The Gospel of Eureka Is Meditative and Fabulous in Equal MeasureThe doc explores Eureka Springs, Arkansas, a Bible Belt destination where religion and queerness have become intertwined in fascinating ways.
Horror Noire Is a Lively, Essential History LessonShudder's new documentary about the history of black people in the horror genre is a powerful reclamation project.
Jamie Dornan, Jemima and Lola Kirke Can't Save UntogetherUntogether is seeking to provoke. But that's about as racy or intimate as it gets.
Piercing Is Designed to Get Under Your SkinNicolas Pesce's latest, starring Mia Wasikowska and Christopher Abbott, is alternately alluring and repellent.
King of Thieves Wastes Its Once-in-a-Lifetime CastI kept wishing James Marsh would just drop the not-particularly-interesting plot and let these god-level geezers go off on one another.
The Standoff at Sparrow Creek Is a Memorable Feature Directing DebutIt's an effective little thriller whose occasional flaws come mostly as a result of its considerable virtues, so you roll with it.
The American Meme Is an Entertaining Missed OpportunityThe internet celebrity doc can be fun, even informative, but there's a bigger story here, and Bert Marcus mostly fails to tell it.
The Top 10 Documentaries of 2018Including Shirkers, Amazing Grace, and They'll Love Me When I'm Dead.
American Renegades Is a Bit of a SlogBut there's something pleasantly old-fashioned about the military-heist adventure, set during the Bosnian war.
The Quake Is a Little Too GoodThe destruction in The Quake is more total, more hopeless, and more convincing than that of its predecessor, The Wave.
Is Once Upon a Deadpool Even a Movie?The conceit — Ryan Reynolds kidnapping Fred Savage, then recounting the plot of Deadpool 2 — barely hangs together.
Clara's Ghost Is One of the Strangest Films of the YearBridey Elliott's film strikes veins both horrific and comedic, without ever quite settling down to any genre.
Widows, Black Panther, Suspiria, and the Year of the Elevated Genre FilmA number of this year's most important films have turned on taking familiar genres and finding ways to infuse them with both artistry and resonance.