Justin Chang

‘The Old Guard’, protagonizada por Charlize Theron, da nueva vida al cine de superhéroes

July 10, 2020 at 5:37 p.m.

Enterrada en lo profundo de "La vieja guardia", el veloz y sombrío thriller de acción de Gina Prince-Bythewood, es una imagen para archivar bajo mis peores pesadillas y probablemente también...

Vivien Leigh and Hattie McDaniel in the greatest love story in all time, the 1939 classic 'Gone With the Wind'

What ‘The Help’ and ‘Gone With the Wind’ (don’t) tell us about Hollywood’s racial progress

June 22, 2020 at 4:37 p.m.

In February, weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national emergency and months before George Floyd was killed by a police officer, President Trump attended a Colorado rally and...

Isiah Whitlock Jr. (from left), Norm Lewis, Clarke Peters, Delroy Lindo and Jonathan Majors in a scene from the Spike Lee film "Da 5 Bloods."

‘Da 5 Bloods’ review: Spike Lee’s messy but furiously alive story of four Black veterans returning to Vietnam

June 10, 2020 at 2:13 p.m.

Toward the end of "Da 5 Bloods," Spike Lee's big, brash and rightly furious sprawl of a movie, a character offers one of those grand summations so obvious that you...

Appreciation: Lynn Shelton, director of ‘Humpday’ and ‘Sword of Trust,’ found beauty in human imperfection

May 18, 2020 at 1:59 p.m.

One of the most wrenching scenes I saw in any movie last year arrives a few minutes into "Sword of Trust," the eighth independent feature written and directed by Lynn...

This image released by Neon shows Dr. Roy Walford, foreground, with candidates for the Biosphere 2 Project from the documentary "Spaceship Earth."

‘Spaceship Earth’ review: A captivating look back at Biosphere 2 and life in isolation

May 12, 2020 at 6:58 p.m.

The mighty steel-and-glass compound known as Biosphere 2 is a sight that never loses its beauty, its absurdity or its wonder. Jutting out of the hot, dry ground of the...

‘Deerskin’ review: An entrancingly warped love story between a man and his jacket

May 6, 2020 at 3:02 p.m.

You will never look at a suede coat, a ceiling fan or Jean Dujardin in quite the same way again after "Deerskin," the latest from that purveyor of cinematic absurdities...

‘Bad Education’ review: Hugh Jackman is at his best in the engrossing school-scam drama on HBO

April 24, 2020 at 2:12 p.m.

Adamantium claws may have made Hugh Jackman famous, but his real secret weapon has always been that seductive mega-watt grin. It's the smile of a seducer, a razzle-dazzler, a man...

Tyler Cornack in the movie 'Butt Boy,' which he directed and co-wrote.

‘Butt Boy’ review: A strained, clenched exercise in fanny fiction

April 15, 2020 at 5:49 p.m.

"Butt Boy" is either the best or worst rectal-kink detective noir/addiction drama/supervillain origin story ever made. An almost-absurd-enough indie whatsit that became a minor sensation at genre festivals last year,...

American actor Charlton Heston as Moses with the titular stone tablets in the biblical epic 'The Ten Commandments', directed by Cecil B. DeMille for Paramount, 1956. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

From ‘Ten Commandments’ to ‘Uncut Gems,’ here are 12 great movies for Passover and Easter

April 10, 2020 at 2:23 p.m.

It's not uncommon for some of us to describe a great, genuinely transcendent movie as a religious experience. We like to exalt the sublimity of the moving image, sacralizing what...

Stuck inside? Watch these movies

March 25, 2020 at 5:39 p.m.

Movie recommendations from Times critics Justin Chang (J.C.) and Kenneth Turan (K.T.). Titles are available on video-on-demand (VOD) platforms or streaming services as noted.

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