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

Police brutality is a subject that never seems to leave the news.…

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

Sometimes, the revolution is televised. In 1998, an aspiring comedian auditioned for…

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

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

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

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

Before we get too deep into the story of Lou Pearlman, a…

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

In his second directorial effort, the underwhelming “Knox Goes Away,” Michael Keaton…

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

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

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

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

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

A small girl is haunted by fears after her mother’s suicide. Her…

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

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

“You know what he feeds on? Fear.” Generic dialogue and lack of…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A movie theater would probably be the best place to see “Kill,”…

A lot of movies begin with poetic quotations, but “The Hurt Locker”…

For the first 15 minutes of “What Remains,” we follow around a…

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

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

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

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

In Andrew Hyatt’s “Sight,” what you see is what you get. The…

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

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

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

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

James Mangold’s “3:10 to Yuma” restores the wounded heart of the Western…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The movie opens with the flat, confiding voice of Tommy Lee Jones.…

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

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

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

In the mode (but not the spirit) of documentaries like “Man on…

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

It feels limiting or a disservice to call “Hummingbirds” simply a documentary.…

There are enough interesting ideas and at least two confident performances holding…

I like movies about smart guys who are wise asses, and think…

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

Spiders. Why’d it have to be spiders? Any of us who flinch…

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

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

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

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

Advertising “Founder Days” as a “bold political slasher” gives too much credit…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Despicable Me 4” won’t win any prizes, but if you like this kind…

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

Lily Sullivan, who broke through with an impressively physical performance in last year’s…

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

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

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

In 1964, Robert Rauschenberg won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice…