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I cannot think of a single reason for another Garfield movie, and…

“Road House” likes to explicitly reference that it thinks it’s a Western.…

Nastiness in horror movies is like a seasoning: essential for flavor, though…

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

“What is wrong with you?” multiple characters ask titular heroine Cora (Meg…

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

There’s something refreshing about the plainly weird premise of “Dream Scenario”. Nicolas Cage…

It may have happened something like this. “Margin Call” depicts the last…

Lance Oppenheim’s three-part HBO docuseries “Ren Faire” walks that fine line between…

The trailer for “Abigail” tells you almost everything you need to know…

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

Austin-based filmmaker Bob Byington never takes the easy road, even when he’s…

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

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

A proudly old-fashioned Gothic fable with grain and grit, the delectable “Vourdalak”…

“Are you lost?,” an old lady at the mall asks sad-sack Renn Wheeland…

Several enemies of the state are murdered on live TV in a…

When it comes to kooky, creative thrillers, Shyamalan is practically a brand.…

“High and Low – John Galliano” by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald took me…

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

Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” is a full-bore melodrama, told with passionate intensity,…

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

New York magazine ran a cover story years ago calling John Ford’s…

When you hear the premise of Josh Margolin’s feature debut, “Thelma,” you…

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

“Kim’s Video” reaches so hard for quirky profundity that it falls on…

One girl was asked about a significant Supreme Court case and picked…

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

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

I didn’t think Doug Liman could deliver a worse film than “Road…

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

It takes up to four men to restrain Emile Hirsch in “State…

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

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

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

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

The truly impressive slice of nightmare fuel, “Disappear Completely,” premiering on Netflix today…

“The American” allows George Clooney to play a man as starkly defined…

“Cuckoo” gets more confusing the more it explains itself. The further writer-director…

When Alan Rickman portrays an egomaniacal, preening, heartless SOB, he seems to…

The most gripping aspects of “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds…

Chris Pine’s first film as a director, “Poolman,” is a character comedy about oddball…

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

“Touch,” from Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, is vast in scope, stretching over…

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

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

“Imaginary” is the newest chapter of the Blumhouse lineup, directed by “Truth…

Sharks, while undeniably lethal, are also, studies have shown, kind of dumb. And…

“Good Bad Things” is an intimate, small story about the gigantic issue that…

Last month, I was a juror in the Narrative Feature category at…

Director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s “Back to Black” invokes a single question, one fans…

It’s ironically apt that “The Creator,” about the potential and peril of…

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

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

It’s incredible that a filmmaker as renowned as Takashi Miike can have…

There’s a lot of ground to cover in “It’s Only Life After…

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

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

“LaRoy, Texas” immediately tests your expectations. Driving down a dark dirt country…

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

Early in Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, we are introduced to Slater King…

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

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

Penny Lane has long been one of our most fascinating documentarians in…

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

Director Wade Allain-Marcus’s “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” is a remake…

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

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

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

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

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

Nathan Silver’s “Between the Temples” opens with a loud, keening blast from…

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

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

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

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

Julia Louis-Dreyfus gives a performance of breathtaking vulnerability as the mother of…

Rhys Darby is perfectly cast as the wholesome, dopey time traveler in…

“STAX: Soulsville USA” is a four-part, four-hour series about the legendary Memphis soul music label’s…

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