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Justin Chang NPR Oct 20, 2026 This is a documentary to see in a packed house, on an enormous screen. The images have a crystalline clarity, but mysteries abound in every frame. Go to Full Review You Can See Everything (2026) 96% - -

Justin Chang NPR Oct 8, 2026 I've watched NAZA twice now, both times in a state of quiet horror and fury -- and with enormous admiration for Abraham and Szor's courage in holding their government to account. My admiration extends to the unerring precision of their filmmaking. Go to Full Review NAZA (2026) 100% - -

Justin Chang NPR Oct 8, 2026 Played by a terrific John Cho, wearing gold dental grills and a cowboy hat, the pastor is one of the film's more fascinating creations: a gun-loving ex-military man who shares Latif's belief in the cleansing power of violence. Go to Full Review Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (2026) 96% - -

Bobby Allyn NPR Sep 24, 2026 While there were very few nuggets of new information, the sheer breadth of the film makes for a stunningly comprehensive accounting of a man Gibney considers a danger to society. Go to Full Review Musk (2026) 96% - -

Justin Chang NPR Sep 11, 2026 Too much of Practical Magic 2 is given over to a grindingly mechanical mystery plot that takes forever to unravel, though the climax is never in doubt. Go to Full Review Practical Magic 2 (2026) 36% - -

Bob Mondello NPR Sep 4, 2026 Even as the overstuffed plot ventures into dark territory, Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a lot of fun, but it's predicated on the notion that even a Spider-kid who's been artificially kept a teenager for six decades needs to grow up. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 90% - -

Bob Mondello NPR Sep 4, 2026 All goofy enough to delight kids who won't get the references and sophisticated enough to please cinephiles who will, which is a lovely change. Go to Full Review Minions & Monsters (2026) 89% - -

Bob Mondello NPR Sep 4, 2026 I usually have a knee-jerk reaction that if a title ends in a number higher than two, it is basically a cash grab. But I confess that, as Taylor Swift was singing a song over the end credits... That "Toy Story 6" didn't sound all that unreasonable. Go to Full Review Toy Story 5 (2026) 92% - -

John Powers NPR Sep 4, 2026 I don't know about you, but I have to love any movie that's clever enough to turn Wile E. Coyote into a role model. Go to Full Review Coyote vs. Acme (2026) 96% - -

Justin Chang NPR Aug 21, 2026 On paper, that might sound too obvious -- the bohemian artistes versus the high-strung corporate sellout. But the actors, especially Compère as Tasha, are too vivid to be reduced to mere types. Go to Full Review Dreams in Nightmares (2024) 100% - -

Linda Holmes NPR Aug 21, 2026 If you see it with a crowd (which you should), the crowd will laugh and gasp. The crowd will feel sad and worried. The crowd will feel relieved. It's a really good time at the movies, and we all deserve that. Go to Full Review The End of Oak Street (2026) 86% - -

Teresa Xie NPR Aug 21, 2026 Jialing’s human-centered approach to a harrowing investigation into one of the world’s most expansive surveillance states attends to the heartbreaking realities of so many. Go to Full Review Total Trust (2023) 100% - -

Aisha Harris NPR Aug 12, 2026 The film's expression is sometimes messy, contradictory, and heady, but that's a feature, not a bug, because sociological academia is often all those things too. So is the journey of sexual exploration. Go to Full Review Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) 94% - -

John Powers NPR Aug 7, 2026 Perhaps the highest praise I can offer is that it doesn't depend on Bourdain's fame to keep us interested. I would have enjoyed this movie even if its hero didn't have TV shows that play on every airline in the world. Go to Full Review Tony (2026) 93% - -

Glen Weldon NPR Aug 3, 2026 Brand New Day is missing something essential; by spotlighting the fracturing of our core trio, the film makes us wallow in it. There's so much heartbreak we lose the heart. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 90% - -

Aisha Harris NPR Jul 30, 2026 You will know if you can handle it, and if you believe you can, it's absolutely worth it. Go to Full Review Remake (2025) 98% - -

Glen Weldon NPR Jul 17, 2026 It's an enthralling, gratifyingly larger-than-life and richly satisfying moviegoing experience, timed to arrive precisely at a cultural moment when audiences -- and movie theaters -- are hungering for one. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

Justin Chang NPR Jul 16, 2026 You realize why Nolan wanted to make this film, and why it feels like a prism through which his earlier films can be more deeply understood. For him, no less than for Odysseus, The Odyssey feels like a homecoming. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

Bob Mondello NPR Jun 23, 2026 Breathtakingly well-crafted, Leviticus clearly has queer teen audiences in mind -- all three of these films do -- but not exclusively. Yes, Leviticus fills a representation gap. It's also freakin' scary. Go to Full Review Leviticus (2026) 93% - -

Bob Mondello NPR Jun 23, 2026 First-time filmmaker Kiyoko seems content to honor teen romance conventions in a more or less by-the-book tale of first love that has been through enough permutations to feel vaguely workshopped. Still, she's gotten engaging performances from her leads. Go to Full Review Girls Like Girls (2026) 88% - -