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

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

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

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

Music, we are told, makes the people come together. Music, it so…

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

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

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

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

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

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

The story of settler colonialism in North America is one of disappeared…

“What would you say if your daughter told you her boyfriend pushed…

The other night I was channel surfing and I stopped for a…

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

Set in 1992 in the northernmost United States, where criminals run drugs…

The launching pad for Bertrand Bonello’s new picture “The Beast” (“La Bete”)…

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

You can almost hear the elevator pitch: “Legally Blonde” in space, an…

I haven’t had a drink in almost fifteen years, and during the…

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

“Never give in to hope.” Lucy (Jennifer Connelly) writes these words on…

Sleep paralysis demons deserve a better fictional riff than “Nightmare,” a bland…

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

Say what you will about “Stress Positions,” the new indie comedy that…

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

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

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

“The Blue Angels,” a nonfiction film about the Navy’s flight demonstration team, was…

There’s something so appropriately disheartening about a movie about The Beach Boys…

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

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

Lil Rel Howery, who broke into big-screen acting as the comic relief…

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the wake of Quentin Tarantino’s ascendance to his pop culture throne in…

Like many people of my approximate age, my childhood was heavily touched…

The original “Megamind,” released in 2010, was a fresh, funny, and heartwarming…

Regina Lambert has been married for three months. She returns to Paris…

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

The foundation of most comedy is the gulf between our belief that…

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

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

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

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

John Woo’s new film is a revenge thriller with such a predictable plot that one…

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

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

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

The Belfast schoolchildren stand in their classroom, singing “Óró Sé do bheatha…

Todd Verow’s thriller “You Can’t Stay Here” takes viewers into the heart…

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

I missed Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s animated French escapade “Chicken for…

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

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

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

In a world where the imagination of indie sci-fi can often struggle…

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

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

Contains language around sexual abuse Bridgett M. Davis’ 1996 film “Naked Acts,”…

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

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

Written and directed by Ng Choon Ping and Sam H. Freeman, “Femme”…

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

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

J.K. Simmons knows how to do sociopath. There’s something so fascinating about…

If you’re a distinguished older male actor in Hollywood, you’re typically cast as…

Under the glare of fuschia neon lights Simon (Théodore Pellerin) is twirling.…

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

Ambiguity and extreme emotional states occur simultaneously in Jessica Hausner’s films, where…

A corporate video is not art, as much as its director might…

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

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

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

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

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