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With her creamy wardrobe of tasteful neutrals and dreamy mansion in the Paris suburbs, Léa Drucker’s…

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

‘The Recruit” reveals that the training process of the Central Intelligence Agency…

In Jeff Lipsky’s films, it’s normal for characters to talk for ten…

Among this past year’s unexpected synchronicities, there’s now a shared space in…

Sharks, while undeniably lethal, are also, studies have shown, kind of dumb. And…

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

Every afternoon, as Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) pulls into his driveway after work,…

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

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

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

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

“The question is, do you have what it takes to make it…

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

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

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

Junior (Paul Mescal) and Hen (Saoirse Ronan) are not a happy couple.…

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

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

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

Mia Goth and Ti West took the world of arthouse horror by…

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

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

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

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

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

“I’m afraid of being alone,” intones William Shatner in the opening minutes…

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

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

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

The horror movie element isn’t even the most compelling part of the…

Wait. Pixar finally has a quality animated film hitting theaters? Granted, it’s…

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

You can almost hear the elevator pitch: “Legally Blonde” in space, an…

The first two-thirds of “A Sacrifice” are a largely leaden affair that…

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

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

Joy (Max Eigenmann) is one of millions of domestic workers worldwide. She’s…

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

“Slave Play. Not A Movie. A Play.,” a film by playwright Jeremy…

“Strange Darling,” J.T. Mollner’s self-consciously edgy gotcha of a serial-killer thriller, is…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Music, we are told, makes the people come together. Music, it so…

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Deadpool & Wolverine” exists because Hugh Jackman, who has played Wolverine nine…

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

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

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

I haven’t had a drink in almost fifteen years, and during the…

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

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

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

Your investment in Zack Snyder’s creative vision will likely determine how badly…

“Lift” is as generic and forgettable as its title, the kind of…

There’s nothing original or particularly surprising about “Kalki 2898 AD,” a polished…

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

At first glance, the barge docked on the Seine in Paris near…

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

Jane Giles and Ali Catterall’s documentary “Scala!!!” is about a legendary, notorious,…

In 1991, country superstar Garth Brooks crooned, “Well, it’s bulls and blood/It’s…

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

After the comparatively “normal” visions of “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” Yorgos…

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

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

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

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

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

“God saved me so I could give you life.” So said concentration…

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

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