Robert Abele
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‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’: Weeknd vanity project wastes the talent in front of, and behind, the camera
Not even Jenna Ortega or Barry Keoghan can save director Trey Edward Shults’ ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow,’ which unravels as a sloppy, superficial extended music video for the Weeknd.
The latest from filmmaker Joel Potrykus (also of ‘Buzzard’ and ‘Relaxer’) stars his usual collaborator Joshua Burge, who creates a hypnotic mood of his own.
Returning to Françoise Sagan’s novel made famous by Otto Preminger’s 1958 movie, writer-director Durga Chew-Bose makes an assured if sometimes too talky debut.
The work of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is vivid, making the experience of watching Alec Baldwin’s western about the consequences of violence even more sad.
Jacob Elordi, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Will Poulter do sensitive work in director Daniel Minahan’s lushly mounted period drama about hidden suburban frustrations.
Master director David Cronenberg continues to explore squirm-making subjects, always thoughtfully, here with a well-cast Vincent Cassel as a surrogate griever.
The debut feature of wizardly video director Isaiah Saxon — a veteran of Björk and Panda Bear — presents a rich world of magical creatures, but never quite transports.
Michael Cera and Michael Angarano play once-close buddies papering over incipient responsibilities with varying degrees of self-delusion in a well-judged comedy.
Made by a team of weekend filmmakers who took their labor of love all the way to Cannes, the movie is steeped in the language of classic cinematic nail-biters.
‘Black Mirror’ creator Charlie Brooker, director Toby Haynes and stars Cristin Milioti and Jimmi Simpson break down ‘Into Infinity,’ the first sequel in the series’ history.