LAT	RTMC	RTC	note: “~” = the film's name
documentary
Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz	yes	100	100	*It’s time to stop before we kill everybody
Sharkwater Extinction	yes	100	94	the wholesale exploitation of sharks redux
Wrestle	yes	100	94	a superb sports doc
American Relapse	yes	100	84	Harsh realities of addiction, rehab
Apollo 11	yes	99	90	re-creates the sense of wonder over moon mission
Amazing Grace	yes	99	80	How sweet the sound indeed
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché	yes	96	96	a necessary tonic
Hail Satan?	yes	96	85	could be taken for the spawn of Michael Moore
What is Democracy?	yes	96	62	thought-provoking
Screwball	yes	94	93	MLB scandal doc covers the bases
The Last Resort	yes	92	62	a wealth of visual and historical significanc
The Competition	yes	86	86	shrewd and absorbing
The Brink	yes	85	58	trailing the nationalist ideologue
The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story	yes	80	78	age-old pursuit of fame and fortune
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley	yes	79	75	goes for blood on the Theranos debacle
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People	yes	78	83	a name synonymous with press freedom
Ferrante Fever	no	47		More enthusiastic than enlightening
Reinventing Rosalee	no		100	unfortunate it isn’t more deftly constructed
animated
This Magnificent Cake	yes	100	90	depicts Belgian brutality in the Congo
Roll Red Roll	yes	100	75	measured and atmospheric
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	so-so	90	86	a gem with flaws
Made In Abyss: Journey’s End	no	88	100	a grim bizarre feature
Missing Link	no	88	67	misses the mark
Wonder Park	no	34	43	Grief, trauma weight down ~
Chance	no			well-intended, but heavy-handed
regular movies
Skid Row Marathon	yes	100	100	Inspiring story goes the distance
Slut in a Good Way	yes	100	87	Sexual high jinks with a message
The Burial of Kojo	yes	100	82	Dazzling visions of a homeland
Greta	yes	100		*genre-flipping thriller
Ash Is Purest White	yes	99	69	exquisite and ferocious
3 Faces	yes	98	69	Reality and fiction are at odds in Iran
The Heiresses	yes	98	68	A wealth of self-discovery
Woman at War	yes	97	86	something wonderful
An Elephant Sitting Still	yes	96	75	Isolated, yet a shared sense of anguish
The Mustang	yes	95	74	conveys menace with flashes of tenderness
Hotel by the River	yes	95	64	Male faults bared in icy splendor
Little Woods	yes	95	55	a confident eye and economy of storytelling
Working Woman	yes	94	94	subtle, insightful character-driven drama
Transit	yes	94	64	*thriller is hauntingly suspended between past and present
Giant Little Ones	yes	93	84	Depth Behind Teens' turmoil
The Eyes of Orson Welles	yes	93	80	nimble, eccentric, but mostly insightful
Diane	yes	93	68	a wise, captivating character study
Styx	yes	93	67	visceral, an ocean both a confinement and an abyss
Long Day’s Journey Into Night	yes	93	65	*its play with imagery comes together beautifully
Us	yes	93	59	an artful, ruthless balance of horror and hilarity
Maze	yes	92	49	Human dynamic boosts prison break portrayal
Gloria Bell	yes	91	46	A joyful spin through middle age
Legend of the Demon Cat	yes	91	43	casts a beguiling spell
Tigerland	yes	91		Working to save majestic big cats
Shazam!	yes	90	82	Powers? Bolts, strength and jokes
Paddleton	yes	89	87	a tender shuffle down a weighty road
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy	yes	89	48	tip-top, complete tonic experience
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind	yes	86	87	fully lived, valiantly fought lives
Ramen Shop	yes	86	75	A tasty morsal with an unusual recipe
Lady J.	yes	85	68	Pointed bite amid the decadent fun
Dogman	yes	84	78	a potent, affecting crime fable
Her Smell	yes	84	45	reeks of sheer brilliance
Someone Great	yes	83	65	Netflix a raunchy good time with [a] moving message
