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The personal essay film is a tricky genre, because when you get…

“Slave Play. Not A Movie. A Play.,” a film by playwright Jeremy…

It’s natural to be suspicious of an Angel Studios picture; after all,…

The word that will likely be used most often to describe Denis…

Rory Kennedy is a phenomenal interviewer. We’ve seen this before in her…

Neil LaBute’s “Lakeview Terrace” is a film about a black cop who…

“When I think of Barbie, I think of a little white doll…

The most fascinating thing about Chris Nash’s hyperviolent slasher experiment “In a Violent…

Every one of the recent English language kaiju epics from Legendary Pictures…

Will there ever be a version of “Rebel Moon—Part 2: The Scargiver”…

It’s recess at a small school in Nigeria and the boys are…

“My relationship with food is complicated …very complicated. Because I have Type…

In big cities the world over, housing is a high-priced commodity. Construction…

Every afternoon, as Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) pulls into his driveway after work,…

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

At eighty-one years of age, Paul Simon is still producing the most…

When was the last time we got a teen-centric movie that felt…

The “Paw Patrol” television series is designed with a single-minded focus to…

Why is it that crime big wigs in movies enjoy wasting ammo…

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

“Dusk for a Hitman” is a husk of a great film. Director…

In August 1991, an accomplished freelance writer named Danny Casolaro was found…

Inadequacy peeks from behind the uncomfortable smiles and passive aggressive remarks that…

Everything about Osgood Perkins’ “Longlegs” is designed to rattle you, unsettle you,…

Would you like to know the day you will die? It’s a…

As someone who venerates Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson’s 1955…

I wish I could erase “The American Society of Magical Negros” from…

The opening image of this movie, out of focus, seems to be…

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

Three people sit down to dinner at a remote cabin in the…

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

After the comparatively “normal” visions of “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” Yorgos…

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

People like to speak about a golden era of movies—the precise dimensions…

Godzilla turns 70 next year, and to celebrate, his parent company Toho…

Pop music really can change your life. That’s part of the setup…

The original “My Spy” from 2020 was a surprisingly amusing romp with…

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

Dialogue can lie, but faces tell the truth. Stories are told through…

Movies involving submarines have the logic of chess: The longer the game…

For most college students, the hazy, liminal space of a post-graduation summer…

Jenna Marvin is a fearless 21-year-old queer artist in Russia. Using found…

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

The hall porter is sent upstairs to repair a blocked toilet, and…

If you take a step back from the realistic locations and terse…

Cinematic depictions of ancient or near-ancient times have come a long way…

Not gonna lie, this had me in the first half. In its…

Set in 1800s Italy and based on a true story, “Kidnapped” is…

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

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

I’m not coming out and accusing the writers of “Bad Boys: Ride…

This movie opens with views of a manual typewriter, and indignant words…

Max (Ruaridh Mollica) is like many young writers I met in my…

The films of the prolific South Korean writer-director Hong Sang Soo are…

Over the last few years, there has been a trend of opulent…

Movies won’t stop pursuing the next great one crazy night adolescent comedy…

The crimes of the Catholic Church are no secret to most citizens…

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

“Prom Dates,” about a couple of teenage best-bud girls getting in trouble…

In a big city, avoiding eye contact is a survival tool. Looking…

“Argylle,” the stumbling, overcooked action flick from director Matthew Vaughn, begins with…

“Wicked Little Letters,” a new film directed by Thea Sharrock with a…

There’s a scene in Ben Affleck’s “The Town” that expertly exploits the…

Is there any scenario in which “Late Night with the Devil” could have…

Whatever you expect from an Alex Garland movie, he always gives you something…

Mia Goth and Ti West took the world of arthouse horror by…

The end is just “the start of something,” according to one of…

The horror movie element isn’t even the most compelling part of the…

It takes either a staggering lead performance or a great plot twist…

The name Hammer used to command a certain level of respect in…

One of the pleasures of being a critic is getting assigned to…

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

Valérie Donzelli’s “Just the Two of Us” is reminiscent of the “women’s…

Set at a conference for “thought leaders,” “The Way We Speak” is…

The Australian actor Simon Baker has spent a good portion of his…

There’s no shortage of films that consider the Holocaust or Israel’s founding. But…

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

Ninety-one minutes, including seven for closing credits, isn’t enough for “Sting,” a…

Co-directors Steven Kanter and Henry Loevner reunite (after their COVID-set breakup comedy…

The conceit of a tortured and socially maladjusted artist whose obsessive pursuit…