| LAT | RTMC | RTC | note: “~” = the film's name. *RT fresh | |
| documentary | ||||
| Attica | yes | 100 | 84 | *will rattle you. As it should. |
| Little Girl | yes | 100 | 54 | delicately affecting |
| The Price of Freedom | yes | 100 | taking aim at the NRA | |
| Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters | yes | 100 | faces down death | |
| Love It Was Not | yes | 100 | What’s ‘Love’ got to do with it? | |
| Keyboard Fantasies | yes | 100 | At long last, an embrace of his music | |
| Summer of Soul | yes | 99 | 98 | *‘Soul’-stirring event |
| Ascension | yes | 98 | 61 | *Vivid look at China’s growing class divide |
| Faya Dayi | yes | 97 | dignifying, transfixing intimacy | |
| The Rescue | yes | 96 | 99 | *Thai cave rescue |
| In the Same Breath | yes | 96 | 81 | *the pandemic’s early days |
| No Ordinary Man | yes | 94 | contemplation of transmasculine musician Billy Tipton | |
| Her Socialist Smile | yes | 92 | trumpets the ever-relevant Helen Keller | |
| The Witches of the Orient | yes | 92 | they cast a golden spel on the ‘64 Olympics | |
| In Balanchine’s Classroom | yes | 89 | very fine, heartfelt | |
| The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 | yes | 88 | 81 | not your average nature documentary |
| Speer Goes to Hollywood | yes | 88 | engrossing, often chilling | |
| Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog | yes | 80 | 89 | family-style adventure drama |
| Enemies of the State | yes | 78 | 33 | *exquisitely thorny investigation |
| How It Ends | yes | 68 | 42 | a stroll through L.A. before the apocalypse |
| The Last Forrest | yes | Illuminating | ||
| Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain | so-so | 91 | 94 | a powerful tribute — with one serious misstep |
| Convergence: Courage in a Crisis | so-so | 82 | well-intentioned if scattershot | |
| My Name Is Pauli Murray | no | 93 | 89 | *a historical catalog rather than a way to enliven |
| A Cop Movie | no | 93 | 83 | *intimate, disorienting hybrid |
| Ailey | no | 90 | 86 | *can seem glancing rather than immersive |
| Super Frenchie | no | 56 | deserving of a deaper dive | |
| Moby Doc | no | 50 | 40 | self-indulgent |
| animated | ||||
| Spirit Untamed | yes | 48 | 95 | a sweet film with a moving message |
| Luca | yes | Studio goes Italian style; one of its loveliest films in years | ||
| Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro | yes | a must see | ||
| Annette | yes | entrancingly strange | ||
| Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | so-so | 67 | 89 | Meta hop through the bunny patch |
| Space Jam: A New Legacy | no | strands LeBron James in a swirling CGI garbage tornado | ||
| The Addams Family 2 | no | loses its way on a road trip | ||
| regular movies | ||||
| Undine | yes | 100 | 90 | a captivating supernatural romance |
| Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | yes | 99 | 79 | *extends fascination with the coincidental |
| Pig | yes | 97 | 84 | *is an unusually beautiful meditation on loss |
| I Carry You With Me | yes | 97 | 83 | *a bittersweet ode to restlessness |
| Gaza Mon Amour | yes | 96 | 83 | sweet, funny |
| Days | yes | 96 | 78 | *couldn't be simpler or more affecting |
| Mass | yes | 95 | 91 | *It’s time to have this conversation |
| In the Heights | yes | 94 | 94 | *terrific ensemble rises to energize the Miranda musical |
| CODA | yes | 94 | 91 | *is a beautifully devastating tale |
| Old Henry | yes | 94 | 91 | *a western with a nice trick up his sleeve |
| All Light, Everywhere | yes | 94 | 64 | *Beneath the seen lie the unseen |
| Cicada | yes | 93 | 73 | gently complex romance |
| Swan Song | yes | 92 | 75 | *Udo Kier is glorious as he swans about |
| The Beta Test | yes | 92 | 62 | Deranged, yet so magnetic |
| No Sudden Move | yes | 92 | 59 | *the car movie of the summer |
| Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | yes | 91 | 98 | *far from perfect, but ... |
| Scales | yes | 91 | Darkly feminist parable | |
| The Souvenir Part II | yes | 90 | 86 | *completes portrait in thrilling fashion |
| Passing | yes | 90 | 86 | *worth pausing for |
| Titane | yes | 90 | 85 | *It shocks, then seduces |
| The Suicide Squad | yes | 90 | 82 | *is a trippy, joy-bomb redo |
| Nine Days | yes | 89 | 72 | *rousing metaphysical drama |
| Censor | yes | 89 | 58 | *a bold artistic statement |
| The Green Knight | yes | 89 | 50 | *Arthurian adventure bewitches |
