Animated musical ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ delivers on its title’s promise An eye-catching movie about a blade-wielding pop girl trio
Pixar’s space comedy ‘Elio’ is scattered, but worthwhile The writer and director of ‘Turning Red’ re-team up for a young-audiences adventure
Lucy Liu stuns in the uneven drama ‘Rosemead’ The Taiwanese immigrant saga doesn’t have the right build up, despite its true-to-life ending
Riz Ahmed leads paranoid espionage thriller ‘Relay’ David Mackenzie’s subtly political Tribeca drama follows the flow of information
The austere poetry of Lav Diaz’s ‘Magellan’ The slow-cinema maestro’s rare color film views history as more than just black and white
‘Karate Kid: Legends’ is an act of franchise hubris The series’ cinematic relaunch is derailed by empty nostalgia
Chinese odyssey ‘Resurrection’ sculpts images you’ve never seen before The Cannes competition entry, from abstract filmmaker Bi Gan, is a journey through dreams of cinema
‘Bring Her Back’ is a battle between real and symbolic grief The duo behind “Talk to Me” deliver a wince-inducing horror drama
The ‘Andor’ finale brings Star Wars home to itself (Chapter 4: Ep. 10-12) The show’s final episodes blaze a trail of political consciousness
Southeast Asia-set action comedy ‘Fight or Flight’ is a bumpy ride Josh Hartnett and Charithra Chandran’s midair farce doesn’t stick the landing
‘Andor’ uses real colonial horrors to re-forge the Star Wars saga (Chapter 3: Ep. 7-9) A powerful, pulse-pounding trio of episodes defined by small acts of resistance
MAPPA’s ‘The Rose of Versailles’ needs a raison d’être for revolution The new movie is the glossiest adaptation of the landmark manga for revolution and gender politics, yet something is missing
‘Andor’ leans into espionage with vicious intensity (Chapter 2: Ep. 4-6) The series’ latest chapter jumps several years into the future and deepens Star Wars’ culture and politics
Marvel makes a minor comeback with ‘Thunderbolts’ The MCU’s misfits team-up for a good-enough sequel about staring into the void
Chinese immigrant drama ‘Blue Sun Palace’ finds gentle emotional balance A unique New York story of friendship and romance transformed by tragedy
‘Bullet Train Explosion’ goes delightfully off the rails Netflix draws on a 1975 Japanese classic for a surprising action drama
Star Wars spinoff ‘Andor’ returns with a vengeance (Chapter 1: Ep. 1-3) Despite an extraneous detour, season two begins with some of the series’ strongest episodes
The incredible long-take that defines Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ Midway through his vampire western, the “Black Panther” director brings music history to life—from hip-hop, to Chinese opera
The enormous IMAX intimacy of ‘One to One: John & Yoko’ Part concert doc, part protest portrait, the film reveals the world through the eyes of global icons
‘Forge’ is a slow-burn Chinese American heist drama The SXSW selection follows a pair of twins biting off more than they can chew
Annapurna Sriram’s ‘F*cktoys’ harkens back to a dormant era of trash cinema An unapologetically kinky, campy sex worker fever dream from the “Billions” actress
