LAT	RTMC	RTC	note: “~” = the film's name
documentary
The Russian Five	yes	100	98	moving in ways you won’t see coming
5B	yes	100	97	superbly told
At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal	yes	100	90	a compellingly woven true-crime primer
The River and the Wall	yes	100	89	compelling, gorgeously shot, super-timely
The Cold Blue	yes	100	83	rediscovered wartime footage that William Wyler shot.
General Magic	yes	100	82	involving
The Silence of Others	yes	100	82	brutal regime affectingly illustrated
The Black Godfather	yes	100		affectionate, illuminating
Barbara Rubin & the Exploding NY Underground	yes	100		a visually and artistically compelling portrait
Knock Down the House	yes	99	11	A woman with a dream
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am	yes	97	96	Heartfelt portrait
Carmine Street Guitars	yes	97	71	Composed evident affection for the subjects
The Edge of Democracy	yes	97	68	brilliant, compelling
For the Birds	yes	93	88	A deeper look at animal hoarding
The Fealing of Being Watched	yes	93		place[s] its events in a larger context
The Serengeti Rules	yes	92	95	the transformative power of curiosity and knowledge
Ask Dr. Ruth	yes	92	94	Just as charming as its subject
The Most Dangerous Year	yes	91	100	humble yet deeply moving
The Biggest Little Farm	yes	91	95	It's farm-fabulous, babe
Echo in the Canyon	yes	90	92	a peace-love-understanding high
The Raft	yes	90	85	a mind-blowing nonfiction adventure
Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank	yes	90		A long-awaited look at a master
Walking on Water	yes	88	89	Christo and Jeanne- Claude’s kinetic art
16 Shots	yes	88		One teen’s killing, and a city’s rage
Pavarotti	yes	87	97	warm, emotional and completely involving
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation	yes	86	84	Showing the love amid the mud
Meeting Gorbachev	yes	86	69	surprisingly warm, eccentric
Mosul	yes	83	99	thought-provokingly portrayed
Hesburgh	yes	82	100	thoroughly engaging
Pasolini	yes	78	32	one troublemaker looking after another’s legacy
Halston	yes	77	88	gorgeous; extensive historical footage
The Spy Behind Home Plate	yes	77	85	*authoritative and engrossing
This One’s for the Ladies	yes	72	60	male strippers and the women who love their work
The Quiet One	yes	65	92	The unassuming Stone
Foster	yes		83	A vital documentary
That Pärt Feeling: The Universe of Arvo Pärt	yes			lovely, slender documentary
Rolling Thunder	yes			Remarkable but takes liberty with the truth
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality	yes			coolly passionate
The Proposal	so-so	97	50	sly, evocative reconstituting of Barragán
Framing John DeLorean	so-so	90	64	Dramatic reenactments; otherwise involving
XY Chelsea	so-so	65		portrait not as satisfying as it could be
Running With Beto	no	91		doesn’t provide much history or personal dimension
Chasing Portraits	no	88		required a more visually adept depiction
Instant Dreams	no	72	88	It can’t shake its flashy ostentation
animated
Okko's Inn	yes	100	84	Welcoming spirit in Japanes ghost story
Toy Story 4	yes	97	94	grows up, but it keeps the joy and emotional investment intact
Funan	yes	93	76	a stunning piece of animation
The Secret Life of Pets 2	yes	60	90	Just as appealing as puppy dog eyes
Ugly Dolls	no	28	54	more a toy pitch than a film
regular movies
The Wandering Soap Opera	yes	100	67	a view of turbulent reality
Our Evil	yes	100	58	assured, unconventional genre picture
Kanarie	yes	100		rich, poignant and finely observed musical drama
Too Late to Die Young	yes	98	52	mysterious and absorbing
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem	yes	94	86	snaps, crackles and pops
Shadow	yes	94	80	stunning but often impenetrable
Sauvage/Wild’	yes	93	72	a sensitive look at the life of a sex worker
Rafiki	yes	93	70	A vibrant, visual romance
Wild Rose	yes	92	87	Ballad of a Glasgow belter
The Last Black Man in San Francisco	yes	92	84	A moving ode to a city in flux
Joy	yes	92	79	the Africa-to-Europe sex slave trade
Grass	yes	92	65	short, sharp, teases with ambiguity
