LAT RTMC RTC note: “~” = the film's name. *RT fresh
documentary



Filmmakers for the Prosecution yes 100 100 engrossing
In The Company Of Rose yes 100
compact and captivating look
It Ain’t Over yes 98 96 offers a winning coda [for] Yogi Berra
Every Body yes 97 96 compelling personal stories
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb yes 96 100 *spirited, revealing
Little Richard: I Am Everything yes 95 98 *A rock legend gets his due
Judy Blume Forever yes 95 79 *Celebrates the GOAT of YA authors
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed yes 95 62 *enthralling
De Humani Corporis Fabrica yes 95
a stunning tour through the human body
Wildcat yes 92 88 *It’s a jungle out (and in) there.
Second Chance yes

all too pertinent cautionary tale
Loudmouth so-so 67 100 Al Sharpton profile has one voice — his
To The End so-so

hamstrung by how diffuse the approach is
animated



Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse yes 97 94 *Spectacular swing through ‘Spider-Verse’
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish yes 95 94 *one gorgeous and dynamic fractured fairy tale
Avatar: The Way of Water yes 76 92 *Deep, Blue Must-See
Elemental yes 74 93 *Eye popping display of love
New Gods: Yang Jian yes 63 84 dazzling
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond so-so 53 93 Need help making sense out of ‘Slime’?
The Super Mario Bros. Movie no 53 95 isn't a game changer
regular movies



