Reviews - Stephen J. Whitty

New movies take on political issues but offer no easy answers

10 most under appreciated films of the year: ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ ‘The Baltimorons,’ ‘Eleanor the Great’ etc.

Top 10 Movies of 2025 ‘Bugonia,’ ‘Sinners,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Eddington,’ more

Documentary explores John Lennon’s hard-to-imagine embrace of daytime television

The Man of Steel and many supporting characters are back in fun but overcrowded ‘Superman’

Big-screen Springsteen: ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’ zeroes in on dark chapter of The Boss’ life

Woody Allen takes new approach, with underwhelming results, in ‘Coup de Chance’

New documentary tells story of Dory Previn, boldly original ’70s singer-songwriter

‘Twisters’ has a few new twists, but not enough to outshine its predecessor

Top 10 for 2024: ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘A Real Pain,’ ‘Anora,’ more

Bob Dylan revisited: ‘A Complete Unknown’ tells story of unlikely rock star’s early-’60s rise

Top 10 Movies of the 2023: ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘Maestro,’ ‘Robot Dreams,’ more

Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ offers both spectacle and emotional complexities

Leonard Bernstein biopic ‘Maestro’ tells a complex story of love and art

‘Poor Things,’ starring Emma Stone, offers substance as well as shock value

In ‘Oppenheimer,’ director Christopher Nolan tells a historical tale in a richly imaginative way

Greta Gerwig’s surreal, candy-colored ‘Barbie’ movie is fun — but flawed

‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: Martin Scorsese reinvents the Western

Top 10 films of 2020: ‘Nomadland,’ ‘The Father,’ ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ and more

‘Blonde’ disappoints despite fine performance by Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe

Damien Chazelle ups the ante in extravagantly excessive ‘Babylon’

"Top 10 Movies of the Year"

"Being the Ricardos"

"12 Mighty Orphans"

"The Tragedy Of Macbeth"

"The Many Saints of Newark"

"Welcome To Chechnya"

"The Painter And The Thief"

"Kid Detective"

"Fahrenheit 11/9"

"BlacKkKlansman"

"Chappaquiddick"

"A Wrinkle in Time"

"The Florida Project"

"Rebel in the Rye"

"Call Me By Your Name"

"Transformers: The Last Knight"

"A Quiet Passion"

"Manchester by the Sea"

"Rules Don't Apply"

“Hell or High Water”

"Horton Hears a Who"

"Gods of Egypt"

"A Bigger Splash"

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