Bylined reviews with verdicts and scores — most recently published or updated first. Showing 601–621 of 621 movie reviews.
★★★★½
Whiplash is Damien Chazelle's ferocious jazz drama about a young drummer and a tyrannical teacher, cut with the tension of a thriller and powered by J.K. Simmons.
★★★★☆
Winter Sleep, Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Palme d'Or winner, shuts a proud hotel owner in snowbound Anatolia with the people who see through him. Long, talky, rewarding.
★★★½☆
Wolf Warrior 2 is Wu Jing's patriotic action spectacle about a Chinese ex-commando in an African war zone, pairing thrilling set pieces with blunt, flag-waving politics.
★★★½☆
Women Talking is Sarah Polley's Oscar-winning drama about women in a remote religious colony deciding their future after years of abuse. Powerful, if stagey.
★★★★½
Y Tu Mamá También is Alfonso Cuarón's road movie about two teenage friends and an older woman crossing Mexico, a raunchy comedy that deepens into something profound.
★★★★½
Your Name is Makoto Shinkai's anime about a Tokyo boy and a country girl who wake up in each other's bodies, a funny, dazzling romance that grows into much more.
★★½☆☆
Zero is Aanand L. Rai's ambitious Hindi romance starring Shah Rukh Khan as a short-statured bachelor from Meerut, lively at first but lost in a shapeless second half.
★★★★☆
Zinda Bhaag is a lively, bittersweet Punjabi-language drama about three young Lahore men desperate to escape abroad, and a landmark for new Pakistani cinema.
★★★★☆
Empat penjaga rumah hantu terjebak dalam masalah yang makin sulit disembunyikan. Ulasan tanpa spoiler tentang permainan ansambel, komedi gelap, dan ritme Agak Laen.
★★★★☆
Dilan 1990 membangun romansa melalui percakapan, ingatan, dan pesona dua pemeran utamanya. Ulasan tanpa spoiler yang juga melihat sikap posesif dan kekerasan di balik nostalgia.
★★★★½
Ryusuke Hamaguchi's drama uses a car, a theatre rehearsal and the spaces between conversations to examine grief. A spoiler-free look at the performances, pacing and emotional demands.
★★★★☆
Akira Kurosawa turns a kidnapping into a test of responsibility, then widens the frame to an entire city. A spoiler-free review of the staging, police investigation and Toshiro Mifune's performance.
★★★★☆
Takashi Shimura's quiet performance gives Akira Kurosawa's drama its force. A spoiler-free review of bureaucratic routine, mortality and the difficult search for a useful life.
★★★★½
Jumbo menemukan kekuatannya dalam persahabatan, kehilangan, dan keinginan seorang anak untuk dihargai. Ulasan tanpa spoiler tentang animasi, pengisi suara, dan batas-batas cerita petualangannya.
★★★½☆
KKN di Desa Penari membangun ancaman dari larangan dan kegelisahan para pendatang. Ulasan tanpa spoiler tentang versi film 2022, karakter, atmosfer, dan batas klaim kisah nyata.
★★★★★
Bong Joon Ho turns a family's search for work into a thriller about space, dignity and dependence. A spoiler-free assessment of its performances, visual design and uneasy comedy.
★★★★☆
Pengabdi Setan menemukan horor dalam duka, kerja merawat, dan rumah keluarga. Ulasan tanpa spoiler tentang atmosfer, akting Tara Basro, serta batas penjelasan mitologinya.
★★★★½
Hirokazu Koreeda finds affection, dependence and moral ambiguity in a precarious Tokyo household. A spoiler-free review of its ensemble, domestic detail and refusal of easy answers.
★★★★★
Hayao Miyazaki's fantasy turns bewilderment, work and small acts of kindness into an extraordinary adventure. A spoiler-free review of its animation, world-building and emotional logic.
★★★★☆
Ritesh Batra's Mumbai drama finds a connection in a mistaken lunch delivery. A spoiler-free review of Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur's performances, the city's rhythms and the film's quiet reservations.
★★★★½
The Raid mengubah gedung terkepung menjadi ujian ruang, tenaga, dan keputusan. Ulasan tanpa spoiler tentang koreografi silat, kejelasan gambar, dan keterbatasan dramanya.
