Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Few rock docs reach this kind of artistry
Movies
Stuck in Love
Amiable but pointless date movie
The Salvation
Not too deep or original, but looks great
Still Alice
Julianne Moore in a career-best
Left Behind
Nicolas Cage hits new low in faith-based action flick
Selma
Urgent and suspenseful, complex yet coherent
The Congress
A live action/animation hybrid from Ari Folman
Mad Max: Fury Road
Best. Action. Movie. Ever.
Z Island
A misfire with an occasional chuckle
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Not quite a male Eat, Pray, Love—but at times close
The Book of Alan Menken
The songsmith takes Broadway to church with Sister Act
Cymbeline
Overplotted Shakespeare reimagining
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Dull and disappointing, like the titular lager
Using the Artistic Force
A hands-on look at how Star Wars Visions puts Tokyo at the center of the galaxy
Tomorrowland
A retro-futurist mess that’s entertaining and full of wonder
Elephant Song
Tight, multi-layered psycho-thriller
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Darker, deeper, and more political than before
The Cobbler
Why would director Thomas McCarthy sink to this level?
TV On the Radio
A member down, the Brooklyn band is wiser if not wearier
Get on Up
Fans will have a funkin’ good time
Kagami no Naka no Egaotachi
A heartfelt ditty directed by Ichiro Kita
A Walk Among the Tombstones
An anti-Taken, slow-burn neo-noir
Lost River
Some nice imagery among the wearisome weirdness
Advanced Style
Warm and charming, but pretty thin
Pitch Perfect
Not-very-funny collegiate comedy with some very good music
1 to 1: Mark Ronson
Uptown funk in real time
The Maze Runner
Perfectly serviceable Hunger Games wannabe
Vice
Cheapie chase movie—yawn
Chappie
A ham-fisted, eye-rollingly unintelligent misfire
Before I Go to Sleep
Don’t be expecting Memento here
Harajuku Denier
Wonderful take on Harajuku’s youth district
Back to Nickelback
Bassist Mike Kroeger talks music
Run All Night
Ultimately satisfying
The Zero Theorem
A cluttered Sci-Fi confection
The Signal
Not great, but thought-provoking and intelligent
Horns
Undeniably original and compulsively watchable