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‘Rolling Loud: The Movie’ Review: Owen Wilson Plays a Very Bad Dad in a Tone-Deaf Would-Be Comedy
A father loses track of his 13-year-old son at the titular hip-hop music festival in Jeremy Garelick's latest film.
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‘Verity’ Review: Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett Try and Fail to Slink Their Way Through a Dumb Mystery
The fourth adaptation of best-selling novelist Colleen Hoover’s work reunites Hathaway with her 'The Idea of You' director Michael Showalter.
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‘Digger’ Review: Tom Cruise and Alejandro G. Iñárritu Are a Match Made in Showboating Hell in a Shallow Satire Insufferably Pleased With Itself
Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg and Jesse Plemons also star in this dark comedy about a blowhard oil tycoon facing a global catastrophe of his own making.
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‘Heil Jupiter!’ Review: Mexican Arthouse Auteur Carlos Reygadas Takes a Beguiling Cinematic Trip to Nowhere
The latest feature from the director of 'Silent Light' and 'Post Tenebras Lux' was shot across several continents in different languages, including one invented for the film.
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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Review: Monster Movie Genius Takashi Yamazaki Returns With a Crackling Kaiju Epic Every Bit as Exciting as Its Predecessor
This direct sequel to the 2023 global sensation picks up in 1949, as a makeshift family finds its domestic harmony again threatened by a rampaging creature’s path of destruction.
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‘Dead Drop’ Review: A Contained High-Concept Horror Flick Whose Twists Captivate More Than Its Characters
The third feature from writer-director Ned Crowley ('Killing Faith') follows eight strangers who get caught in a freight elevator and face dire consequences.
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‘Kill Me Now’ Review: A Tired Hollywood Suspense Satire Riddled with Borscht Belt Humor
Mena Suvari, Balthazar Getty, Judd Nelson and Mira Sorvino make cameos in Michael Polish’s deadpan take on movies and murder, written by and starring Jacqueline Singer, which premiered at the Oldenburg Film Festival.
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‘Unabomber’ Review: Jacob Tremblay and Russell Crowe in a Facile Rendering of Ted Kaczynski’s College Days
Director Janus Metz's thriller, also starring Shailene Woodley, attempts to plumb the depths of a pivotal moment in the infamous murderer’s life — his time as a Harvard student.
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‘Milo’ Review: Marion Cotillard Carries a Somber, Classically Made French Drama With Hints of Film Noir
Théodore Pellerin also stars in the latest feature by 80-year-old actress turned director Nicole Garcia ('My American Uncle'), which premiered in competition at San Sebastián.
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‘What Remains’ Review: A Slow-Burn, Subtly Powerful Portrait of a Creative Couple in Turkey Coming Back From the Brink
The latest feature from veteran writer-director Yesim Ustaoglu ('Clair Obscur') follows a poet and a musician facing major roadblocks on both a professional and personal level.
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‘Krux’ Review: An Extremely Bleak, Strikingly Realized Chronicle of a German Village at the End of World War II
German writer-director Tony Vahl's debut feature, set in a remote northeastern town while the Nazi regime crumbles, premiered in Toronto before playing in competition at San Sebastian.
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‘Heart of the Beast’ Review: Brad Pitt and His Canine Co-Star Earn Your Tears in David Ayer’s Tense, Tender Survival Thriller
A former Special Forces soldier and his combat dog struggle to survive in the Alaskan wilderness in this adventure from the 'Fury' filmmaker.
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‘Sense and Sensibility’ Review: Daisy Edgar-Jones and George MacKay Are Standouts in a Jane Austen Redo That’s Fine if Not Strictly Necessary
Georgia Oakley directs the latest version of the classic Regency romance, also starring Esmé Creed-Miles, CaitrÃona Balfe, Frank Dillane, Herbert Nordrum and Fiona Shaw.
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‘Forgotten Island’ Review: Dreamworks Animation’s Latest Celebrates Filipino Folklore With Dazzling Wit and Imagination
The voice cast for this tale of friendship, heritage and growing up includes H.E.R., Dave Franco, Liza Soberano, Jenny Slate, Manny Jacinto, Dolly de Leon and Jo Koy.
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‘Murderous’ Review: Neil LaBute’s New Film Is Undone by Its Overly Familiar Premise and Obvious Plot Machinations
A successful filmmaker receives an unwelcome visit from a former collaborator in this thriller receiving its world premiere at the Oldenburg International Film Festival.
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The Best Films of the Fall Festivals: THR Critics’ Picks
A shape-shifting Elizabeth Holmes doc, a star vehicle for Mahershala Ali, and new gems from Mike Leigh and Lee Chang-dong were among THR reviewers’ 13 favorite world premieres out of Venice, Telluride and Toronto.
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