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Heavily inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s influence on Brian De Palma, Nacho Vigalondo’s…

The opening twenty minutes of “Close Your Eyes,” the third fiction feature…

The Australian-born novelist and essayist Lily Brett is the daughter of Holocaust…

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the…

Not that long ago, a legacy sequel like “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel…

In 1991, country superstar Garth Brooks crooned, “Well, it’s bulls and blood/It’s…

“Ghostlight,” which focuses on a construction worker drawn into a production of…

Four tall, scruffy creatures amble through a storybook forest. They walk, they…

“One Hour Photo” tells the story of Seymour “Sy” Parrish, who works…

When does rooting for the damned stop being worthwhile or even productive?…

“The Seeding,” a bleak horror movie about a hiker who gets trapped…

It can be fun to watch a gifted character chew scenery, especially…

Vampires are all the rage in film and television these days. Some…

“Rob Peace,” based on a true story about the tragically short but inspiring…

Before you see a single frame of Vera Drew’s Batman-soaked satire “The…

When many of us think of vacationing on the Mediterranean, the first…

Children take center stage but aren’t the real stars of “Ultraman: Rising,”…

There’s a scene in “Not Not Jazz,” a film about the fusion…

In his latest movie “The Convert,” director and co-writer Lee Tamahori returns…

I have seen so many hagiographic clip reels masquerading as documentaries that…

The Chinese WW2 spy thriller “Decoded” stands out for a number of…

Characterizing Belgian co-directors/writers Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s style is tricky since…

One of the most disturbing moments in a documentary filled with disturbing…

There are two main types of stories about smalltown people finding themselves:…

Dev Patel pours his entire self into “Monkey Man.” Some comes over…

Daisy Ridley battles jellyfish and the patriarchy with equal pluck and aplomb…

Netflix’s new comedic thriller “Bodkin” opens with the show’s protagonist, Gilbert Power…

Some memories are too painful for us to carry day to day.…

A local icon in San Francisco who made a national impact on…

How can a little girl simply disappear from an airplane at 37,000…

“Stone” has Robert De Niro and Edward Norton playing against type and…

It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes I return to a film to…

At first glance, the existence of “The Tiger’s Apprentice” would seem to…

Writer-director Monia Chokri’s “The Nature of Love,” is a two-hour foray into…

In Joshua John Miller’s “The Exorcism,” Russell Crowe plays Anthony Miller, an actor…

In case you’re wondering, “Nothing Can’t Be Undone By a HotPot” is…

There’s nothing worse than watching a bio-doc about a revolutionary, unique, creative…

At first glance, the barge docked on the Seine in Paris near…

“I’m afraid of being alone,” intones William Shatner in the opening minutes…

I’m not really sure how genre fans will respond to “Amelia’s Children,”…

This chronicle of retired American cyclist Greg LeMond’s tiring, tumultuous return to…

One of my great great great grandfathers fought for the Union and…

“Deadpool & Wolverine” exists because Hugh Jackman, who has played Wolverine nine…

An exclamation point in a title is a promise. The first action…

The most important things in life happen between the words. Subterranean noise…

A few names stand out during the opening credits for “Destroy All…

When you have a name like Hope Goldman, two words lacquered in…

Among this past year’s unexpected synchronicities, there’s now a shared space in…

Joy (Max Eigenmann) is one of millions of domestic workers worldwide. She’s…

Ponderous and dull, “History of Evil” is the kind of script that…

When the Los Angeles Lakers got a prestige HBO mini-series in “Winning…

“Backspot” does for competitive cheerleading what “The Novice” did for rowing: It…

If you’re lucky enough to attend an early screening of John Krasinski’s…

The crew of a space craft peering out its window at the…

Opening night at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival may have…

“Istanbul is a place…where people come to disappear.” This is the sad…

Documentaries about cultural hotspots are as common as the film festivals that…

Zombies don’t have to be fast. It’s a fun novelty sometimes, sure.…

The Cronenberg cinematic family tree adds another branch this week with the…

In Jeff Lipsky’s films, it’s normal for characters to talk for ten…

Produced by The New York Times‘s video division, and depending heavily on…

There’s nothing original or particularly surprising about “Kalki 2898 AD,” a polished…

In the DC Expanded Universe of films, which appears to be winding…

What is it about the sound of wind? It can be undeniably…

More than 900 days since Russia first launched its invasion and unprovoked…

Cate Blanchett’s searing performance in “Tár” left such an indelible impression that,…

In 2013, Angela Patton gave a TEDXWomen Talk that went viral. She…

“Last Stop in Yuma County” is the kind of movie where you…

While neither particularly profound nor earth-shatteringly scary, “Suitable Flesh” is better than…

Now, 189 days into his mission, Jakub Prochazka (Adam Sandler), the forlorn…

Immigrant stories put a fresh frame around lives that native-born citizens don’t think…

“Mothers’ Instinct” gets by on its pulpy potential more than anything else.…

From the very first scene of “The Bikeriders,” director Jeff Nichols is…

“Jackpot!” is a trashy and repetitive action comedy about greed and bloodlust set in…

It’s weirdly funny to see a year mentioned in the title of…

In the romantic comedy “Música,” Rudy is a young man who experiences…

Let’s get one obvious thing out of the way: Yes, it hasn’t…

“When you record a moment, you’re recording the death of a moment.”…

Politics simultaneously are and aren’t the thing in “Fighter,” a Bollywood military…

Imagine that one of the boiler room scumbags from “The Wolf of…