More from David Rooney
‘The Apprentice’ Review: Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong Are Superb in Chilling Account of the Unholy Alliance That Birthed Donald Trump
Maria Bakalova and Martin Donovan also star in Ali Abbasi’s detailed chronicle of the future U.S. president’s rise in the 1970s and ‘80s under the tutelage of cutthroat lawyer Roy Cohn.
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‘Solo’ Review: Théodore Pellerin Rises Above a Passé Depiction of Queer Victimhood in Otherwise Vibrant Character Study
Félix Maritaud also stars in writer-director Sophie Dupuis’ melodrama set against the backdrop of the Montreal drag scene.
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‘Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter One’ Review: Kevin Costner Gets Thrown From His Horse in Muddled Western Epic
The director stars alongside Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone and Luke Wilson in the opener of a quartet of films about the settlement of the American West.
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‘Emilia Pérez’ Review: Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and the Divine Karla Sofia Gascón Light Up Jacques Audiard’s Fabulous Queer Crime Musical
A Mexican drug lord enlists the help of a lawyer to undergo gender-affirming surgery in the latest from the French director of 'A Prophet,' 'Rust and Bone' and 'Dheepan.'
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‘Caught by the Tides’ Review: Jia Zhang-ke’s Defining Theme of Modern China in Constant Transformation Yields an Elegiac Love Story
The director’s longtime muse Zhao Tao plays a woman who takes an emotional journey from her home in a fading industrial city in search of a vanished former boyfriend.
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‘Oh, Canada’ Review: Richard Gere, Jacob Elordi and Uma Thurman in Paul Schrader’s Feeble Inquiry Into Mortality
An acclaimed American documentarian who relocated North as a Vietnam draft refugee attempts to set the record straight in one final interview.
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‘Kinds of Kindness’ Review: Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons Headline Yorgos Lanthimos’ Insidious and Intriguing Studies in Love and Control
Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley and Hong Chau also star in a return for the Greek director to the subversiveness and ambiguity of his early films.
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‘Megalopolis’ Review: Francis Ford Coppola’s Passion Project Starring Adam Driver Is a Staggeringly Ambitious Big Swing, if Nothing Else
Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza and Shia LaBeouf star in an epic reimagining of Ancient Rome in modern-day New York City on the brink of ruin.
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‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ Review: Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth in George Miller’s Fitfully Propulsive ‘Fury Road’ Prequel
Tom Burke also stars in this fifth entry of the post-apocalyptic action series that began 45 years ago with ‘Mad Max,’ this time churning up a Wasteland War.
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Cannes Must-See Films: David Rooney Shares What Not to Miss
The 77th Cannes Film Festival is poised to serve up a feast for film lovers, including new movies from celebrated directors such as Yorgos Lanthimos and Paolo Sorrentino, as well as living legends like Francis Ford Coppola, David Cronenberg and George Miller. Lanthimos will bring Poor Things follow-up Kinds of Kindness to the Cannes competition. The Greek auteur’s latest, featuring the Oscar-winning Poor Things star […]
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‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Review: Wes Ball’s Exciting New Chapter Proves There’s Still Life in the Franchise
Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand and William H. Macy lead the latest installment, depicting a future where humankind’s hubris has led to its downfall, making apes the dominant species.
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‘Force of Nature: The Dry 2’ Review: Eric Bana’s Brooding Detective Is Back in a Quasi-Sequel That Dilutes the Tension
Anna Torv, Deborra-Lee Furness and Richard Roxburgh also appear in Robert Connolly’s adaptation of the Jane Harper novel about a woman who goes missing on a rainforest hike.
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