A.O. Scott
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‘Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’ Review: It’s a Stressful Afterlife
In Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s sprawling, intensely personal new film, a prominent journalist grapples with work, family, metaphysics and the paradoxes of Mexican history.
‘Armageddon Time’ Review: Hard Lessons About Life in America
New York in 1980 is the setting for James Gray’s brooding, bittersweet story of family conflict and interracial friendship.
‘All That Breathes’ Review: Hope Is the Thing With Feathers
Shaunak Sen’s poetic documentary chronicles the efforts of three New Delhi men to help the city’s birds of prey.
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ Review: Giving Your Friend the Finger
Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson play feuding frenemies in Martin McDonagh’s latest film, set on an Irish coast in 1923.
‘Aftersun’ Review: A Father and Time
A daughter’s memory of a vacation in Turkey is at the heart of Charlotte Wells’s astonishing and devastating debut feature.
‘Triangle of Sadness’ Review: Don’t Worry, Be Happy
Ruben Ostlund won the top prize at Cannes for this preening, obvious satire of contemporary hypocrisy.
‘Tár’ Review: A Maestro Faces the Music
Cate Blanchett stars as a world-famous conductor heading for a fall in Todd Field’s chilly, timely backstage drama.
The New York Film Festival: Movies for Art’s Sake
In “Tár,” “Showing Up” and other selections, the annual event makes the case for big-screen aesthetics and large-scale ambitions.
‘Dead for a Dollar’ Review: How the Western’s Done
Walter Hill’s lean, mean shoot-’em-up is a master class in B-movie craft.
‘My Imaginary Country’ Review: Chile in Revolt
Patricio Guzmán, Chile’s cinematic conscience, chronicles the uprising that shook the country starting in 2019.