Sophia Ciminello

Hathaway’s performance comes deliciously to life, delivering a diva turn with hilarious, icy line readings akin to her The Devil Wears Prada co-star Meryl Streep’s iconic characterization of Miranda Priestly.

Iñárritu commits one of the greatest sins a director can commit: believing his film will always be smarter than its audience.

By centering the relationship between Elinor and Marianne, the latest edition of Sense and Sensibility is a fresh spin on a classic for a new generation.

With its tragicomic center and its unwavering compassion, if Tender Loving Care is indeed Mike Leigh’s final film, it’s a beautiful note to end on.

It’s a complex, titanic performance from Moore, who frequently reminds audiences that when she doesn’t have a safety net, she’s one of the best actresses alive.

The trouble with Practical Magic 2 is that the screenplay feels a bit unfocused, with stretches of the movie feeling overlong when it can’t rely on the presence of its movie stars.

It comes close to hitting the feel for what makes living in New York so glorious and so frustrating, yet by overemphasizing the rules of the mandate around sex, the film forgets to explore the fun and messiness of sex itself.

Visiting these characters from decades ago feels like opening a time capsule, playing on the same kind of twinge-in-your-heart nostalgia and sentimentality found in the best Pixar films.

It’s an ancient tale told within a chilling, new context that poses an inevitable question. What kind of man is able to make it out of the minotaur’s elaborate maze alive? In the legend, that was impossible, but in a modern context, the answer is even more disturbing.

That humanistic core found at the center of Hamaguchi’s filmography is fully realized in All of a Sudden, as the film’s characters cultivate empathy and attempt to untangle some of society’s most intricate webs. It’s a film that will not only remind audiences of the extraordinary power of art but also of the pain and beauty of being alive.