Amy Nicholson
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‘The Mountain’ Review: Stone-Faced in Nature’s Splendors
In this drama directed by and starring Thomas Salvador, an urbanite plunges into treacherous conditions.
‘Golda’ Review: Chain-Smoking Through the Guilt
Helen Mirren, under heavy prosthetics, channels the Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in this wartime biopic.
‘Retribution’ Review: Stay Out of the Car Pool Lane
What mastermind keeps convincing Liam Neeson to make these tough-daddy thrillers?
‘The Adults’ Review: Oh, Brother
Michael Cera’s latest misfit is a poker addict unable to communicate with his sisters in Dustin Guy Defa’s keen-eyed dramedy.
‘The Monkey King’ Review: Wrenching the Zen of the Gods
There’s enough gags in this animated fable from Anthony Stacchi that a dozen land.
‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ Review: Keep Calm and Pine On
This film, about an American president’s son who falls for a British prince, starts with a giddy premise and has the derring-do to succeed.
‘Passages’ Review: A Toxic Triangle
In Ira Sachs’ latest wince-inducing romance, Tomas (Franz Rogowski) has wedged himself into a love triangle with Ben Whishaw and Adèle Exarchopoulos.
‘War Pony’ Review: The Sad Absurdities of Reservation Life
Riley Keough and Gina Gammell’s stellar debut, starring many first-time actors, takes a deadpan look at a Lakota-Sioux reservation in South Dakota.
‘Theater Camp’ Review: Cabin Into the Woods
In this bitterly-funny mockumentary set at a drama institute, the actors feel their characters in their bones.
‘Biosphere’ Review: It’s the End of the World. Two Men Survived.
What happens when a petulant, anti-intellectual president destroys the planet and he and his childhood buddy, the brainy one, are the only survivors?