Sorry Angel	yes	82	65	Bittersweet love, in blue, bitingly funny
High Life	yes	82	42	brutal, beautiful and entirely astonishing
Knife+Heart	yes	80	72	a bloody, fantastic slasher flick
Fast Color	yes	80	59	Unusually uplifting sci-fi story
Captain Marvel	yes	79	45	one look and you're hooked
Hotel Mumbai	yes	76	86	Walled in, terror on all sides
Family	yes	76	77	charming, shaggy story
The Changeover	yes	70	67	YA fantasy-thriller to life
Stockholm	yes	70	55	energetic, darkly amusing
Storm Boy	yes	68	72	An Aussie hero to orphan pelicans
Peterloo	yes	67	42	Historical and contempory, epic and intimate
Sunset	yes	60	51	Wandering into the fog of war
Touch Me Not	yes	59	32	fairly mesmerizing as a mindful curio
The Highwaymen	yes	58	73	a grim and desperate worldview
The Hummingbird Project	yes	58	47	Tech-heist thriller pulls fun fast one
The Beach Bum	yes	57	30	has an infectiously shambling, looseygoosey vibe
Five Feet Apart	yes	53	79	A sick-teen genre flick that gets it right
The Chaperone	yes	47	72	A quiet, refined creation
The Kid	yes	43	48	absorbing, well-structured and supubly acted
Wiliam	yes	42	45	a poignant nature-versus-nurture yarn
Babylon	yes			Like a speaker blast from a not-exactly-distant past
Dragged Across Concrete	yes			elevated-B-movie heistgone wrong thriller
Lost & Found	yes			Time well spent
Blowin' Up	so-so	94		could use a stronger narrative hand
Penguins	so-so	92	80	funny, kid friendly fable
Mia and the White Lion	so-so	88	52	undermined by a choppy, contrived, implausible script
Iceman	so-so	83	66	a recognizable, Neolithic B western
The Hole in the Ground	so-so	83	48	expoits the common terrors of parenthood
Breakthrough	so-so	63	79	fairly formulaic
My Stretch of Texas Ground	so-so	63		amateurish, weak acting, flat lighting and poor sound, but ...
Mary Magdalene	so-so	44	48	imperfect but affecting vision
The Wedding Guest	so-so	44	34	[defies] all expectations, to verying results
Mapplethorpe	so-so	31	50	snapshot of creative expression
Back Fork	so-so		67	lacks viscera and grit
Berserk	so-so		57	franic comedy has its moments
Wild Nights with Emily	no	89	55	arch, stilted tone, stiff line readings
The Gospel of Eureka	no	83	58	leaves us wanting
The Wind	no	81	49	ambitious but unwieldy
Sobibor	no	75	50	means well but falls short
Saint Judy	no	73	85	Bland story is no match for reality
Teen Spirit	no	71	57	Shallow glitz mars a pop fairy tale
Climax	no	69	65	ultimately disappointing
The Public	no	66	79	Messy dramatics hurt a serious tale
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote	no	66	60	alas
Under the Silver Lake	no	59	56	Noir in a rough and retro L.A.
Pet Cemetary	no	57	33	Has the thrills, but not the depth of the book
Yardie	no	54	52	Crime saga hurt by flawed script
The Best of Enemies	no	53	76	narrative has a serious perspective problem
Girls of the Sun	no	51	82	War story needs a stronger mission
Who Killed Cock Robin	no	50	70	Arty and stylish but scant energy
We Are Boats	no	50	55	Muddled fantasy less than inspiring
Little	no	46	59	alternately clumsy and inspired
Dumbo	no	46	48	bumpy flight
I’m Not Here	no	38	72	A contrived script foils married team
Out of Blue	no	37	31	isn’t out of ideas — just out of gas
Red Joan	no	30	55	a kind of hollowness at its center
The Curse of La Llorona	no	28	35	turns horror into schlock
The Aftermath	no	27	50	A romantic drama stuck in the cold
After	no	18	67	can't overcome its half baked origins
Hellboy	no	18	48	loses its poetry along with bucketfulls of viscera
A Madea Family Funeral	no	11	30	Perry has said he's tired of playing Madea
Trading Paint	no	0	31	Travolta auto race drama is a drag
And Then There Was Eve	no		95	Romantic drama with nagging flaw
Dirt	no		83	Vapid and sexist
For Love or Money	no		69	unclear who the audience for this movie is
Cliffs of Freedom	no		66	a bit rocky
1st Summoning	no		17	A ‘Blair Witch’ with fewer trees