It Comes at Night, The Book of Henry, Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe, Rough Night, Moscow Never Sleeps, Dawson City: Frozen Time, Maudie

It Comes at Night

The Book of Henry

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

Rough Night

Moscow Never Sleeps

Dawson City: Frozen Time

Maudie

My only four-star review of the year to date highlights a mixed mid-June at the movies:

Born to be Blue, Valley of Love, I Saw the Light, Take Me to the River

Born to be Blue

Valley of Love



I Saw the Light

Take Me to the River






Capsules on a mediocre week at the movies:

The Seven Five, Sunshine Superman, Tomorrowland, Slow West, Good Kill, The Film Critic, When Marnie Was There

The Seven Five

Sunshine Superman



Tomorrowland

Slow West



Good Kill

The Film Critic



When Marnie Was There

Only one genuinely bad movie among the week’s new releases, but what a doozy:

Two Days, One Night, Song of the Sea, Predestination

Two Days, One Night

Song of the Sea



Predestination

Two overrated art films and a gender-bending time-travel paradox headline the first week of 2015:

Boyhood

I'd been looking forward to "Boyhood" as much as any movie set for theatrical release this year.

The Top Ten Films of 2013: #1

#1

Getaway

Watching Selena Gomez pretend to act tough in "Getaway," I was reminded of Talia Shire's remark upon returning to her penthouse apartment in "Life Without Zoe," Francis Ford Coppola's contribution to the 1989 anthology film "New York Stories": "So, is this what your father calls sophisticated? Twelve year old girls sipping strawberry daiquiris and reading Paris Vogue."

The Purge

Too soon. A mere fortnight after "Before Midnight," I'll have to pretend Ethan Hawke never starred in a vile piece of dreck called "The Purge."

Before Midnight

In 1995's "Before Sunrise," Jesse (Ethan Hawke), an American on a Eurail pass, met Celine (Julie Delpy), a French student, on a train.

One Day on Earth, The Woman in the 5th, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

One Day on Earth

The Woman in the 5th

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

The collage film “One Day on Earth,” which consists of snippets of video footage shot around the world on a single day (10/10/10), follows on the heels of last year’s identically-conceived “Life in a Day.” I enjoyed the new film, which includes material from every country on Earth, more, but perhaps only for the fun of mentally ticking off 20 seconds in Andorra, and Djibouti, and Dominica, and Oman. Each film struck me as a solution in search of a problem – or, to the point, as mental masturbation. A day later, I’m at pains to remember a single moment from “One Day on Earth.” Nothing resonates. It’s all an exercise.