Q Ball	yes	91	91	the redemptive power of team camaraderie
In the Aisles	yes	90	65	a German supermarket romance
The Souvenir	yes	90	36	an exquisite drama
Rocketman	yes	89	88	bright, kaleidoscopic visuals
John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum	yes	89	86	wicked grace
The Third Wife	yes	88	68	a truly gorgeous, detailed picture book of intimacy
Non-Fiction	yes	87	49	an enticing blend of the comic and the serious
Avengement	yes	84	71	A genuinely engaging story veers from pubs to prisons
Marilyn	yes	83		a gripping, coming-of-age drama set in Argentina
Long Shot	yes	81	74	charm, chemistry and timely satire
Late Night	yes	80	77	This comedy never forgets to be funny
Photograph	yes	79	64	A winsome snapshot of love
Yomeddine	yes	77	90	A moving tale about acceptance
Nightmare Cinema	yes	76	43	Gory tales scare up a good time
All Creatures Here Below	yes	71	63	unbelievably tragic twists and turns
The Perfection	yes	71	57	A darkly devine turn
The Command	yes	69	56	Doomed Russian sub thriller rivets
White Crow	yes	67	80	an involving biographical drama
My Son	yes	63	17	engrossing, propulsive
Charlie Says	yes	59	70	a feminist exploration of Manson’s girls
Brightburn	yes	57	67	gore-splattered film mixes genres to fun, frightening effect
American Woman	yes	57	25	the tone wobbles a bit, but ...
The Sun Is Also a Star	yes	52	61	deep-dish romantic fantasy with a bit of grit thrown in
A Dog’s Journey	yes	51	91	Emotional bite enhances ‘Dog’s’ soft bark
Hampstead	yes	43	40	charming, often witty
The Intruder	yes	33	68	will make you jump and laugh
Shéhérazade	yes		88	melodramatic and dreamlike, desperate souls
Leto	yes			vibrant portrait of Leningrad’s early 1980s rock scene
Booksmart	so-so	96	77	keeps rattling off surprise after surprise
Mouthpiece	so-so	91	63	a cinematic storytelling experiment
Funny Story	so-so	83	71	a moderately funny comedy
Bolden	so-so	70	40	vivid and inventive, overly violent musical-drama
Pokémon Detective Pikachu	so-so	68	75	action sequences are inane, chaotic and incomprehensible
Annabelle Comes Home	so-so	64	70	Strung too tightly; needs more jump scares
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir	so-so	60	83	A meandering but entertaining trip
Aladdin	so-so	57	94	despite a few bumps, is mostly worth it
Ma	so-so	56	64	Octavia Spencer rises above a schlocky tale
The Dead Don’t Die	so-so	54	38	too arch and remote to fully enjoy
Tell It to the Bees	so-so	53	61	unassumingly square and overly familiar
Godzilla: King of the Monsters	so-so	42	83	for the last half-hour anyway
The Last	so-so			cross-generational drama is provocative, but ...
Find Me	no	100	57	come[s] together in ways that feel forced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle	no	87	75	Family mystery is strangely clueless
All Is True	no	72	66	well-intentioned but disappointing
Burn Your Maps	no	67	77	In Mongolia but going nowhere
Child’s Play	no	64	57	lacks devilish soul of original
Trial by Fire	no	61	72	too heavy-handed
The Fall of the American Empire	no	60	78	Heist satire more talk than action
J.T. LeRoy	no	55	39	Literary hoax tale lacks verve
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile	no	54	57	exasperatingly oblique
The Dead Don’t Die	no	54	38	‘Dead’ on arrival
Tolkien	no	51	71	fails to draw us into an inventive mind
Murder Mystery	no	45	43	The clues don’t point to laughs
The Tomorrow Man	no	42	44	the script keaves them abandoned
El Chicano	no	40	55	a marked separation between Mexican Americans and Mexican nationals
Poms	no	36	73	Rah, rah, rah, sis boom bomb
Shaft	no	34	94	seems stuck in past
Anna	no	33	81	A well-made movie that feels like a dodge
Domino	no	33	17	The pieces don’t quite fall in line
Men in Black: International	no	23	66	weightless, unmemorable
Dark Phoenix	no	22	64	rises, then dives
The Hustle	no	13	43	one walks away feeling a little, well, hustled
The Professor	no	10	77	Tough course for a miscast Depp
Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo	no	10	77	hits cinema's bottom
Rattlesnakes	no		78	Twist after twist but no revelations