2filmcriticsOct 114 minHelmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful ★★★The film’s subtitle apparently refers to the “beautiful” bodies Newton photographed and to the “bad” boy who did the work.
2filmcriticsMay 304 minThe Painter and the Thief ★★★1/2 Barbora (painter) and Bertil (thief) are complex characters, whose dark, self-destructive, parallel pasts may never be fully revealed.
2filmcriticsMar 204 minAmerican Factory ★★★This 2019 Best Documentary, is the story—at its best—of a clash of cultures when the Chinese re-open an Ohio factory.
2filmcriticsAug 7, 20192 minThey Shall Not Grow Old ★★★1/2 A tender paean to the men who sacrificed their lives, limbs—and sometimes, faces—for what others thought was the greater good.
2filmcriticsJun 8, 20192 minBob Wilson's Life and Death of Marina Abramovic ★★★A nuanced revelation of what it takes to make modernist theater
2filmcriticsMar 30, 20192 minWon't You Be My Neighbor? ★★★ 1/2 A son describes life with Dad as akin to living with Jesus
2filmcriticsFeb 15, 20192 minThree Identical Strangers ★★★1/2 They basked in celebrity--and then the glow wore off.
2filmcriticsFeb 12, 20192 minMinding the Gap ★★★ 1/2 The pleasures of speed and risk, and the flight from the emotional toll of rejection and abuse.
2filmcriticsOct 27, 20182 minFree Solo ★★★1/2 A classic introvert, but one who understands himself as an old-school warrior, scales El Capitan with only a bag of chalk.
2filmcriticsJun 16, 20184 minPiazza Vittorio ★★★ 1/2 Veteran American director Abel Ferrara gives a movie about a lesser-known side of Rome a broader appeal.
2filmcriticsMay 13, 20173 minI Am Not Your Negro ★★★ 1/2 A stern rejoinder to those who believe Americans have achieved a post-racial society.
2filmcriticsSep 3, 20162 minWeiner ★★★★“I learned some tough lessons,” Anthony Weiner said in a campaign ad. But he didn’t.
