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

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

“Hundreds of Beavers,” a boldly bizarre, nearly silent slapstick comedy about a…

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

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

It is a dark and stormy night. A violent thunderstorm howls down…

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

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

“Lift” is as generic and forgettable as its title, the kind of…

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

When the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021, you couldn’t…

Sydney Pollack’s “The Interpreter” is a taut and intelligent thriller, centering on…

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

“The question is, do you have what it takes to make it…

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

As mundane as its title, with characters whose color-by-numbers personalities and motivations…

We are re-posting this review in honor of the re-release for the…

“Twelve Angry Men” remains a monument of American filmmaking, and more than…

Love is pain in several ways in “Fingernails.” In the near future…

When it premiered at Tribeca last year, David Duchovny’s “Reverse the Curse”…

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

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

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

Wait. Pixar finally has a quality animated film hitting theaters? Granted, it’s…

“Terrestrial Verses,” one of the most brilliant and provocative films to emerge…

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

I didn’t believe a single second of “Crumb Catcher.” It begins with…

“The miracle of life can be a messy business,” you hear in…

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

One of the most influential science fiction films that most people haven’t…

Mark Wahlberg has displayed enough comic timing and action chops in previous…

“Knowing” is among the best science-fiction films I’ve seen — frightening, suspenseful,…

If you read the synopsis of “Sing Sing,” you might mistake it…

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

Brian Duffield’s newest feature, “No One Will Save You,” is a sci-fi…

The first two-thirds of “A Sacrifice” are a largely leaden affair that…

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

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

The issue of the spoiler remains a critical one in cinematic discourse.…

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

“Paranormal Activity” is an ingenious little horror film, so well made it’s…

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

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

Every day, people from all over the world come to Washington, DC,…

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

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

“I’ve been called a witch, a slut, and a murderer. Maybe people…

Among other things, Brian Eno is a pioneer in what’s called “generative…

2008’s “The Strangers” didn’t seem like the kind of film that would…

There’s something radical about the old-fashioned approach of “My Penguin Friend.” It’s an earnest, crowd-pleasing…

Over sixty years ago, directors Henry Hathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall…

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

Gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart) is introduced with her hand down a…

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

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

A searing drama about a European refugee crisis that resonates with similar…

Xavier Gens is back with his second stateside release of the year…

Did the world really need another “Kung Fu Panda” movie?   The trilogy…

John Malkovich’s “The Dancer Upstairs” was filmed before 9/11, and is based…

You may remember a scene in the cult classic “Repo Man” in…

Last year, Hong Kong filmmaker Herman Yau directed at least two of…

After the one-two gut punch of garbage filmmaking that was “Blacklight” and…

He looks exhausted when he gets off the plane. Troubles are preying…

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

“Fly Me to the Moon” lurches wildly from zippy, retro rom-com to cynical political…

Emma (Kaley Cuoco) lives a double life. She has a loving husband,…

On stage, comedians use their words to make their audience laugh, gasp,…

“Longing” is a remake of an award-winning Israeli film by the same…

Beginning with a wonky opening chase sequence, “Trigger Warning” lacks urgency. Beginning…

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

“La Chimera” plays like a magical realism version of the classic one-last-heist movie.   The core of…

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

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

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

John Woo’s “The Killer” was a true gamechanger, at least for this…

Watching “Outlaw Posse,” you get the sense that writer-director Mario Van Peebles…

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

For a few gossamer years in the 2010s, movie fans ate well—perhaps…

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

There are bad movies, there are really bad movies, and then there’s…