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‘Onslaught’ Review: Adria Arjona Shines in Adam Wingard’s Intriguingly Colorful, Ultimately Underwhelming Action Thriller
Dan Stevens, Drew Starkey and Rebecca Hall also star in the picture co-written by Simon Barrett, about an Army vet whose trailer park is attacked by a trio of experimental super soldiers.
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‘The Girl in the River’ Review: Tiffany Haddish in a Police Procedural That’s Like a Failed TV Pilot From a Past Era
Devon Sawa, Maggie Grace and Ralph Macchio also appear in this thriller about criminologists searching for the killer of a teenage girl.
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‘The Whisper Man’ Review: Robert De Niro, Michelle Monaghan and Adam Scott in Netflix’s Twisty Airport Paperback Serial-Killer Procedural
Hamish Linklater and Owen Teague also star in James Ashcroft’s film of Alex North’s crime novel about a series of abductions of young boys in smalltown New Jersey.
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‘Finding Emily’ Review: Angourie Rice and Spike Fearn Can’t Conjure Enough Sparks to Save This Rom-Com From Its Toxic Premise
Minnie Driver co-stars in a film about a struggling musician searching for the girl that got away, and the psych student who decides to help him.
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Dolly Parton, a Hollywood Treasure Who Lit Up the Screen With Her Authentic Self
The country superstar was a luminous natural in a small but indelible body of much-loved feature films, chief among them '9 to 5,' 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' and 'Steel Magnolias.'
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‘The Dog Stars’ Review: Jacob Elordi and Margaret Qualley in Ridley Scott’s Subdued but Pleasingly Soulful Dystopian Western
Josh Brolin, Guy Pearce, Allison Janney and Benedict Wong also star in this adaptation of Peter Heller’s novel about survivors trying to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic future.
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‘Mutiny’ Review: Jason Statham Anchors a Serviceable Maritime Action Flick That Just About Stays Afloat
Jean-François Richet ('Blood Father,' 'Plane') directed the latest bone-crunching entry in the Statham canon, set aboard a cargo ship heading out of Bangkok towards the high seas.
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‘Spa Weekend’ Review: Leslie Mann and Isla Fisher Go Underserved in a Lukewarm Bath of a Comedy
Anna Faris and Michelle Buteau also star in the film by 'Bad Moms' directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, about four childhood friends on a birthday trip that spirals out of control.
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‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ Review: Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield in an Exhaustingly Cutesy Kid Flick
The visually colorful adaptation of Enid Blyton's beloved children's book also features Rebecca Ferguson, Nicola Coughlan and Jessica Gunning.
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‘Love Lessons’ Review: A Retired Teacher Dithers Over His Dating Options in Seductive Seaside French Fluff
Fabrice Luchini stars alongside Emmanuelle Devos, Chiara Mastroianni and Carole Bouquet in the latest from writer-director Martin Provost ('Violette'), which premiered at Locarno.
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‘Insidious: Out of the Further’ Review: This Horror Franchise Is Past the Point of Diminishing Returns
A young mother and her daughter encounter supernatural forces in the latest entry in the hit film series created by Leigh Whannell and James Wan.
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‘Down the Arm of God’ Review: Caleb Landry Jones in a Sincere, if Heavy-Handed, Drama About a Texas Pastor Tackling Homelessness, and His Own Congregation
Nick Stahl and Mena Suvari costar in the Locarno-premiering film, produced by Luc Besson and directed by Peter Brunner.
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‘Ketticè’ Review: Luca Guadagnino-Produced Sicilian Teen Stoner Dramedy Suffers From a Lack of Spark
Monica Bellucci plays the protagonist's mother in this Locarno-bowing film from rising Italian director Giovanni Tortorici.
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‘I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming’ Review: A Ukrainian Trans Man and His Wife Face Excruciating Choices in a Sensitive, Sensuous Drama
The film from German director Isabelle Stever and her Ukrainian screenwriter wife Anna Melikova will play in the New York Film Festival after its debut in Locarno.
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‘The Wrong Girls’ Review: Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat Light Up a Sweetly Stupid Stoner Comedy
Dylan Meyer writes and directs the film about two besties who accidentally come into possession of an experimental drug that gives them special powers.
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‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Review: Nearly Shelved Looney Tunes Film Starring Will Forte and John Cena Is One of the Best Live-Action/Animated Hybrids Ever
Written by Samy Burch and directed by Dave Green, the movie also features Lana Condor, Luis Guzmán and a plethora of beloved cartoon characters.
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