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

Cate Blanchett’s searing performance in “Tár” left such an indelible impression that,…

In 2013, Angela Patton gave a TEDXWomen Talk that went viral. She…

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

For a few minutes, “Arcadian” basically becomes “Aliens” on an Irish farm…

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

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

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

“When I think of Barbie, I think of a little white doll…

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

The tricky part with a docuseries like “Hollywood Black,” particularly if you…

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

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…

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

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

Rarely has a more serious effort produced a less serious result than…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Clint Eastwood’s “Blood Work” opens with an FBI agent of retirement age…

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

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

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

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

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

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

There has been a growing subgenre of non-fiction films that I jokingly…

Letitia Wright gives a quietly powerful performance in “Aisha” as a young…

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

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

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

Gene Wilder couldn’t have chosen a better stage name. “Gene” is so…

It’s been five years since director Boots Riley’s riot of a debut,…

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

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

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

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

Pablo Berger’s “Robot Dreams” is a lovely fable about partnership and imagination,…

Black people are the architects of American culture. The hip verbiage many…

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

The Russell Crowe renaissance feels like it’s just around the corner. Although…

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

“Dusk for a Hitman” is a husk of a great film. Director…

The #1 record holder for attendance at a women’s sporting event in…

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

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

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

Not that long ago, a legacy sequel like “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel…

When Rupert Wyatt’s 2011 prequel “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”…

“Caveat,” Damian Mc Carthy’s directorial debut, was unnerving in the extreme. So,…

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

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

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

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

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

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

At the beginning of “Made in England: The Films of Powell &…

There’s a great high-concept premise at the start of “Consumed,” an otherwise…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Heavily inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s influence on Brian De Palma, Nacho Vigalondo’s…

In 2020, photographer Luke Gilford published National Anthem, a monograph documenting the queer…

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

“Riddle of Fire” is the kind of cinematic bedtime story whose whimsical…

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

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

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

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

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