Pop Etc. Plays it Back
Chris Chu packs up some souvenirs on new album
Movies
Heaven Knows What
Well-made, daring, and without a false moment
Life
A biodrama well worth a look
Creed
This one’s a knockout
In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter
The film is as slow and amicable as its subject
Pawn Sacrifice
Absorbing, intelligent, and suspenseful
She’s Funny That Way
You can’t take the ’70s out of Peter Bogdanovich
Her Father, My Lover
This soap opera-like yarn addresses a serious corner of Japanese romance
Straight Outta Compton
Vigorously entertaining, educational, and more provocative than most
Two Night Stand
Predictable, stubbornly generic rom-com
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The legacy flick restores the fun to the franchise
The Peanuts Movie
I left the theater saddened