The Cannes Jury Prize-Winner opens locally on Friday, Feb. 15.
Glenn McDonald
The Slapstick Grace of a Comedy Lineage that Runs Clear from Stan & Ollie to Seinfeld
The Laurel & Hardy biopic starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly opens locally on Friday, Jan. 25.
A Transformed Nicole Kidman Will Destroy You in Destroyer
Karyn Kusama’s brutal crime drama opens at Alamo Drafthouse in Raleigh on Friday, Jan. 18.
Our Top 15 Films of 2018
It’s a sign of the changing times that one of our favorite films of the year barely made it to the big screen at all.
Upbeat Buddy Comedy Meets the Jim Crow South in Green Book
The title refers to The Negro Motorist Green Book, a guide for African-American travelers published in the days of segregation and sundown laws.
‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Isn’t Half Bad. (OK, Actually, It’s Exactly Half Bad.)
The Coen anthology features six shorts of varying quality—but the last three are so good that they reflect glory back on the first three.
Low-Budget Space Western Prospect Wrings Very Cool Stuff from Very Limited Resources
We don’t see a lot of indie sci-fi on the big screen here, but this one, featuring Jay Duplass, is landing in Cary.
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Isn’t Sure Whether Its Subject’s a Con Artist or a Noble Striver
In her first big dramatic role, comic actor Melissa McCarthy makes the most of a muddled characterization of a real-life literary forger.
The Happy Prince Is a Dark and Passionate Tribute to the Last Days of Oscar Wilde
Rupert Everett writes, directs, and stars in a wonderfully acted but sometimes clumsily told story of a great writer wrecked by a cruel culture.
Robert Redford Goes Out with a Bang in Crime Caper The Old Man & the Gun
The film, said to be Redford’s last as an actor, opens Friday, Oct. 19.

