Review: In ‘Skyscraper,’ Dwayne Johnson Scales a Tower of Clichés
The performer formerly known as the Rock proves again that he can surmount even a pile of recycled genre standards.
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The performer formerly known as the Rock proves again that he can surmount even a pile of recycled genre standards.
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Mr. Phoenix plays the disabled alcoholic cartoonist John Callahan in Gus Van Sant’s cleverly volatile biopic.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
In his feature directing debut, the comic Bo Burnham delivers a moving portrait of the YouTube artist as a comically, painfully true young girl.
By MANOHLA DARGIS
For the first time in the city’s long history as a cultural wellspring, it is fertile ground for filmmakers like the writer-stars of “Blindspotting.” What took so long?
By BROOKS BARNES
After the revolution, the real work begins. Toppling a leader can be a hollow victory when there is no clear plan to fill the void.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
“Sorry to Bother You” is part of a long tradition of black artists’ critiquing whiteness through vocal imitation.
By AISHA HARRIS
This intermittently rousing procedural chronicles the news company Knight Ridder’s skeptical stance toward the Bush administration’s case for war.
By BEN KENIGSBERG
This documentary commands attention as an object lesson in the banality of evil.
By BEN KENIGSBERG
Dominque Rocher’s feature debut finds new ways to drain all the fun out of flesh-eating monsters.
By JASON ZINOMAN