Film

Originally intended for streaming, Greg Berlanti's Apollo 11 crowd-pleaser is the rare 21st-century rom-com to boast the brains and heart to support repeat viewing. by Petwer Debruge Trailers make “Fly Me to the Moon” look cute at…

by Daniel Joyaux, Pulp Cinetopia Film Festival runs Thursday, June 13–Sunday, June 23 at the Michigan and State theatres. For tickets and more information, visit marquee-arts.org/cinetopia. Five years after its final pre-COVID…

by Tomaris Laffley MPA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 96 MIN. It happens to many of us above a certain age. You wake up one day, and realize that your life involves neither your childhood besties, nor the carefree bliss you once took…

Russell Crowe Plays an Ex-Cop with Alzheimer’s in a Scrappy Piece of Dementia Noir MPA rating: R. Running time: 111 MIN. by Owen Glieberman “Sleeping Dogs,” starring Russell Crowe as a retired cop with Alzheimer’s…

by Christopher Anderson The city of Ann Arbor is set to host the much-anticipated Ann Arbor Black Film Festival (A2BFF), showcasing an array of powerful narratives, innovative filmmaking, musical expression, and diverseperspectives.…

After dedicating a decade to his pet secret-service franchise, the 'Kingsman' helmer enlists an American cast (and one cute kitty) in a convoluted plot that puts a fiction writer at the center of the action. by Peter Debruge What…

It leaps in time but lands on a Scottish archipelago that symbolizes its heroine's inner state. by Owen Glieberman “The Outrun,” the story of a 29-year-old Scottish woman in the throes of, and recovery from (though not necessarily in…

Timothée Chalamet Makes a Winning Willy Wonka in a Fun Prequel That’s One of the Squarest Movie Musicals in Decades His candymaker is a wistful young dreamer in a film where even the dark side is wholesome. MPA Rating: PG. Running…

George Clooney Directs His Best Film in a While, a ’30s Rowing Saga That’s an Old-Fashioned Movie Daydream MPA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 124 MIN. by Owen Glieberman If the day ever arrives when a smart director decides to make…

By Leslie Felper The British production company Aardman, best known for award-winning shorts such as the evergreen Creature Comforts and short-to-feature franchises like Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, specializes in…