The Blockbuster Audacity of “Hope”
Justin Chang reviews “Hope,” a thriller by the Korean director Na Hong-jin, starring Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Cameron Britton, Alicia…
The Current Cinema
admin “The End of Oak Street” Is a Weirdly Alienated Jurassic Lark
Justin Chang on David Robert Mitchell’s film, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, which is endangered not only by dinosaurs…
Toons Have Seldom Been Loonier Than in “Coyote vs. Acme”
Justin Chang reviews “Coyote vs. Acme,” Dave Green’s adaptation—starring Will Forte, John Cena, and a host of cartoon characters—of a…
“Tony,” “Late Fame,” and the Rocky Road to Literary Stardom
Justin Chang reviews Matt Johnson’s bio-pic “Tony,” starring Dominic Sessa and Antonio Banderas, and Kent Jones’s drama “Late Fame,” with…
“The Samurai and the Prisoner” Fits a War Epic Into an Elegant Puzzle Box
In Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s historical drama, a series of puzzling crimes at a besieged fortress yields even more confounding questions about…
In “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” Desire and Terror Meet
Richard Brody reviews Jane Schoenbrun’s latest film, which stars Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, and follows an up-and-coming filmmaker as…
The Kinky Comedy of “I Want Your Sex”
Justin Chang reviews Gregg Araki’s comedy about a B.D.S.M. relationship between a provocative artist, played by Olivia Wilde, and her…
Christopher Nolan Has Always Been Making “The Odyssey”
Justin Chang writes that, in this adaptation of Homer’s epic, the director’s signature realism grounds, without dispelling, the drama’s emotional…
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” Leaves the Gods in the Outtakes
Richard Brody writes about “The Odyssey,” the new Christopher Nolan movie starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, and Zendaya.
The Coastal Mysteries of “Romería” and “Rose of Nevada”
In rich, melancholy new films from the directors Carla Simón and Mark Jenkin, the restorative power of cinema turns out…