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“Madame Web” is not the unmitigated disaster that its clunky trailer or…

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

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

One of my great great great grandfathers fought for the Union and…

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

It can be fun to watch a gifted character chew scenery, especially…

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

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

Within the first two minutes of Apple TV+’s “Lady in the Lake,”…

Tell me if this sounds familiar: A romantic couple, one American, one…

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

After promising us back in 2007 that “white meat … dark meat…

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

The Australian-born novelist and essayist Lily Brett is the daughter of Holocaust…

Both drawn-out and deceptively simple, the trippy French comedy “Yannick” re-imagines a…

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

Before you see a single frame of Vera Drew’s Batman-soaked satire “The…

It’s hard to imagine that this summer will see a better crowd-pleaser…

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

Brothers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross straddle the lines of documentary…

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

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

Just when you think they’ve run out of real-life World War II…

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

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

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

Remember this name: Aksel Hennie. If “Pioneer,” a mixed bag of a…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The opening twenty minutes of “Close Your Eyes,” the third fiction feature…

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

“Red Dragon” opens with the pleasure of seeing Hannibal Lecter as he…

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

While neither particularly profound nor earth-shatteringly scary, “Suitable Flesh” is better than…

The Cronenberg cinematic family tree adds another branch this week with the…

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

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

Despite what everyone says, weddings aren’t really about the bride and groom.…

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

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

“Phone Booth” is a religious fable, a show biz fable, or both.…

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

“I’m afraid you knocked on the wrong door.” When Paul (Brendan Rock)…

“Abandon” is a moody, effective thriller for about 80 percent of the…

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

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

Aren’t movies of this summer spinning delightfully vintage vibes? Just collectively consider…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Did you know that social media fosters toxic relationships among its users,…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Another day, another traffic jam. A father, François (Romain Duris), chides his…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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