Remember This yes 100 100 tour-de-force solo performance
Those Who Remained yes 100 64 A deeply felt duet of healing
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret yes 99 94 a transcendent film full of great questions
No Bears yes 99 80 *brilliant, furious and disparing
Joyland yes 98 71 *lays bare the complexity of desire
R.M.N yes 97 97 *A nativistic take on the Nativity story
The Quiet Girl yes 97 93 *hushed, delicately rendered family drama
Return to Seoul yes 97 92 *A staggering masterwork
Mars One yes 97 67 painterly warmth
Huesera: The Bone Woman yes 97 66 *effectively blood-curdling as it is intellectually incisive
Walk Up yes 97 33 witty, ingenious and deeply moving tour de force
Blue Jean yes 96 92 *Living a double life in 80s U.K.
Living yes 96 91 *faithful reimagining of “Ikiru”
The Blue Caftan yes 96 87 *the myriad small gestures
EO yes 96 66 *Soulful witness to life’s perils.
Past Lives yes 95 93 *an exquisite debut film
Saint Omer yes 95 55 *Spellbinding French courtroom drama
The Eternal Daughter yes 95 47 *enigmatic haunted house movie.
White Building yes 95
sad, beautiful
Revoir Paris yes 94 97 Beauty after an unimaginable tragedy
Night of the 12th yes 94 94 *spins a gripping tale of murder and misogyny
Plan 75 yes 94 82 *alternately warm and chilling
Full River Red yes 94 69 The knives are out and then some; murkily entertaining
You Hurt My Feelings yes 94 64 *Middle-age ennui, with socks
Air yes 93 98 *hugely enjoyable and fitfully ruminative.
M3GAN yes 93 78 *revels in BONKER5 fun
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical yes 93 72 *(many Dahl moments) charming adaptation
Alcarràs yes 93 72 *A rare gem set in farm fields
One Fine Morning yes 93 61 *radiantly intelligent
Godland yes 92 75 *bleak and beautiful
Raising Other People's Children yes 91 99 *Joys and pains of raising a kid
Everything Went Fine yes 91 71 *Dad's not into log goodbyes
Four Quartets yes 91
mesmerizing language, masterly invocation
The Eight Mountains yes 90 97 *Friendship at a peak
Women Talking yes 90 80 suspenseful and galvanizing
Creed III yes 89 95 *~ puts up a fight
Showing Up yes 89 49 A beautifully sculpted work
Missing yes 88 90 *thrilling follow-up to ’Searching’
Chess Story yes 88 79 a masterfully calibrated wartime mind game
Pacification yes 88 62 *Disquieting, stunning trip to Tahiti.
Emily yes 87 83 *passionate and imaginative
Tori and Lokita yes 87 62 *Encountering a series of shut doors
Infinity Pool yes 87 52 *identity crisis-as-body horror film
A Radiant Girl yes 86 62 A coming of age story in war time Europe
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant yes 83 98 Intense bond shines through*
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 yes 82 94 *One final, fun, weird ride
Linoleum yes 81 86 *delayed launch is worth the wait
Framing Agnes yes 81
*fascinating, multidimensional, mosaic-like glimpse
Scarlet yes 79 98 sweet magical realist film
Plane yes 79 94 *Action thriller is ~ fun
The Lost King yes 77 92 *unique and lively mystery
Scream VI yes 77 91 a tasty slice
A Man Called Otto yes 70 97 *they should be making them like this all the time
What’s Love Got to Do With It? yes 70 84 sweet, sensitive rom-com
Cocaine Bear yes 66 71 A sharp, grisly comedy-horror
White Noise yes 64 33 jittery and inventive
Pale Blue Eye yes 63 69 A young Poe helps in the detecting.
80 For Brady yes 58 89 funnier and more charming than expected
Book Club: The Next Chapter yes 46 84 fluffy fantasy sequel with heart
My Happy Ending yes 38 42 Working together as a powerful team
Full Time so-so 98 93 *macro detail keeps us from simply enjoying ~
BlackBerry so-so 97 94 *immersive, restless; roaming, zooming in, focusing
Chang Can Dunk so-so 96 73 likable yet generic
John Wick: Chapter 4 so-so 94 93 *self-admiring grandiosity
Broker so-so 94 73 *morally ambiguous but affecting
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves so-so 91 92 *Rolling the dice, hoping for magic
Close so-so 91 88 *artful, if a little too calculated
Leonor Will Never Die so-so 91 83 *heartfelt one moment, drolly silly the next
Spoiler Alert so-so 86 97 *heartening holiday weepie
Corsage so-so 86 59 *A refined Princess Diana of her day
Beautiful Beings so-so 82 75 raw emotion makes up for a lack of overarching vision
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny so-so 70 87 messy but poignant
No Hard Feelings so-so 70 86 but plenty of raunch
When You Finish Saving the World so-so 62 73 feels unfinished but has its moments
Magic Mike’s Last Dance so-so 48 74 ambitious; muddled
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster no 84 86 *Grotesque use of racial trauma
Alice Darling no 84 42 *slow developing drama
Violent Night no 73 88 substantive as a sugar cookie
Skinamarink no 73 44 Just feels terribly wrong
Master Gardener no 71 53 If it wilts under scrutiny, it has only itself to blame
Beau Is Afraid no 68 71 Afraid not, ‘Beau’
The Little Mermaid no 67 94 *This Little Mermaid feels watered down
Knock At the Cabin no 67 63 slackens into charade
The Whale no 64 91 There’s more to love — or not
The Flash no 63 82 stuck in the past
Renfield no 58 79 So much blood for such a little bite
Fast X no 56 84 In ~ franchise is low on gas
Jesus Revolution no 55 99 *a dry scattered slog
In From the Side no 54 89 Sexy rugby love story keeps all players at arm’s length
Joyride no 51 66 on a ~ to nowhere
88 no 50 81 cluttered and diffused
Shazam! Fury of the Gods no 49 85 stale approach; stratosphere of cringe
Empire of Light no 46 74 fumbles the story
Emancipation no 45 59 swampy, sloggy action-movie treatment
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody no 43 92 *badly off-key
Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania no 42 82 descends into a less charming realm
Prisoner’s Daughter no 42 78 Stars shore up a generic melodrama
Hypnotic no 32 62 too absurd to draw you in
House Party no 28 60 invites boredom
God Is A Bullet no 24 56 an exploitation slog
Babylon no

Dream Factory or nightmare?