| Charlatan | yes | 89 | ponders a man’s conflicting layers | |
| The Harder They Fall | yes | 88 | 93 | *a stylish, violent effort to reclaim a genre |
| Fear Street Part 3: 1666 | yes | 88 | 76 | *pulls off a magic trick: It’s the best of the trilogy |
| The Night House | yes | 88 | 69 | *an elegant nerve-jangler |
| Zola | yes | 88 | 68 | *a real wild ride |
| Ema | yes | 88 | 63 | *Firey exploration of the family |
| Lamb | yes | 88 | 61 | *the eyes have it |
| The Card Counter | yes | 87 | 42 | *brooding sinners; levity, romance |
| The Last Dual | yes | 85 | 81 | *darkly funny and subversive |
| No Time to Die | yes | 83 | 88 | *007 is just in time to save the day |
| Spencer | yes | 83 | 52 | *artful portrait of a princess under siege |
| Copshop | yes | 82 | 74 | *shows some smarts and star power |
| Blue Bayou | yes | 75 | 93 | a very messy, moving tempest of a movie |
| The Evening Hour | yes | 71 | 60 | the opioid addiction crisis in Appalachia |
| Fever Dream | yes | 71 | 43 | sensually mystifying thriller |
| The Nowhere Inn | yes | 67 | 74 | a clever comedic commentary on fame |
| F9: The Fast Saga | yes | 60 | 82 | 'Fast' back on track |
| Venom: Let There Be Carnage | yes | 57 | 84 | batty, deeply felt sequel |
| Eternals | yes | 47 | 77 | cosmic breath of fresh air |
| Don't Breath 2 | yes | 43 | 85 | This sequel has oxygen of its own |
| Isabelle Huppert | yes | Godmother in amusing French crime story ‘Mama Weed’ | ||
| Eyimofe | yes | affecting Lagos-set drama | ||
| Azor | so-so | 98 | 61 | *might seem confounding, but ... |
| Only the Animals | so-so | 93 | 77 | *an engrossing ride |
| Minyan | so-so | 93 | 64 | Imperfect sense of community |
| Violet | so-so | 82 | 68 | is a bit of a one-trick pony |
| Last Night in Soho | so-so | 76 | 90 | *A spectral spectacle with feminist bite |
| Cryptozoo | so-so | 71 | 52 | Dash Shaw’s uneven second animated feature |
| Respect | so-so | 68 | 95 | Aretha biography is a respectable effort |
| Settlers | so-so | 59 | 36 | Mars drama asks: Whose land is it, anyway? |
| Joe Bell | so-so | 40 | 73 | the guilt-ridden shoes of a despairing parent |
| Dear Evan Hansen | so-so | 29 | 88 | the film isn’t a train wreck |
| Detention | so-so | 67 | Puzzles and a painful history lesson | |
| The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It | no | 100 | 74 | Can anyone exorcise kitsch? |
| Bad Tales | no | 100 | 61 | corrosive Italian psychodrama |
| Sheep Without a Shepherd | no | 100 | cranked-up bad cop crime thriller | |
| 7 Prisoners | no | 98 | 89 | *plot is a little thin, its message quite blunt |
| Mandibles | no | 91 | 59 | *another absurdist wild ride from Quentin Dupieux |
| Dachra | no | 86 | 75 | it’s not especially “new” |
| Dune | no | 83 | 90 | *a visionary spectacle but feels too dry |
| Summertime | no | 81 | 85 | *the movie’s too breezy |
| Free Guy | no | 80 | 94 | *lacks heart in its code |
| Black Widow | no | 79 | 91 | *misses the mark |
| Stillwater | no | 79 | 72 | *Man on a mission trips on himself |
| The French Dispatch | no | 75 | 76 | *Visual overkill |
| Finch | no | 74 | 66 | apple tv+ mawkish apocalyptic tale |
| Falling For Figaro | no | 73 | 74 | not much to sing about |
| The Many Saints of Newark | no | 72 | 59 | Not enough Tony |
| The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | no | 70 | 71 | meow-sterpiece |
| How to Deter a Robber | no | 70 | 59 | Neither dark or comic enough goes down too easily |
| The Eyes of Tammy Faye | no | 68 | 86 | patchy but glibly watchable movie |
| Army of Thieves | no | 68 | 69 | a big movie with skimpy ideas |
| Jungle Cruise | no | 62 | 92 | waterlogged |
| Prisoners of the Ghostland | no | 61 | 53 | less a movie than an environment |
| Antlers | no | 60 | 67 | Dark and dreary horror |
| Cry Macho | no | 57 | 64 | signature mannerisms, clumsy formulations |
| Running Against the Wind | no | 56 | and into uncertainty | |
| Escape Room: Tournament of Champions | no | 51 | 75 | rips, and there’s no doubt more to come |
| Old | no | 50 | 53 | isn’t so bad, except when it’s terrible |
| Casanova, Last Love | no | 42 | fails to illuminate the notorious wooer | |
| Flag Day | no | 40 | 49 | A bumpy cliche-filled ride |
| Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins | no | 35 | 74 | pulls back the hero’s mask and it’s Henry Golding |
| The Starling | no | 20 | 71 | Whimsy overwhelms grief in forced dramedy |
| Sisters | no | a jarring mix of tones to contend with | ||