‘Blade Runner 2049’ struggles to fully realize its vision of a dystopic future. ‘Ex Libris’ shows how real libraries are facing their own uncertain future
Watching Michael Keaton in “The Founder,” you might not like him, but you “get” him. Meanwhile, the remarkable women depicted in “Hidden Figures” deserve better.
'Manchester' captures the drift and flow of daily life and conveys its pungent poetry. Denzel Washington brings August Wilson’s 'Fences' to the screen with skill.
"La La Land" pays tribute to, and revives, the glittery, glamoury musicals of the 1940s; "Silence" is a kind of breakthrough for Martin Scorsese: a new quiet.
"Loving" avoids the impersonal feel of most docudramas; it is a movie of soft voices in homely settings. History is made without cinematic exclamation points.
