Chad Byrnes

Review: ‘Death of a Unicorn’ Is a Creature Feature Satire that Needs Sharper Teeth

Sure, it’s nice to see loathsome billionaires get what’s coming to them, but you want to laugh too.

March 27, 2025

Review: ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Tells a Raucous Story From Limited POVs

Bernard MacMahon’s film captures the hard rock band’s roots with galvanic footage and thunderous music, but with little personal drama.

February 11, 2025

Review: ‘A Complete Unknown’ Follows Bob Dylan’s 1960s Journey From the Village to Newport

James Mangold’s portrait of the complicated artist dives deep into celebrity and its trappings.

December 23, 2024

Review: Halina Reijn’s ‘Babygirl’ Is a Study of Power, In and Out of the Bedroom

Nicole Kidman gives the performance of her career in this intelligent exploration of female longing.

December 23, 2024

Review: ‘A Real Pain’ Stumbles Before Finding Its Footing

Kieran Culkin’s performance as a difficult character on a Holocaust tour repels even as his performance generates sympathy.

November 1, 2024

Review: ‘We Live in Time’ Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Flawed Parts

Director John Crowley features humans being human, but struggles for more.

October 11, 2024

Review: ‘Megalopolis’ Is a Terrible Place to Visit, But We Sort Of Live There

Francis Ford Coppola’s bloated, self-indulgent train wreck must be seen to be believed.

September 26, 2024

Richard Lange’s New Novel Gives the Losers Some Love

“Joe Hustle” hits close to home in the City of Angels.

September 6, 2024

Review: ‘The Bikeriders’ Is a Swaggering, Subversive Indictment of the American Dream

The boys fight with “fists or knives,” but British actress Jodie Comer steals their thunder.

June 20, 2024

Review: ‘Furiosa’ Struggles to Find Its Voice Amid a Cacophony of Astonishing Moments

George Miller’s latest provides plenty of post-apocalypse spectacle, but could use more gas.

May 22, 2024