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How did Trump become Trump? ‘The Apprentice’ has a theory
Decades before he hosted “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump was … an apprentice. His mentor: Roy Cohn, the ruthless attorney who was a prominent New ... -
Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ is a wild fever dream of excess and idealism
If anything is clear about “Megalopolis,” it’s that Francis Ford Coppola has a lot on his mind. The legendary filmmaker spent decades on this ... -
Clooney and Pitt carry the fixer caper ‘Wolfs’
The overriding tension in “Wolfs,” starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt as rival fixers brought in to clean up the same crime, isn’t so ... -
‘The Critic,’ Ian McKellen’s theater critic takes his job very seriously
The arts rarely have anything good to say about critics. That they’re not generally the hero of many stories is, at the very least, ... -
‘The Crow’ reimagined is stylish and operatic, but cannot outfly 1994 original
One of the first things you see in the reimagined “The Crow” is the sight of a fallen white horse in a muddy field, ... -
‘Cuckoo’ is a stylish nightmare, with a wonderfully sinister Dan Stevens
Let’s get one thing out of the way first: I did not entirely understand everything that happens in “Cuckoo,” a new indie horror in ... -
‘Jackpot!’ has a winning star in Awkwafina but never pays off
Finally, a movie for everyone who read Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and wished it had been a comedy. Paul Feig’s “Jackpot!” is a farcical ... -
A third-act friendship comedy in ‘The Fabulous Four’
Scheduling a movie’s release date is an imperfect science and occasionally an art. Just look at the masterpiece that was “Barbenheimer.” While most are ... -
‘The Bikeriders,’ the birth of a subculture on two wheels
Still images have been a source of wonder and mythology in the films of Jeff Nichols. “Mud,” Nichols’ Twain-soaked Mississippi fable, seemed derived from ... -
‘Tuesday,’ with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, is strange, emotional and fiercely original
Death has taken many forms in cinema. It’s been portrayed by actors like Bengt Ekerot, Ian McKellen, John Cleese, and even Brad Pitt. In ... -
Dakota Johnson brings her winning authenticity to sweet friendship comedy ‘Am I OK?’
We start — why not? — with a veggie burger. Lucy (Dakota Johnson) and Jane (Sonoya Mizuno), besties in their 30s, have been so ... -
This is her, now, in space: J.Lo heads to a new galaxy for AI love story in ‘Atlas’
Let’s all be clear, if we weren’t already, that when it comes to Jennifer Lopez, it’s about the love story. Always the love story. ... -
The ‘Mad Max’ saga treads water with frustrating ‘Furiosa’
At the beginning of “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” we are introduced to a kick-ass woman who rides a horse, then a motorbike, nails ... -
Amy Winehouse story flattened in frustrating biopic ‘Back to Black’
“Back to Black “ as a movie is a tame and mediocre affair. A conventionally told biopic about a talented artist who became famous, ... -
Planet of the Apes finds a new hero and will blow your mind
Fans of the “Planet of the Apes” franchise may still be mourning the 2017 death of Caesar, the first smart chimp and the charismatic ... -
In ‘The Idea of You,’ a boy band is center stage but Hathaway steals the show
In the warmly charming rom-com “The Idea of You,” Anne Hathaway plays a 40-year-old divorcee and Silver Lake art gallery owner who, after taking ... -
Joanna Arnow’s film announces an exciting new voice
In writer-director-star Joanna Arnow’s “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed,” Ann (Arnow), a 30-something New Yorker, lies naked in bed ... -
In Alex Garland’s potent ‘Civil War,’ journalists are America’s last hope
The United States is crumbling in Alex Garland’s sharp new film “ Civil War, “ a bellowing and haunting big screen experience. The country ... -
In ‘Girls State,’ Missouri teens start a mock government
What would an all-female government look like in the U.S.? Or even a majority female government? It’s something that remains a fantasy. But for ... -
Alice Rohrwacher’s tombaroli tale is pure magic
When we talk about “movie magic,” the first thing that comes to mind is often something like the bikes achieving liftoff in “E.T.” But ... -
Things get scary for Sydney Sweeney in a creepy Italian convent
It’s not your imagination: Sydney Sweeney is everywhere. In the past four months, she’s been in a romantic comedy that turned into a sleeper ... -
A remake of ‘Road House’ with Gyllenhaal turns into a muscular, Florida romp
Elwood P. Dalton is a classy sort of bouncer. While five tough guys circle him outside a bar looking to bash his skull ... -
John Cena gets the laughs in middling comedy ‘Ricky Stanicky’
Your tolerance for the new Peter Farrelly comedy “ Ricky Stanicky “ may come down to whether or not you think the idea of ... -
‘Love Lies Bleeding’ is peak Kristen Stewart
Muscles ripple, veins pop and electronic music throbs in “Love Lies Bleeding,” a heaving, hyper-sexy neo-noir drenched in sweat, blood and bug guts. If ... -
Writer-director Julio Torres proves a storyteller to cheer with awesome ‘Problemista’
The hero of “Problemista” sees the world differently. He’s an aspiring toy designer named Alejandro who thinks today’s toys are too fun. He proposes ... -
Dakota is fun enough, but ‘Madame Web’ is repetitive and messy
There is a lot of pretty niche comic book mythology swirling around “Madame Web,” the inspiration for the newest of Sony’s “Spider-Man” spinoffs. This ... -
Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’ is sublime
Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” is set among the crowded skyscrapers of Tokyo and the quiet urban parks that Hirayama (Kôji Yakusho) traverses daily in ... -
In ‘How to Have Sex,’ the party suddenly stops being fun
For women of a certain age who grew up being told that if they wore the wrong thing, drank a little too much, or ... -
In ‘The Teachers’ Lounge,’ one middle school as microcosm of a troubled world
What happens in the teachers’ lounge, anyway? When we were kids, that closed door seemed so tantalizingly forbidding, though it probably only hid some ... -
Kaluuya builds a compelling near-future dystopia in ‘The Kitchen’
The near-future is bleak for the working class of London in “The Kitchen,” a well-executed film about a familiar kind of urban dystopian nightmare. ... -
Anthony Hopkins shines in ‘Freud’s Last Session’
Freud’s Last Session,” starring Anthony Hopkins as Sigmund Freud, adds to a string of sterling late-chapter performances by the 86-year-old actor. He was the ... -
Clooney’s ‘Boys in the Boat’ is an underdog saga that’s both stirring and a tad stodgy
Director George Clooney both begins and ends “The Boys in the Boat “ on a sun-dappled lake. It’s a seductive sight, calm and ... -
A transformed Zac Efron gives his all in tragic, true-life wrestling tale ‘Iron Claw’
It doesn’t take long to understand the level of commitment Zac Efron brings to “The Iron Claw” as Texas wrestling brother Kevin Von Erich. ... -
‘Leave the World Behind’ is a terrific blend of thriller, disaster and satire
Imagine that it’s close to midnight and there’s a knock at the door of your luxurious weekend rental home. A man is standing there, ... -
In ‘Poor Things,’ Emma Stone takes an unusual path to enlightenment
It is sickly hilarious to make a movie in which so much consensual sex is had, often so gleefully, that is not the least ...
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