Amy Nicholson
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‘Unrest’ Review: The Times Are Not A-Changin’
A factory worker joins with a group of anarchist watchmakers in this marvelously crisp drama.
‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Review: A New Girl in Neverland
The filmmaker David Lowery updates the classic tale with his own pixie dust, saving what’s good and scuttling the rest.
‘Polite Society’ Review: Pride and Plenty of Fists
This exuberant genre mash-up borrows from everything — westerns, musicals, heist capers, horror, Jane Austen and James Bond — to tell the story of two...
‘Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant’ Review: Call of Duty
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this furious and discomfiting war film that tugs on your conscience for days.
‘Hilma’ Review: An Artist With Spirit
The film gets off to a rough start, but the director wins the audience back with his sincere connection to the artist Hilma af Klint.
‘Wild Life’ Review: Their Land Is Our Land
This documentary looks at the efforts of Kristine McDivitt Tompkins and Douglas Tompkins to preserve stretches of land in Argentina and Chile.
‘Joyland’ Review: A Target of Gossip
Saim Sadiq’s melodrama, about a husband’s affair with a transgender dancer, was briefly banned in Pakistan.
‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ Review: They’re on a Roll
An ensemble cast aims to bring comedy and adventure to this film made in the image of the popular role-playing game.
‘Ithaka’ Review: In Julian Assange They Trust
A frustrating new advocacy documentary about the WikiLeaks founder, with appearances by his father and wife, loses its footing on weak assertions and reporting.
‘Inside’ Review: Tortured Artist, Meet Tortured Man
Willem Dafoe stars as an art thief who gets trapped in a penthouse in this drama.