| LAT | RTMC | RTC | note: “~” = the film's name. *RT fresh | |
| documentary | ||||
| Acasa, My Home | yes | 100 | 83 | *A family uprooted struggles to adapt |
| Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts | yes | 100 | hauntingly intriguing | |
| City Hall | yes | 98 | 64 | *beautifully expansive |
| The Donut King | yes | 97 | 93 | Betrayal. Tragedy. Donuts. Wait, what? |
| Sisters With Transistors | yes | 97 | 71 | These female musicians are electric |
| Billy Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry | yes | 96 | 95 | *A tender look at teen pop star |
| The Dissident | yes | 96 | 81 | *After a jounalist is silenced |
| Zappa | yes | 96 | 80 | *it's a bit like a Frank Zappa song |
| Final Account | yes | 93 | 91 | A necessary ‘Account’ |
| Tina | yes | 92 | 91 | *A godess of rock's final encore |
| State Funeral | yes | 88 | thrillingly immersive distillation | |
| Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue | yes | 73 | China’s tumultuous past [is] personal | |
| My Psychedelic Love Story | no | 90 | 64 | *too trippy |
| Francesco | no | 71 | a pedegogic Vatican approved checklist | |
| animated | ||||
| Wolfwalkers | yes | 99 | 98 | **Gives modern tone to tale of medieval girl power |
| Soul | yes | 95 | 88 | *It’s not quite ‘Inside Out,’ but ... |
| Raya and the Last Dragon | yes | 94 | 97 | **powers up the Disney princess canon |
| The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | yes | 67 | 50 | Goofy fun in this sea of silly jokes |
| Demon Slayer - Komatsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Megan Train | so-so | 98 | 99 | *will thrill confuse |
| Tom & Jerry | no | 30 | 82 | Not enough ~ |
| regular movies | ||||
| Quo Vadis, Aida? | yes | 100 | 90 | *Terror and tragedy told from the inside |
| His House | yes | 100 | 74 | *well-acted, crafty |
| Slalom | yes | 100 | 61 | *A chilling look at elite skiing |
| The Paper Tigers | yes | 98 | 93 | *don't rule out these rusty King fu kings |
| The Father | yes | 98 | 92 | This fading ‘Father’ is fierce |
| One Night in Miami | yes | 98 | 78 | *examines the intersection of fame and activism |
| Hope | yes | 98 | 78 | *something miraculous and moving |
| Gunda | yes | 98 | 68 | *A sublime slice of porcine life down on the farm |
| Judas and the Black Messiah | yes | 97 | 95 | *Coolly electrifying |
| Sound of Metal | yes | 97 | 90 | *bruising, deeply moving drama |
| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | yes | 97 | 72 | *gale force whirlwind of a film |
| Dead Pigs | yes | 97 | 51 | Thoroughly enjoyable |
| Night of the Kings | yes | 96 | 61 | *Captivating tale |
| The Disciple | yes | 96 | 60 | *worth searching for |
| Test Pattern | yes | 96 | 51 | *compelling ambiguity, trenchant conversation piece |
| Lapsis | yes | 95 | 68 | *smart science fiction satire |
| My Little Sister | yes | 94 | 90 | frank an poigmant |
| About Endlessness | yes | 94 | 56 | A new tragicomic marvel |
| Nomadland | yes | 93 | 82 | *gorgeous lyrical ode to American wanderlust |
| Dear Comrades! | yes | 93 | 79 | *brilliant |
| Sylvia's Love | yes | 93 | 76 | *lush romantic tale |
| The Killing of Two Lovers | yes | 93 | 68 | *A father is separated from his wife and kids |
| Spring Blossom | yes | 93 | 36 | Bold, insightful narrative |
| Another Round | yes | 92 | 89 | *An intoxicating, fun, Danish dramedy |
| Madre | yes | 92 | mesmerizing | |
| Moffie | yes | 91 | 69 | *Secretly gay in the army of apartheid |
| The Vigil | yes | 91 | 51 | *efficiently creepy |
| Promising Young Woman | yes | 90 | 87 | *Deviously coiled revenge thriller |
| Supernova | yes | 90 | 67 | *lovely, beautifully acted |
| Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | yes | 89 | 71 | *marvelous, groundbreaking musical |
| Sing Me A Song | yes | 89 | Visually poetic, observational film | |
| News of the World | yes | 88 | 89 | *admirable yet craggy western |
| Dream Horse | yes | 88 | 79 | *a winner right out of the gate |
| Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time | yes | 88 | 65 | *Such a window to the soul |
| Let Them All Talk | yes | 87 | 50 | *fleet of foot without seeming flighty |
| Our Friend | yes | 85 | 95 | *Cancer drama rises above |
| The Courier | yes | 85 | 95 | *A surprising Cold War thriller |
| Jakobs Wife | yes | 85 | 63 | liberating vampire encounter |
| The County | yes | 85 | 50 | *Icelandic battle: Inga vs. Goliath |
| Let Him Go | yes | 84 | 76 | *unshowy, well plotted and grisly |
