The Intern
Good schmaltz, worth catching for the two Oscar winners
Movies
Pitch Perfect 2
In a word: a-ca-rappy
Fathers and Daughters
More depressing than anything else
Finding Vivian Maier
Documentary on an undiscovered American talent
Altman
Few film directors have been as admired (and emulated) as the late Robert Altman
Good Kill
Ethics study of the American use of drone strikes in the Middle East
A Most Violent Year
A well crafted, atmospheric, and believable film for grown-ups
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
Definitive, exhaustive, and overlong
Ant-Man
A cliché-ridden Marvel second-stringer
Quoth the Räfven
The Swedish klezmer band’s Martin Nurmi on bringing back the dinos
Two Raging Grannies
A touching and relevant documentary
Yūwaku Yūjo: Sora to Shido
“Pink eiga” releases from OP Pictures