Manohla Dargis

Manohla Dargis New York Times 5 days ago Some movies announce their intentions with self-important flourish... Lee takes a more discreet, nuanced approach in “Possible Love,” easing into the narrative obliquely with slices of life that are rich in incisive, resonant detail. Go to Full Review Possible Love (2026) 100% - -

Manohla Dargis New York Times 5 days ago Fatherland is suffused with its characters’ longing, with desires that they express and others they can’t. There’s pathos in some of their words, though often it is what remains unsaid that hits hardest. Go to Full Review Fatherland (2026) 91% - -

Manohla Dargis New York Times Oct 16, 2026 It’s a dizzying moment, all the more so given that we’re watching, too, swept up in a ricochet of gazes in the mirrored fun house we now live in. Go to Full Review You Can See Everything (2026) 98% - -

Manohla Dargis New York Times Oct 15, 2026 The work that he did, including the material that he shot, and envisioned, for what became “Once Upon a Time in Harlem,” was a means of both artistic expression and political action, a way to turn stories into history, history into life. Go to Full Review Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026) 100% - -

Manohla Dargis New York Times Oct 8, 2026 It’s a technically impeccable impersonation of a human being, one for whom Sorkin clearly no longer has any sympathy. Go to Full Review The Social Reckoning (2026) 54% - -

Manohla Dargis New York Times Oct 8, 2026 It's a juicy subject that Mungiu takes on dryly, at times clinically and with punctuating dark comedy. Go to Full Review Fjord (2026) 91% - -

Manohla Dargis New York Times Oct 1, 2026 Despite the popping eyeballs, swiveling heads, flapping jaws and a few scenes that Iñárritu has tried to direct in a cutesy Wes Anderson-esque key, the results are largely mirthless. Go to Full Review Digger (2026) 53% - -

Manohla Dargis New York Times Sep 30, 2026 It's also a reminder of the singular power of eyewitness testimony and how the act of speaking about our lives is one way we collectively try to make sense of the past, present and future. We speak, and hope that others listen. Go to Full Review NAZA (2026) 100% - -

Manohla Dargis New York Times Sep 24, 2026 That’s too bad. It looks good and moves well, and the dark, saturated colors and visual grittiness add some fine Expressionistic texture. Yet it’s hard to know to what end, or to care. Go to Full Review Primetime (2026) 86% - -

Manohla Dargis L.A. Weekly Aug 10, 2026 Fast, furious fun, Zu features a multitude of bodies in extraordinary motion, jaw-dropping exploits, ingenious set pieces, and enough nuggets of Chinese cosmology to keep the whole picture truly and wonderfully off-center. Go to Full Review Zu, Warriors From the Magic Mountain (1983) 100% 77%

Manohla Dargis L.A. Weekly Aug 4, 2026 Of course it's diverting; too bad it's also instantly forgettable. Go to Full Review Escape From L.A. (1996) 45% 39%

Manohla Dargis L.A. Weekly Jul 28, 2026 The film tries hard to obscure the fact that it's a comedy about how wretched adults are when it comes to children, and fails. Go to Full Review Matilda (1996) 90% 73%

Manohla Dargis L.A. Weekly Jul 16, 2026 Much of the time, it's funny and oddly beautiful -- the junkies swoon into their highs like kids tumbling back into snow they trust the drugs will hold them -- other times, the impact is just funny and foul. Go to Full Review Trainspotting (1996) 93% 93%

Manohla Dargis New York Times Jul 15, 2026 It is an anomalous big-studio entertainment that Nolan has filled with stars and polished to a high gleam, turning a 3,000-year-old poem into a smart, thoughtful film with Old Hollywood allure. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

Manohla Dargis L.A. Weekly Jun 29, 2026 The movie may be goofy, but it's not dumb. It doesn't cheat much when it comes to common sense plot points, and at least hints at a life that extends past the frame. Go to Full Review Independence Day (1996) 77% 75%

Manohla Dargis New York Times Jun 25, 2026 The strain shows in different ways in “Supergirl,” which is derivative if altogether watchable, largely on account of its star. Go to Full Review Supergirl (2026) 52% - -

Manohla Dargis New York Times Jun 25, 2026 .Some of the character designs are more zoologically legible than others, but these are not Disneyesque cute and fuzzies. They're different, at least outwardly. They are also, alas, not all that interesting. Go to Full Review Bouchra (2025) 87% - -

Manohla Dargis New York Times Jun 18, 2026 It’s fine, pretty and amusing, but if no one’s heart seems in it, perhaps it’s time to make way for other toys. Go to Full Review Toy Story 5 (2026) 92% - -

Manohla Dargis New York Times Jun 11, 2026 Spielberg and his very fine lead players — O’Connor’s yielding softness works contrapuntally with Blunt’s crispness — keep the individual parts moving smoothly, even during some lurching transitions. Go to Full Review Disclosure Day (2026) 79% - -

Manohla Dargis L.A. Weekly Jun 5, 2026 Teeth-rattling, ear-shattering, eye-glazing, mind-numbing paroxysms of hardcore artillery and testosterone delivered by way of a glut of F/X specialists and some industry prime cut. Go to Full Review The Rock (1996) 76% 77%