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

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

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

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

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

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

In Joshua John Miller’s “The Exorcism,” Russell Crowe plays Anthony Miller, an actor…

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

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

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

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

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

Every day, people from all over the world come to Washington, DC,…

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

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

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

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

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

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

John Malkovich’s “The Dancer Upstairs” was filmed before 9/11, and is based…

When it comes to the handful of names who are defiantly keeping…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Adams Family—a group of filmmakers led by father John Adams, mother…

Why do I have to watch this movie? Why does anyone? What…

“Hundreds of Beavers,” a boldly bizarre, nearly silent slapstick comedy about a…

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

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

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

Politics simultaneously are and aren’t the thing in “Fighter,” a Bollywood military…

In August 1991, an accomplished freelance writer named Danny Casolaro was found…

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

If actors often make for compelling directors, then why not character actors?…

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

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

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

There are two heroes in the frustrating military actioner “Land of Bad,”…

Born from the still unbridled creativity of children, where an empty room…

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

A searing drama about a European refugee crisis that resonates with similar…

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Set at a conference for “thought leaders,” “The Way We Speak” is…

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

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

Released in the spring of 2020, Jeff Chan’s anti-police sci-fi action film…

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

How much do you want to be cornered by a vindictive energy…

Throughout history, across centuries and cultures, human beings have been preoccupied with…

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

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

In Amanda Nell Eu’s coming-of-age tale, “Tiger Stripes,” a young girl in…

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

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

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

“Road to Nowhere” plays like an exercise in frustrating audiences. Imagine a…

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

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

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

I’m not coming out and accusing the writers of “Bad Boys: Ride…

Pop music really can change your life. That’s part of the setup…

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

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

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

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