More from David Rooney
‘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, Caitríona Balfe, Frank Dillane, Herbert Nordrum and Fiona Shaw.
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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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‘Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo’ Review: Shun Oguri and Lily James in a Meandering Franchise Entry From Takashi Miike That’s Semi-Coherent at Best
The Japanese cult director follows Abel Ferrara and Werner Herzog in charting the downward spiral of a corrupt detective with a drug habit, this time navigating the yakuza underworld.
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‘The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd’ Review: Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy Bring Raw Intensity to Tim Blake Nelson’s Death Row Drama
The director also appears in a stacked ensemble that includes Missi Pyle, Devyn Tyler, Elizabeth Marvel, Grant Harvey, William Jackson Harper and Wunmi Mosaku.
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‘Girl Group’ Review: Rebel Wilson Writes, Directs and Stars in Derivative Pop Slop as Bland and Unimaginative as Its Title
A washed-up former girl group singer turned messy drunk gets a shot at redemption after being forced to coach a bunch of teens preparing for a record label competition.
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‘Closing Night’ Review: Sarah Paulson and Naomi Watts Lead a Deluxe Cast in a Shrill Family Melodrama in Search of a Binding Tone
Dianne Wiest, Toby Wallace and Odessa A’zion flesh out the ensemble of actor Cody Fern’s first feature as director and co-writer, about a famed actress grappling with a dark secret in a time of crisis.
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‘The Julia Set’ Review: Chase Infiniti Leads a Strong Ensemble as a College Math Genius in Algebra That Doesn’t Quite Balance the Equation
Christopher Briney, Jason Isaacs and Gillian Anderson also star in Niki Byrne’s debut about a gifted student too unwise about the world to subtract herself from a toxic relationship.
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‘Everybody Wants To F*ck Me’ Review: A Hard-Working Taron Egerton Is Blameless in Muddled Takedown of the Faux-Feminist Male
Jessica Henwick and Charly Clive also star in writer-director Jonathan Schey’s first feature, a comedy that morphs into horror about a womanizer whose pick-up strategy is posing as a softboi.
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‘I Play Rocky’ Review: Anthony Ippolito Is an Endearing Pre-Stardom Sylvester Stallone in Peter Farrelly’s Crowd-Pleasing Making-Of Drama
AnnaSophia Robb, Jay Duplass and Matt Dillon also star in this celebration of the modestly budgeted boxing movie that became an indelible cultural phenomenon.
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‘Misty Green’ Review: Rosalind Eleazar Is a Revelation in Chris Rock’s Sharply Observed Love-Hate Portrait of the Hollywood Hustle
The character study centers on a talented but self-sabotaging actress and singer looking to restart her career, with an ensemble that includes the writer-director alongside Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya and Anna Kendrick.
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‘Being Heumann’ Review: Siân Heder’s Drama About the Fight for Disability Rights Strikes Familiar Notes but Gets the Inspirational Uplift Job Done
Ruth Madeley plays the leader of a milestone 1977 anti-discrimination protest, Judy Heumann, in Apple’s crowd-pleaser from the ‘CODA’ director, which opened the Toronto Film Festival.
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‘Joie de Vivre’ Review: Luca Guadagnino’s Marathon Doc on Bernardo Bertolucci Is Both a Feast and a Self-Indulgent Over-Abundance
Martin Scorsese, James Gray, Alfonso Cuarón and David Cronenberg are among directors chiming in on this freewheeling two-part conversation, along with actors Debra Winger and Margot Robbie.
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