directors
M. Night Shyamalan and the Curse of Being Called ‘The Next Spielberg’
It’s a title bestowed on many up-and-coming filmmakers, but not one has managed to live up to those expectations — nor could they hope to
Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Looks Back in Anger at Black Soldiers’ Experience in Vietnam
This gripping Netflix drama about four veterans returning to Ho Chi Minh City for closure and buried treasure is messy and volatile — just like its tormented characters
‘The Big Lebowski’ Has Never Been Good
This Coen brothers comedy is a classic — unless you’re allergic to stoner movies, Dudeism and Walter Sobchak
With ‘The King of Staten Island,’ Judd Apatow Finally Finds a Screw-Up He Can’t Fix
The director of ‘Knocked Up’ and ‘Trainwreck’ teams up with Pete Davidson for a poignant comedy about a troubled twentysomething whose arrested development is far less adorable than in Apatow’s previous films
