Reviews Archive
Archives for September 2019


Tamsyn Muir’s debut novel is sharp, unsettling, and so much fun.


Taika Waititi’s “anti-hate satire,” set in Nazi Germany, knows that hate is no laughing matter.


A perfectly cast Tom Hanks stars in what feels like a feature-length episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, but for grown-ups.


The film — based on Bryan Stevenson’s book and starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx — is flawed but vital.


LaBeouf wrote the film based on his own troubled childhood. It’s an exercise in extreme empathy and a must-see.


The director of It Comes at Night and Krisha returns with a bruising, beautiful story of hard-won grace.


It Chapter Two is faithful to Stephen King — in all the messiest ways.


The Testaments is enormous fun to read. But it’s not great the way The Handmaid’s Tale is.