Movie Reviews

The last third of director Chloé Zhao’s film “Hamnet” takes place in London, specifically at the Globe Theatre, where Agnes (Jessie Buckley) has traveled from Stratford to see what her husband’s latest play could possibly be about. That play is, of course, “Hamlet,” and it’s not a spoiler to note that this husband is William […]

“A house is just a house,” as the saying goes, but in Joachim Trier’s latest film, “Sentimental Value,” it is so much more than that. The house in question is a place filled with memories and grief, a structure that holds people back from growing while also forcing them to grow beyond what once took […]

To borrow (and edit) a lyric from another Broadway powerhouse: how do you solve a problem like splitting an uber-popular show into two equally (hopefully) winning movies? With more than a 15-minute intermission to contend with since the first half, “Wicked,” premiered in November 2024, “Wicked: For Good” does the best it can — for […]

Director Mary Bronstein’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” opens on an extreme close-up of Rose Byrne’s face. The camera focuses particularly on her eyes, which show a world-weary angst, like she has reached her breaking point many times before. She’s in a hospital room with her daughter, who has been plagued with an […]