| Proxima | yes | 84 | beautifully human-scaled movie | |
| Freaky | yes | 83 | 80 | Friday the the 13th meets Freaky Friday |
| Mank | yes | 83 | 60 | *A cinephile’s delight |
| Limbo | yes | 83 | laughter lives in limbo | |
| I'm Your Woman | yes | 81 | 49 | *crisp bracing drama |
| In the Earth | yes | 80 | 24 | *draws from a deep well of horror references |
| Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar | yes | 79 | 59 | *far-out trip |
| Yo All the Boys: Always and Forever | yes | 79 | 59 | *continues to stay true to itself |
| Shadow in the Cloud | yes | 77 | 32 | *slow to take off, but ... |
| The Map of Tiny Perfect Things | yes | 76 | 72 | *nerdy but accessible comedy, fantasy and romance. |
| Stowaway | yes | 76 | 45 | *restrained and ruthlessly rational |
| Jungleland | yes | 74 | 47 | *Boxing tale packs a punch |
| The Boy from Medellin | yes | 73 | 60 | artist contemplating his place in the world |
| Ammonite | yes | 69 | 85 | a mucky great love story |
| Army of the Dead | yes | 67 | 75 | Gross, engrossing and sometimes wierdly moving |
| French Exit | yes | 64 | 42 | surprise mix of woe and whimsy |
| Bad Hair | yes | 63 | 40 | Beware that killer weave |
| We Broke Up | yes | 59 | 54 | isn’t quite romantic or a comedy but... |
| Wonder Woman 1984 | yes | 58 | 73 | familiar, direct and winningly sincere |
| The United States vs. Billie Holiday | yes | 55 | 79 | Lady Day outshines all around her |
| Monday | yes | 49 | 68 | tangibly real and profoundly human |
| Boogie | yes | 42 | 57 | plays against Asian stereotypes |
| No Man's Land | yes | 40 | 71 | told with empathy and respect for life |
| Minority | yes | A dreamlike wonder | ||
| Noboday | yes | *joyously bloodthirsty B-movie | ||
| The Unthinkable | yes | winningly focuses on personal relationships | ||
| 1982 | so-so | 95 | 83 | static wide shots; contrived pacing; often drags |
| Love and Monsters | so-so | 94 | 89 | *The light-hearted tone is often grating |
| Days of the Bagnold Summer | so-so | 92 | 68 | *Ordinary lives hit home |
| My Rembrandt | so-so | 92 | Acute, often fascinating, occasionally puzzling | |
| White Tiger | so-so | 91 | 80 | *doesn’t sustain threat |
| Happiest Season | so-so | 82 | 73 | *clever, affecting, endearingly imperfect |
| I Care a Lot | so-so | 79 | 34 | *crafty but muddled |
| Cruella | so-so | 75 | 97 | dazzling romp but shows too much sympathy for De Vil |
| Wrath of Man | so-so | 67 | 90 | not exactly enlightened, or enlightening |
| The Prom | so-so | 55 | 62 | campy movie musical |
| Mortal Kombat | so-so | 54 | 86 | gory action makes for a serviceable reboot. |
| Locked Down | so-so | 42 | 27 | COVID caper is an OK escape |
| Music | so-so | 7 | 14 | hit and miss |
| Port Authority | so-so | lacks in uniqueness of concept, but... | ||
| The Dry | no | 100 | This mystery is dry but doesn’t ignite | |
| A Quiet Place II | no | 91 | 92 | Shhh. Sequel quietly falls off |
| Together Together | no | 91 | 77 | *alluring, but uneven |
| The Man Who Sold His Skin | no | 88 | 75 | *Its power doesn’t penetrate |
| Show Me What You Got | no | 80 | An appealing polyamorous trio trips up | |
| The Water Man | no | 78 | 69 | gets lost in the forest |
| Uncle Frank | no | 77 | 84 | *Drama feels too manufactured |
| The Mauritanian | no | 75 | 84 | *loses its nerve |
| Kindred | no | 70 | 48 | The acting is superb, but the rest? |
| New Order | no | 67 | 67 | Director doesn't like us either |
| Malcolm and Marie | no | 57 | 67 | An attractively photographed shouting match |
| Finding You | no | 53 | 91 | just try to find anything original |
| The Midnight Sky | no | 49 | 26 | Succumbs to a schematic and sentimental telling |
| The Craft: Legacy | no | 48 | 25 | Sequel lacks 'Craft's' magic |
| Here Today | no | 47 | 93 | forgets to develop all the other characters |
| Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse | no | 45 | 38 | Hero gets angry, etc. etc. |
| The Marksman | no | 39 | 83 | misses target |
| Things Heard and Seen | no | 39 | 22 | fails to connect on a visceral level |
| Half Brothers | no | 36 | 72 | something decomposing at its center |
| Superintelligence | no | 30 | 32 | Super? Nah, this is pretty average |
| Blithe Spirit | no | 28 | 28 | Pop, pop, fizz, fizz. Oh, what a repeat it is. |
| Voyagers | no | 26 | 55 | Human nature was ever thus |
| Hillbilly Elegy | no | 25 | 82 | superficial |
| The Witches | no | tendency to pour on grotesque visual flourishes | ||
| Zack Snyder's Justice League | no | Not so fast | ||