Robert Abele
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George Clooney and Brad Pitt reunite for a lax, generic-feeling crime comedy about two headstrong fixers who are forced to work together for one night.
Sept. 20, 2024
Sebastian Stan plays a facially deformed actor who emerges from a miracle cure to realize he’s lost something deeper, in a movie co-starring Renate Reinsve.
Sept. 20, 2024
Documentary director Lana Wilson moves on from profiles of Taylor Swift and Brooke Shields to a handful of New York City psychics, themselves looking to bond.
Sept. 13, 2024
An unforgettably bleak Danish horror film from 2022 has gotten an inevitable Hollywood remake, one with a game cast but far less courage in the final stretch.
Sept. 12, 2024
Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon and Natasha Lyonne unleash a whirlwind of dysfunction and passive aggression as sisters awaiting bad news about their ailing dad.
Sept. 6, 2024
Long before apps and smartphones, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing was a program that helped with touch-typing skills. The program’s fictional icon spurs an investigation.
Sept. 6, 2024
John Woo rewrote the rules of mayhem during the ’80s and ’90s and the goodwill his fans have for him carry this half-successful remake across the finish line.
Aug. 23, 2024
The 1994 actioner became a cherished cult artifact, but the update lacks grandeur, stranding star Bill Skarsgård in a weak, poorly imagined, unnecessary slog.
Aug. 23, 2024
As filmmakers Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie show in their documentary, although the programs have closed, the crimes against youths linger.
Aug. 18, 2024
Though subtly acted by its star Jay Will, writer-director Chiwetel Ejiofor’s drama streamlines the nonfiction account into a structure that’s more conventional.
Aug. 18, 2024