Movie Reviews

Alison Klayman's documentary makes right-wing strategist Steve Bannon out to be a bumbling, occasionally volcanic doofus.

In this bleak drama, Tessa Thompson and Lily James deliver powerful performances despite amateurish, anonymous filmmaking.

The long-delayed Aretha Franklin documentary is a full-on religious experience.

The new young adult romance After is not quite dullsville, but it assiduously avoids real drama. Anytime the storyline sets up the potential for explosive conflict — a wedding cake begging to be toppled, a mother walking in on her daughter astride a half-naked young man — the characters turn away. What should be the […]

Bereft of humor, Claire Denis' space-set drama is 110 minutes of emotional pummeling.

Issa Rae and Marsai Martin are a dynamic comedy duo in this reverse twist on "Big."

The comic book reboot delivers action horror with apocalyptic gusto.

An angry, anti-social inmate. An angry, unbroken horse. A program to have prisoners train wild mustangs to be sold at auction, rather than euthanized. You know where The Mustang is going. Except you don’t, really. The movie, from Belgian actress-turned-director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, takes some unexpected turns and either minimizes or rethinks a lot of […]

“What’s wrong?” This line is the first bit of dialogue uttered in Diane, the debut narrative feature film from movie critic/documentarian Kent Jones, and it is the sentiment that lingers over viewers for 95 long minutes. The film stars the exceptional Mary Kay Place in a rare leading role as the titular widowed, middle-aged woman […]

A surprisingly nuanced political and cultural commentary wrapped in a high-adventure animated film for kids (and adults who are paying attention).

Back in another bygone era, period queen Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgård excel in this post-World War II drama.

Emilio Estevez's well-meaning film about the relevance of public libraries is a frequently clunky experience.

Church the Cat makes his Xpress movie review debut, reflecting on his experiences making the latest Stephen King adaptation.

The documentary about Montreal's Jewish history and culinary scene closes out the 2019 Asheville Jewish Film Festival.

Awful and infuriating, the film squanders the talents of Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell and the true story of legendary Durham civil rights activist Ann Atwater.

Based on a true story, Hotel Mumbai dramatizes the 2008 terrorist attack that took the lives of nearly 200 people.

Identity and existentialism cast a long shadow over this tale of nations and cities under siege.

In-house comic book expert Ian Casselberry and Shazam novice Edwin Arnaudin discuss DC's new superhero comedy.

Matthew McConaughey's big-hearted stoner poet makes for delightful brain candy in Harmony Korine's greatest hit.

Tim Burton's live-action remake of the Disney animated classic is a disastrous bore.

With a former “Late Show” writer serving as our guide, the lost world of industrial musicals gets the documentary treatment.