by David Jenkins
A star is born in Andra Day, the phenomenal lead of Lee Daniels’ ponderous and overlong musical biopic.
by Hannah Strong
Sandra Bullock tries her best in this largely generic apocalypse thriller about a mass sight-loss epidemic.
Shane Black exhumes this seminal ’80s monster franchise by paying homage to the abject nastiness of the original.
by John Wadsworth
Frat boy hazing becomes a metaphor for slavery in this muddled drama from director Gerard McMurray.
by Charles Bramesco
Barry Jenkins’ low-key examination of black life in America is an aching romance of the very highest order.
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