Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
Critic’s Pick
All the emotions!
‘Inside Out 2’
In the sequel to the Pixar charmer “Inside Out,” Riley (voiced by Kensington Tallman) develops a new range of (anthropomorphized) emotions like Anxiety (Maya Hawke) and Envy (Ayo Edebiri) when she reaches puberty.
From our review:
Franchises often bank on nostalgia, so it’s easy to fall for “Inside Out 2,” which works largely because the first one does wonderfully well. The new movie conforms to the original’s ethos as well as inventive template, its conceit and visual design, so its pleasures are agreeably familiar.
In theaters. Read the full review.
Putting the “community” in community theater.
‘Ghostlight’
This family drama directed by Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson follows Dan (Keith Kupferer) as he struggles to navigate relationships with his wife, Sharon (Tara Mallen), and daughter, Daisy (Katherine May Kupferer), after tragedy strikes. He finds solace in joining a local production of “Romeo and Juliet.”
From our review:
It’s a gentle story, full of tender moments, and knowing that the parents and daughter in the main cast are a family in real life increases the warmth. There’s a complexity to their conversations, the way their interactions are never one-note (as parents and teens often are in films), that you can sense has its roots in real life. By the end of the film, their emotional bond carries the story.
In theaters. Read the full review.
Critic’s Pick
More like coming-of-rage.
‘Tiger Stripes’
After she gets her first period, Zaffan (Zafreen Zairizal) begins to experience strange and supernatural changes to her body in this feature debut from Amanda Nell Eu.
From our review:
Anyone who has gone through adolescence — in other words, everyone — knows the kind of myths, silences and shame that often accompany a maturing body. Eu smartly weaves that universality together with local myths and legends, and the result is a little eerie and unsettling, a film about dark things we’re afraid to speak about.
In theaters. Read the full review.
A swing and a miss.
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