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

Immigrant stories put a fresh frame around lives that native-born citizens don’t think…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“You can’t get a head start if you aim for perfection,” a…

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

The high-concept South Korean army thriller “Escape” clocks in at a swift…

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

“Stone” has Robert De Niro and Edward Norton playing against type and…

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

“If you’re gonna survive in these hills, you’ll have to get used…

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

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

Now, 189 days into his mission, Jakub Prochazka (Adam Sandler), the forlorn…

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

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

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

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

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

Dev Patel pours his entire self into “Monkey Man.” Some comes over…

The crew of a space craft peering out its window at the…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ben (Grant Rosenmeyer) is not okay. His wife and artistic collaborator Sarah…

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

“The Seeding,” a bleak horror movie about a hiker who gets trapped…

Jenna Marvin is a fearless 21-year-old queer artist in Russia. Using found…

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

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

Director Julian Farino’s “The Union” follows Mike (Mark Wahlberg), a construction worker…

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

When Ridley Scott released “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant,” the main criticism levied…

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

We film lovers perpetually bang the drum about how cinema enables us…

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

Vampires are all the rage in film and television these days. Some…

“Enough” is a nasty item masquerading as a feminist revenge picture. It’s…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The suburbs are hell. That’s what the movies keep telling us. Perfect…

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

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

Alicia Vikander is the titular “Firebrand,” starring as Katherine Parr, the sixth…

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

One of the pleasures of being a critic is getting assigned to…

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

“Backspot” does for competitive cheerleading what “The Novice” did for rowing: It…

“Imaginary” is the newest chapter of the Blumhouse lineup, directed by “Truth…

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

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

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

Richard and Justin, the high school killers in “Murder by Numbers,” may…

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

Sydney Pollack’s “The Interpreter” is a taut and intelligent thriller, centering on…

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

It’s weirdly funny to see a year mentioned in the title of…

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

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

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

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